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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 le World Series 13
July 5 - 9, 2006

(29, Q19) Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine

Mykola Babich
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

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 FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

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 FIVB WT Best:

17th (4 times)

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 Marseille Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q37	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	Q19	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	10	9th	10	US$450.00
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	9	1st	60	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q58	33rd	20	US$0.00

France Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 1	Radek Barta / Jiri Plachy, Czech Republic (Q46)	Won 21-10, 21-10	0:33
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 2	Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (Q14)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:48
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 3	Kentaro Asahi / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (Q3)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:45
Thu, 7/6/2006	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (4)	Lost 15-21, 10-21	0:40
Thu, 7/6/2006	Contender 1	Mark Heese / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (13)	Lost 22-24, 13-21	0:46

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	7	3	70.0 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	8	5	61.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	7	3	70.0 %

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
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,475.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,475.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
25	1	1	0	0	3	4	1	2	13	$8,235.00	Total	Total	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	$4,335.00

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	18	69.2%	3	11.5%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	5	20.0%	2	8.0%	18	72.0%	5-20	20.0%	18-18	50.0%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	26-25	51.0%
2005-2006	9	90.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	9-7	56.3%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	11-10	52.4%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9	90.0%	0-10	0.0%	14-18	43.8%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	8-12	40.0%

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
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 trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	21-15, 21-10	0:40
Trail the series against # 11 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Cadieux/Leinemann	21, Q3	Babich/Nikolaev	Q19	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 13 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	Heese/VanHuizen	13	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	24-22, 21-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 20 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q21	Babich/Nikolaev	Q37	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # Q3 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 3	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	Asahi/Watanabe	Q3	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # Q14 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	Li/Zhou	Q14	21-17, 22-20	0:48
Lead the series against # Q46 Barta/Plachy, Czech Republic 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 1	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	Barta/Plachy	Q46	21-10, 21-10	0:33