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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship
August 24 - 26, 2007

(22) 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:

146

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$83,126.34

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 CEV Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$39,094.03

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 Valencia Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Oleg Nikolaev - 9th	Mykola Babich - 9th
2006	Oleg Nikolaev - 13th	Mykola Babich - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	8	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
CEV	7/5-8/2007	Swiss Masters	3	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
CEV	6/14-17/2007	German Masters	3	5th	360	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q17	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q21	57th	6	US$0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters	9	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	32, Q14	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters		29th	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	Q20	33rd	30	US$0.00
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

European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/24/2007	Winner 1	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (11)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:35
Fri, 8/24/2007	Contender 1	Premysl Kubala / Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic (21)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:55
Sat, 8/25/2007	Contender 2	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (4)	Lost 17-21, 21-16, 12-15	1:02

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
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	0	$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	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
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	$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	0	$43,485.00	Total	27	1	0	0	0	0	4	7	3	0	$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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
2007	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	$11,375.00	8	11	42.1 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	$6,000.00	16	16	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	15	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	4	1	0	2	$29,375.00	23	29	44.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mykola Babich													Oleg Nikolaev
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1999	CEV Under Age
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
											2001	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,325.00	2002	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
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	1	0	0	0	$227.50	2003	CEV C&S
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
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	1	0	0	0	$200.00	2004	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$825.00
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
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	$5,687.50	2007	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	$5,687.50
61	2	1	0	2	6	16	5	4	25	$29,175.00	Total	Total	40	1	0	0	2	4	12	4	3	14	$21,997.50

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	17	60.7%	5	17.9%	6	21.4%	22-6	78.6%	7	19.4%	5	13.9%	24	66.7%	7-29	19.4%	17-24	41.5%	12-11	52.2%	0	1	29-36	44.6%
2006-2007	12	63.2%	2	10.5%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	3	14.3%	4	19.0%	14	66.7%	3-18	14.3%	12-14	46.2%	5-9	35.7%	0	0	17-23	42.5%
Against the Field	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9	64.3%	2-12	14.3%	2-18	10.0%	6-14	30.0%	0	0	4-16	20.0%

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
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 5-15 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-2
7/7/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 3	Boersma/Ronnes	4	Babich/Nikolaev	3	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54
6/15/07	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Boersma/Ronnes	6	Babich/Nikolaev	3	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
8/25/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 2	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Babich/Nikolaev	22	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # 5 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/10/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	3	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-11, 21-5	0:26
Trail the series against # 6 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 0-1
7/6/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Matysik/Uhmann	6	Babich/Nikolaev	3	18-21, 21-13, 17-15	0:55
Trail the series against # 8 Berger/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
6/16/07	CEV	German Masters	Contender 4	Berger/Nowotny	4	Babich/Nikolaev	3	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 9 "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 # 11 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	11	Babich/Nikolaev	22	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 17 Lione/Varnier, Italy 2-1
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Lione/Varnier	1	21-13, 15-21, 15-12	1:04
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	6	Babich/Nikolaev	11	25-23, 21-14	0:47
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q58	Lione/Varnier	Q26	14-21, 26-24, 21-19	0:58
Lead the series against # 18 Kufa/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
6/15/07	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Babich/Nikolaev	3	Kufa/Rotrekl	14	13-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 20 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
Series tied with # 21 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 1-1
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 1	Babich/Nikolaev	22	Kubala/Pavlas	21	18-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:55
8/10/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 1	Kubala/Pavlas	9	Babich/Nikolaev	8	18-21, 29-27, 21-19
Series tied with # 24 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-1
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Benes/Benes	8	Babich/Nikolaev	9	21-12, 16-21, 15-10	0:51
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 2	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Benes/Benes	6	21-14, 27-25	0:42