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US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 10 - 19, 2022

(9) Hegeile Almeida/Taiana Lima, Brazil

Hegeile Almeida dos Santos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Itapema 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$73,225.00

Taiana de Souza Lima
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza - CE

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

143

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$616,550.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2010
Sportsperson 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Talita Antunes)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Talita Antunes)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	17	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	1	7	1	0	US$66,500.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Vivian Cunha - 33rd
2011	Did not play	Vivian Cunha - 17th
2012	Did not play	Vivian Cunha - 17th
2013	Did not play	Talita Antunes - 1st
2019	Did not play	Talita Antunes - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	6	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	5	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	4	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	Q2	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	13	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	24, Q4	2nd	720	US$16,000.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/10/2022	Pool I	Reka Orsi Toth / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (40)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:40
Sun, 6/12/2022	Pool I	Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee / Taravadee Naraphornrapat, Thailand (33)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Mon, 6/13/2022	Pool I	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (16)	Lost 22-24, 14-21	0:43
Wed, 6/15/2022	Winner 1	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (10)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 10-15	0:58

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Vivian Cunha - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Talita Antunes - 17th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Fernanda Alves - 2nd
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Elize Maia - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Taiana Lima - 17th	Hegeile Almeida - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Vitoria De Souza - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	9	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	$25,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$34,500.00
Total	17	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	1	8	0	0	$66,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hegeile Almeida												Taiana Lima
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,200.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$38,500.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
21	0	0	0	1	2	10	8	0	0	$40,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	78	6	7	2	5	6	20	19	2	0	$452,150.00
13	0	1	0	2	4	1	5	0	0	$27,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	1	3	2	3	8	17	12	2	0	$123,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
											U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
37	0	1	0	3	7	11	14	0	1	$73,225.00	Total	142	9	12	4	8	15	38	34	4	0	$616,150.00

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
2021	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	$27,750.00	9	13	40.9 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	$43,750.00	15	15	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hegeile Almeida													Taiana Lima
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
											2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	$25,475.00
											2011	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	3	$31,350.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
											2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	$23,750.00
											2013	FIVB	12	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$115,500.00
											2014	FIVB	11	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	1	0	$112,375.00
											2015	FIVB	10	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	$76,500.00
											2016	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	$46,500.00
											2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	$21,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2018	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$27,500.00
											2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	2	$34,000.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$25,500.00
6	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	$13,875.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	$13,875.00
8	0	1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$22,025.00	Total	Total	120	9	10	4	7	13	32	24	3	18	$563,675.00

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	20	55.6%	6	16.7%	10	27.8%	26-10	72.2%	6	23.1%	7	26.9%	13	50.0%	6-20	23.1%	20-13	60.6%	12-17	41.4%	0	0	32-30	51.6%
2021-2022	16	61.5%	5	19.2%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	3	16.7%	5	27.8%	10	55.6%	3-15	16.7%	16-10	61.5%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	24-20	54.5%
Against the Field	8	47.1%	2	11.8%	7	41.2%	10-7	58.8%	0	0.0%	3	25.0%	9	75.0%	0-12	0.0%	16-18	47.1%	4-20	16.7%	0	0	10-19	34.5%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	5	5	6	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	12	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	0	8	6	0	1	7	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	19	13
Total	0	0	8	5	14	14	0	1	9	5	1	2	0	2	0	1	32	30

Head to Head Results
Almeida/Lima trail the series against the field 6-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-1
4/16/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Winner 2	Schoon/Stam	2	Almeida/Lima	4	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
3/19/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Semi-Finals	Salgado/Seixas	2	Almeida/Lima	13	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Cheng/Flint, United States 0-1
6/2/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Cheng/Flint	3	Almeida/Lima	6	21-14, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Hughes/Kolinske, United States 0-1
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Hughes/Kolinske	15, Q7	Almeida/Lima	Q2	24-26, 22-20, 17-15	1:06
Trail the series against # 7 Antunes/Cavalcanti, Brazil 0-1
5/26/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool D	Antunes/Cavalcanti	4	Almeida/Lima	5	12-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:41
Trail the series against # 10 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-1
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	10	Almeida/Lima	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 11 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
5/26/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool D	Brunner/Huberli	13, Q1	Almeida/Lima	5	21-14, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 14 Ittlinger/Schneider, Germany 1-0
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	4	Ittlinger/Schneider	16, Q3	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-2
6/13/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Muller/Tillmann	16	Almeida/Lima	9	24-22, 21-14	0:43
11/11/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool H	Muller/Tillmann	8	Almeida/Lima	24, Q4	18-21, 21-16, 15-4	0:44
Series tied with # 22 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-1
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Mader/Verge-Depre	11	Almeida/Lima	6	26-24, 21-15	0:44
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Winner 1	Almeida/Lima	13	Mader/Verge-Depre	4	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 25 Rivas/Vorpahl, Chile 1-0
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Almeida/Lima	Q2	Rivas/Vorpahl	Q15	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 29 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
3/19/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Winner 2	Almeida/Lima	13	Bobner/Verge-Depre	21, Q6	21-13, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 33 Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat, Thailand 1-0
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Almeida/Lima	9	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	33	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 34 Placette/Richard, France 1-0
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	4	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 40 Orsi Toth/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-1
6/10/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Orsi Toth/Orsi Toth	40	Almeida/Lima	9	21-14, 21-19	0:40