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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 21 World Championships
July 10 - 14, 2002

(9) Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain

Pablo Herrera Allepuz
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Castellon de la Plana

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

225

Career Wins:

Career FIVB Age Group WC Wins:

1 (Catania 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$908,963.98

Raul Mesa
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaragoza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career FIVB Age Group WC Wins:

1 (Catania 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$226,937.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	49	1	0	1	1	3	2	13	4	14	6	1	1	2	US$286,100.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,100.00
Overall	52	2	1	2	1	3	2	13	4	14	6	1	1	2	US$289,200.00

Previous Catania Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	31	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	8/24-26/2001	Under 21 World Championships		2nd	0	US$0.00

Under 21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/11/2002	Pool K	Linyin Xu / Chicheng Zhao, China (16)	Won 21-16, 21-9
Fri, 7/12/2002	Pool K	Lombardo Ontiveros / Erik Rojo, Mexico (21)	Lost 22-24, 21-18, 12-15
Fri, 7/12/2002	Pool L	Anton Kulikovsky / Alexei Verbov, Russia (4)	Won 21-14, 21-13
Sat, 7/13/2002	Winner 1	Michel Kertai / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (5)	Won 22-20, 21-18
Sat, 7/13/2002	Winner 2	Hannes Ambelang / Manuel Rieke, Germany (24)	Won 13-21, 22-20, 16-14
Sun, 7/14/2002	Semi-Finals	Andreas Gortsianiouk / Georgios Knapek, Greece (14)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 19-17
Sun, 7/14/2002	Gold Medal	Pedro Cunha / Adriano Fonseca, Brazil (2)	Won 21-11, 21-19

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	1	4	1	0	$124,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	3	10	5	0	$146,800.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00
U21 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	52	2	1	2	1	3	2	13	4	14	6	0	$289,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pablo Herrera												Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	0	0	$59,875.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$15,312.50
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$22,250.00	World Tour Finals
92	1	4	5	4	27	23	22	5	0	$502,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	7	0	$91,100.00
106	5	4	6	4	22	34	22	7	0	$316,300.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	1	0	0	1	3	20	18	11	0	$117,375.00
3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$1,600.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
225	7	12	12	8	57	64	49	12	0	$908,800.00	Total	126	2	1	2	1	9	30	32	19	0	$226,937.50

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
2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pablo Herrera													Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	Total	Total	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00

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	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	4-0	100.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	6-1	85.7%
2001-2002	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	4-0	100.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	6-1	85.7%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	8-0	100.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	6-1	85.7%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	1	18	15	0	0	11	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	38	33
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	22	28	1	1	0	1	1	0	52	59
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Total	0	0	4	3	23	19	0	0	39	44	3	2	2	1	2	0	105	100

Head to Head Results
Herrera/Mesa lead the series against the field 6-1 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Cunha/Fonseca, Brazil 1-0
7/14/02	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Gold Medal	Herrera/Mesa	9	Cunha/Fonseca	2	21-11, 21-19
Lead the series against # 4 Kulikovsky/Verbov, Russia 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool L	Herrera/Mesa	9	Kulikovsky/Verbov	4	21-14, 21-13
Lead the series against # 5 Kertai/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/13/02	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	9	Kertai/Schnider	5	22-20, 21-18
Lead the series against # 14 Gortsianiouk/Knapek, Greece 1-0
7/14/02	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Herrera/Mesa	9	Gortsianiouk/Knapek	14	17-21, 21-16, 19-17
Lead the series against # 16 Xu/Zhao, China 1-0
7/11/02	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool K	Herrera/Mesa	9	Xu/Zhao	16	21-16, 21-9
Trail the series against # 21 Ontiveros/Rojo, Mexico 0-1
7/12/02	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool K	Ontiveros/Rojo	21	Herrera/Mesa	9	24-22, 18-21, 15-12
Lead the series against # 24 Ambelang/Rieke, Germany 1-0
7/13/02	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	9	Ambelang/Rieke	24	13-21, 22-20, 16-14