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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Ukrzernoprom Challenger'2005
July 27 - 31, 2005

(9) Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine

Mykola Babich
Ukraine

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mykolaev

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$37,735.00

Oleg Nikolayev
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaporizzya

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$11,835.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	7	3	1	US$17,000.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,950.00
Overall	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	7	3	1	US$21,950.00

Previous Kiev Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Andriy Bukin - 5th	Dmytro Khudoley - 13th
2002	Dmytro Khudoley - 2nd	Andriy Bukin - 17th
2004	Did not play	Sergiy Mykhaylov - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q58	33rd	20	US$0.00

Ukraine Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/29/2005	Winner 1	Denis Rovkin / Sergey Sinkevich, Kazakhstan (24, Q5)	Won 23-21, 21-23, 15-13	0:59
Fri, 7/29/2005	Winner 2	Hannes Brinkborg / Mattias Magnusson, Sweden (8)	Won 12-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
Sat, 7/30/2005	Winner 3	Fabio Galli / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (1)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:15
Sat, 7/30/2005	Winner 4	Brian Hiebert / Martin Reader, Canada (12)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:51
Sat, 7/30/2005	Contender 6	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Sergey Tetyukhin, Russia (30, Q11)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:39
Sun, 7/31/2005	Semi-Finals	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia (7)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:40
Sun, 7/31/2005	Gold Medal	Andris Krumins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (6)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:58

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$17,000.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$450.00
Total	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	$21,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mykola Babich												Oleg Nikolaev
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	0	0	0	$3,400.00	World Championships
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$10,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	0	$14,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$8,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
8	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$6,735.00	Challenger	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$3,110.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
84	1	1	0	0	3	7	10	10	0	$37,735.00	Total	24	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	$11,835.00

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
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mykola Babich													Oleg Nikolaev
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	1	0	1	0	$250.00	2000	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,375.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$385.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,985.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2003	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
21	1	1	0	0	3	3	1	1	11	$7,010.00	Total	Total	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$3,110.00

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	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
2004-2005	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	4-2	66.7%	8-0	100.0%	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	21	9	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	23
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	22	11	0	0	0	0	4	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	33	28

Head to Head Results
Babich/Nikolaev 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 # 1 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 3	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Galli/Raffaelli	1	19-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:15
Lead the series against # 6 Krumins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
7/31/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Gold Medal	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Krumins/Sorokins	6	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 7 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
7/31/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Semi-Finals	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Grinbergs/Stals	7	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 8 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 2	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Brinkborg/Magnusson	8	12-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 12 Hiebert/Reader, Canada 0-1
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 4	Hiebert/Reader	12	Babich/Nikolaev	9	21-18, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Rovkin/Sinkevich, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 1	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Rovkin/Sinkevich	24, Q5	23-21, 21-23, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Koshkarev/Tetyukhin, Russia 1-0
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Contender 6	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Koshkarev/Tetyukhin	30, Q11	23-21, 21-19	0:39