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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
July 27 - August 10, 2024

(16) Jorge Alayo/Noslen Diaz, Cuba

Jorge Luis Alayo Moliner
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 6, 2001 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Villa Clara

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$35,750.00

Noslen Diaz Amaro
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 13, 2002 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Havana

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$35,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	13	0	3	1	2	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	US$71,500.00

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	3	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	1	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	13, Q1	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	3	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	2	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	6	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	Q4	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	33	17th	640	US$7,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/27/2024

Pool D

Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (9)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jorge Alayo	Total	18	13	2	0.611	7	0	0	2
	1	7	5	2	0.429	3	0	0	1
	2	11	8	0	0.727	4	0	0	1
Noslen Diaz	Total	22	16	2	0.636	0	6	1	4
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	2	1	3
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	4	0	1

Tue, 7/30/2024

Pool D

Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (4)

Won 21-13, 21-18

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jorge Alayo	Total	17	13	3	0.588	6	0	1	3
	1	6	4	1	0.500	1	0	1	1
	2	11	9	2	0.636	5	0	0	2
Noslen Diaz	Total	18	13	3	0.556	0	5	2	2
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	4	2	1
	2	9	5	3	0.222	0	1	0	1

Thu, 8/1/2024

Pool D

Mohamed Abicha / Zouheir Elgraoui, Morocco (21)

Won 21-14, 21-11

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jorge Alayo	Total	22	15	4	0.500	5	1	0	3
	1	13	10	1	0.692	2	0	0	2
	2	9	5	3	0.222	3	1	0	1
Noslen Diaz	Total	20	15	1	0.700	0	11	0	3
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	5	0	2
	2	12	9	0	0.750	0	6	0	1

Sun, 8/4/2024

Winner 1

David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (1)

Lost 11-21, 28-26, 11-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jorge Alayo	Total	42	21	7	0.333	3	0	2	4
	1	15	4	2	0.133	1	0	1	1
	2	15	11	2	0.600	2	0	1	3
	3	12	6	3	0.250	0	0	0	0
Noslen Diaz	Total	28	15	8	0.250	0	8	0	1
	1	10	4	4	0.000	0	0	0	1
	2	13	8	3	0.385	0	4	0	0
	3	5	3	1	0.400	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jorge Alayo	99	62	16	0.465	21	1	3	12
Noslen Diaz	88	59	14	0.511	0	30	3	10
Total	187	121	30	0.487	21	31	6	22
Opponents	177	88	33	0.311	14	20	10	12

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Noslen Diaz - 17th	Jorge Alayo - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Noslen Diaz - 17th	Jorge Alayo - 17th

Head to Head Results
Alayo/Diaz trail the series against the field 13-16 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
8/4/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Winner 1	Ahman/Hellvig	1	Alayo/Diaz	16	21-11, 26-28, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 3 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 2-1
4/21/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Bronze Medal	Alayo/Diaz	13, Q1	Ehlers/Wickler	5	21-18, 21-17	0:39
4/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Alayo/Diaz	13, Q1	22-20, 21-14	0:37
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Alayo/Diaz	39	Ehlers/Wickler	15	18-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 4 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 1-2
7/30/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Alayo/Diaz	16	Loyola/Wanderley	4	21-13, 21-18	0:35
4/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Semi-Finals	Loyola/Wanderley	15, Q4	Alayo/Diaz	13, Q1	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:51
3/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Gold Medal	Loyola/Wanderley	6	Alayo/Diaz	2	21-18, 17-21, 19-17	0:59
Lead the series against # 5 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 2-1
6/2/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Gold Medal	Perusic/Schweiner	7	Alayo/Diaz	3	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:49
4/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 1	Alayo/Diaz	13, Q1	Perusic/Schweiner	2	21-19, 21-18	0:39
10/6/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Alayo/Diaz	33	Perusic/Schweiner	16	21-17, 15-21, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 6 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 0-1
4/9/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Semi-Finals	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	Alayo/Diaz	12, Q2	24-22, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Goncalves/Mariano, Brazil 0-3
4/14/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Bronze Medal	Goncalves/Mariano	1	Alayo/Diaz	3	21-13, 21-17	0:32
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Gold Medal	Goncalves/Mariano	3	Alayo/Diaz	6	21-15, 21-18	0:39
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Goncalves/Mariano	9	Alayo/Diaz	33	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 9 Benesh/Partain, United States 1-2
7/27/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Alayo/Diaz	16	Benesh/Partain	9	21-18, 21-18	0:38
4/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Benesh/Partain	4	Alayo/Diaz	13, Q1	21-16, 21-19	0:34
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool A	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Alayo/Diaz	12, Q2	21-14, 21-18	0:31
Series tied with # 11 Immers/van de Velde, Netherlands 1-1
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Immers/van de Velde	4	Alayo/Diaz	6, Q1	21-23, 21-18, 15-9	0:50
4/8/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Winner 1	Alayo/Diaz	12, Q2	Immers/van de Velde	2	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 12 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Cottafava/Nicolai	14	Alayo/Diaz	39	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # 15 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 1-1
5/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Pool C	Alayo/Diaz	3	Hodges/Schubert	10, Q1	By Forfeit
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool F	Hodges/Schubert	7	Alayo/Diaz	6, Q1	15-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:44
Lead the series against # 17 Horl/Horst, Austria 1-0
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 2	Alayo/Diaz	2	Horl/Horst	14	21-14, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 18 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
4/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Alayo/Diaz	13, Q1	Gavira/Herrera	14, Q2	14-21, 21-16, 22-20	0:56
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	4	Alayo/Diaz	20, Q8	32-30, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 19 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-1
4/27/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	4	Alayo/Diaz	1	21-17, 21-9	0:28
Lead the series against # 20 Dearing/Schachter, Canada 2-0
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Winner 1	Alayo/Diaz	3	Dearing/Schachter	13, Q2	21-18, 22-20	0:39
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 2	Alayo/Diaz	6	Dearing/Schachter	13	21-12, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # 21 Abicha/Elgraoui, Morocco 1-0
8/1/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Alayo/Diaz	16	Abicha/Elgraoui	21	21-14, 21-11	0:34