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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Bahrain Open
May 8 - 12, 2007

(Q20) 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:

122

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$73,291.06

Oleg Nikolayev
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1982 (44 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$37,662.24

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	19	0	0	0	2	2	1	5	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$47,187.73
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	7	3	1	US$17,000.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,950.00
Overall	39	1	0	0	2	2	1	6	5	6	3	2	7	3	1	US$69,137.73

Previous Manama Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV	8/25-28/2006	European Championship Final	8	13th	160	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters	7	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q27	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	40	US$0.00
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	6	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	28, Q11	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	29, Q19	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters	8	4th	420	€ 4,250.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q37	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	8	4th	420	€ 4,250.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	Q19	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		29th	30	€ 0.00

Bahrain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/8/2007	Qualifier 2	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (Q13)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:44
Tue, 5/8/2007	Qualifier 3	Koichi Nishimura / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (27, Q4)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:39

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	2	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	9	$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
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	3	11	$26,950.00

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	2	$3,400.00	World Championships
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	14	$10,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	32	$14,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	10	$8,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$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
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	$5,750.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00
92	1	1	0	0	3	11	11	12	53	$43,485.00	Total	27	1	0	0	0	0	4	7	3	12	$14,335.00

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 %
2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,250.00	6	6	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$4,000.00	9	9	50.0 %
2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	$13,750.00	9	12	42.9 %
2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	$4,000.00	12	12	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	CEV	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	1	$18,000.00	15	18	45.5 %

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	2000	CEV
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,875.00	2003	CEV
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$375.00	2004	CEV
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$2,375.00	2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$2,125.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
6	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	$6,875.00	2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	$6,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
46	1	1	0	2	3	10	5	3	21	$20,735.00	Total	Total	26	1	0	0	2	0	7	3	2	11	$14,335.00

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%
2006-2007	16	69.6%	2	8.7%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	2	11.8%	2	11.8%	13	76.5%	2-15	11.8%	16-13	55.2%	4-7	36.4%	0	0	20-20	50.0%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	1	9.1%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	1	6.7%	1	6.7%	13	86.7%	1-14	6.7%	12-26	31.6%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	8-18	30.8%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Total	0	0	22	11	0	0	0	0	5	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	36	34

Head to Head Results
Babich/Nikolaev trail the series against the field 2-15 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-9, 21-18	0:35
6/18/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Bronze Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-18, 21-18	0:42
6/3/06	CEV	German Masters	Bronze Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Babich/Nikolaev	8	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 12 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	Babich/Nikolaev	6	21-18, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 20 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	9	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-13, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 22 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-2
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q6	Babich/Nikolaev	Q27	21-16, 21-17	0:32
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q10	Babich/Nikolaev	Q58	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 "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
Trail the series against # 27, Q4 Nishimura/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 3	Nishimura/Watanabe	27, Q4	Babich/Nikolaev	Q20	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Series tied with # Q11 Li/Zhou, China 1-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Li/Zhou	21, Q10	Babich/Nikolaev	28, Q11	21-15, 21-17	0:37
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	Li/Zhou	Q14	21-17, 22-20	0:48
Series tied with # Q13 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-1
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q20	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q13	21-19, 21-17	0:44
8/9/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q19	Babich/Nikolaev	Q14	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # Q24 Ardiansyam/Darkuncoro, Indonesia 0-1
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Ardiansyam/Darkuncoro	Q19	Babich/Nikolaev	Q14	18-21, 29-27, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # Q39 Canet/Hamel, France 0-2
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	3	Babich/Nikolaev	11	21-15, 21-16	0:46
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 2	Canet/Hamel	3	Babich/Nikolaev	11	21-19, 21-16	0:46