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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
April 25 - 28, 2024

(1) Jorge Alayo/Noslen Diaz, Cuba

Jorge Luis Alayo Moliner
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 6, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Villa Clara

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Quintana Roo 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$89,250.00

Noslen Diaz Amaro
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 13, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Havana

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Quintana Roo 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$89,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	21	1	4	1	2	3	0	6	0	2	1	1	0	US$178,500.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/26/2024	Pool A	Calvin Aye / Quincy Aye, France (24, Q20)	Won 21-16, 16-21, 15-10	0:45
Fri, 4/26/2024	Pool A	Guto Carvalhaes / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (12)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 4/27/2024	Winner 1	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (4)	Lost 17-21, 9-21	0:28

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$105,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	3	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00
Total	21	1	4	1	2	3	0	6	0	4	0	0	$178,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jorge Alayo												Noslen Diaz
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00
8	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$52,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$52,500.00
9	0	3	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	$24,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	3	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	$24,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
23	1	4	1	2	4	7	4	0	0	$89,250.00	Total	21	1	4	1	2	3	6	4	0	0	$89,250.00

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
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00	13	10	56.5 %
2024	FIVB	6	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$38,500.00	20	11	64.5 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	2	1	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	$63,500.00	35	23	60.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jorge Alayo													Noslen Diaz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$9,000.00
6	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$19,250.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$19,250.00
13	0	2	1	2	1	4	3	0	0	$31,750.00	Total	Total	11	0	2	1	2	0	3	3	0	0	$31,750.00

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	38	70.4%	8	14.8%	8	14.8%	46-8	85.2%	19	39.6%	6	12.5%	23	47.9%	19-29	39.6%	38-23	62.3%	27-14	65.9%	3	0	68-37	64.8%
2023-2024	23	65.7%	7	20.0%	5	14.3%	30-5	85.7%	8	30.8%	5	19.2%	13	50.0%	8-18	30.8%	23-13	63.9%	15-10	60.0%	3	0	41-23	64.1%
Against the Field	11	68.8%	2	12.5%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	4	30.8%	0	0.0%	9	69.2%	4-9	30.8%	22-12	64.7%	12-6	66.7%	3	0	20-9	69.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	8	7	0	0	10	4	2	1	1	0	1	1	23	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	13	5	2	0	11	4	3	2	0	2	0	3	34	17
Total	0	0	6	2	31	14	2	0	22	12	5	3	1	2	1	4	68	37

Head to Head Results
Alayo/Diaz lead the series against the field 11-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 3 Brunner/Crabb, United States 1-1
4/14/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Crabb	15	Alayo/Diaz	3	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
4/12/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Pool C	Alayo/Diaz	3	Brunner/Crabb	15	12-9 Retired	0:18
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Dearing/Schachter, Canada 1-0
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 2	Alayo/Diaz	6	Dearing/Schachter	13	21-12, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 7 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 0-1
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 # 8 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 # 10 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-1
4/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 2	Alayo/Diaz	13, Q1	Berntsen/Mol	Q8	15-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:42
4/9/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Bronze Medal	Berntsen/Mol	9	Alayo/Diaz	12, Q2	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 Bello/Bello, England 2-1
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Lucky Loser	Alayo/Diaz	2	Bello/Bello	4	21-18, 22-20	0:39
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Semi-Finals	Alayo/Diaz	6	Bello/Bello	7	21-18, 21-15	0:37
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool F	Bello/Bello	7	Alayo/Diaz	6	21-23, 22-20, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 12 Carvalhaes/Solberg, Brazil 3-0
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool A	Alayo/Diaz	1	Carvalhaes/Solberg	12	By Forfeit
4/13/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Winner 1	Alayo/Diaz	3	Carvalhaes/Solberg	18	21-19, 24-22	0:45
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Alayo/Diaz	2	Carvalhaes/Solberg	1	22-20, 19-21, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 16 Knasas/Stankevicius, Lithuania 0-1
4/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 2	Knasas/Stankevicius	22, Q16	Alayo/Diaz	6, Q1	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 17, Q3 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 0-1
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 1	Breer/Krattiger	Q13	Alayo/Diaz	Q4	21-14, 25-23	0:35
Trail the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q20 Aye/Aye, France 1-0
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool A	Alayo/Diaz	1	Aye/Aye	24, Q20	21-16, 16-21, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # Q9 Jordan/Metral, Switzerland 1-0
4/12/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Pool C	Alayo/Diaz	3	Jordan/Metral	22, Q15	12-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:43