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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 28 - July 7, 2019

(39) Nils Ehlers/Lars Fluggen, Germany

Nils Ehlers
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 4, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

211 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$224,000.00

Lars Flüggen
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 24, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$185,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	23	0	1	0	0	4	0	5	0	4	5	3	1	US$91,500.00

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Did not play	Markus Bockermann - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	Q16	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	29, Q20	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	Q7	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	25, Q4	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	Q16	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	Q16	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/5-10/2019	Sydney Three Star	16	17th	240	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2018	Moscow Four Star	25	25th	240	US$2,000.00

World Championships Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/29/2019	Pool J	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (10)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:41
Mon, 7/1/2019	Pool J	Nikita Liamin / Taras Myskiv, Russia (15)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:46
Wed, 7/3/2019	Pool J	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (34)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:47
Thu, 7/4/2019	Winner 1	Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb, United States (13)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 10-15	1:00

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Markus Bockermann - 33rd
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Lars Fluggen - 17th	Nils Ehlers - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Clemens Wickler - 17th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Clemens Wickler - 9th	Did not play
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Clemens Wickler - 4th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	39	17th	640	US$7,000.00

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$16,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	4	0	$54,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,500.00
Total	23	0	1	0	0	4	0	5	0	4	5	0	$91,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nils Ehlers												Lars Fluggen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$26,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$21,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
28	0	2	2	4	12	4	2	1	0	$121,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	0	0	0	0	4	3	9	8	0	$87,600.00
26	0	2	1	0	4	4	4	4	0	$45,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	3	5	0	2	4	5	3	6	0	$81,875.00
8	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$9,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$6,150.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
70	0	6	3	5	20	14	9	5	0	$224,000.00	Total	74	3	5	0	2	10	13	15	14	0	$185,525.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	$13,500.00	11	11	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	4	$15,500.00	11	13	45.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nils Ehlers													Lars Fluggen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$17,600.00
											2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$20,000.00
											2015	FIVB	11	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	$35,000.00
											2016	FIVB	13	1	1	0	2	3	1	5	0	0	$40,875.00
											2017	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	$22,300.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	4	$8,750.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$5,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	$6,750.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	$6,750.00
19	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	2	8	$15,500.00	Total	Total	60	3	4	0	2	7	8	13	11	12	$147,525.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	23	54.8%	5	11.9%	14	33.3%	28-14	66.7%	14	35.9%	5	12.8%	20	51.3%	14-25	35.9%	23-20	53.5%	19-19	50.0%	1	0	43-39	52.4%
2018-2019	15	51.7%	4	13.8%	10	34.5%	19-10	65.5%	10	41.7%	1	4.2%	13	54.2%	10-14	41.7%	15-13	53.6%	14-11	56.0%	1	0	30-24	55.6%
Against the Field	11	50.0%	3	13.6%	8	36.4%	14-8	63.6%	6	21.4%	4	14.3%	18	64.3%	6-22	21.4%	22-34	39.3%	18-24	42.9%	1	0	21-29	42.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	0	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	4	10	15	0	0	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	27
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Total	0	0	11	4	19	21	0	0	12	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	43	39

Head to Head Results
Ehlers/Fluggen trail the series against the field 4-8 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	4	Ehlers/Fluggen	29, Q20	24-22, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 Crabb/Gibb, United States 0-2
3/7/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Pool A	Crabb/Gibb	1	Ehlers/Fluggen	16	21-19, 21-18	0:36
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool H	Crabb/Gibb	8	Ehlers/Fluggen	25	21-13, 21-15	0:31
Series tied with # 10 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-1
6/29/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool J	Ehlers/Fluggen	39	Grimalt/Grimalt	10	21-17, 21-14	0:41
3/12/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	18, Q1	Ehlers/Fluggen	Q16	21-16, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 13 Bourne/Crabb, United States 0-1
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Bourne/Crabb	13	Ehlers/Fluggen	39	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:00
Trail the series against # 15 Liamin/Myskiv, Russia 0-1
7/1/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool J	Liamin/Myskiv	15	Ehlers/Fluggen	39	21-17, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 17 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-2
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool D	Loyola/Wanderley	13, Q1	Ehlers/Fluggen	29, Q20	21-13, 27-25	0:47
4/24/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 2	Loyola/Wanderley	22, Q1	Ehlers/Fluggen	Q16	22-20, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 34 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
7/3/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool J	Ehlers/Fluggen	39	Ontiveros/Virgen	34	22-20, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 40 Gomez/Rangel, Venezuela 2-0
3/12/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 1	Ehlers/Fluggen	Q16	Gomez/Rangel	Q17	21-18, 21-14	0:34
3/7/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Pool A	Ehlers/Fluggen	16	Gomez/Rangel	17	21-16, 21-11	0:34