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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 (44 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 (42 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 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
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
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
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
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

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

Head to Head Results
Babich/Nikolaev trail the series against the field 2-8 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 5 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 # 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