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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$5,000 VolleyFest Cook Islands
January 14 - 17, 2020

(14, Q3) Matthew Abela/Patrick Tang, Australia

Matthew Abela
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 25, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Melbourne

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Maunganui 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$350.00

Patrick Tang
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Clayton, Australia

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Shepparton 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$300.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	US$100.00

Previous Cook Islands Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Cook Islands One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 1/14/2020	Qualifier 2	Ata Biira / Lameko Loota, Tuvalu (Q6)	Won 21-8, 21-15	0:30
Wed, 1/15/2020	Pool C	Hitoshi Murakami / Takashi Tsuchiya, Japan (3, Q1)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 9-15	0:53
Wed, 1/15/2020	Pool C	Isaac Kapa / Glenn Piper, Australia (11)	Lost 14-21, 28-26, 13-15	0:50

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matthew Abela												Patrick Tang
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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	$350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	$300.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	1	0	$350.00	Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	$300.00

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	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	1	3	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matthew Abela													Patrick Tang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	$200.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%
2019-2020	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

Head to Head Results
Abela/Tang trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3, Q1 Murakami/Tsuchiya, Japan 0-1
1/15/20	FIVB	Cook Islands One Star	Pool C	Murakami/Tsuchiya	3, Q1	Abela/Tang	14, Q3	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 11 Kapa/Piper, Australia 0-1
1/15/20	FIVB	Cook Islands One Star	Pool C	Kapa/Piper	11	Abela/Tang	14, Q3	21-14, 26-28, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # Q6 Biira/Loota, Tuvalu 1-0
1/14/20	FIVB	Cook Islands One Star	Qualifier 2	Abela/Tang	14, Q3	Biira/Loota	Q6	21-8, 21-15	0:30