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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Swiss Open
August 7 - 9, 2005

(11) 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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	11	9th	40	€ 1,950.00

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 8/7/2005	Qualifier 2	Dmitry Vasilevsky / Vladislav Zhloba, Russia	Won 24-22, 21-18	0:44
Sun, 8/7/2005	Qualifier 3	Adrian Caravano / Olivier Conte, France	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:59
Mon, 8/8/2005	Winner 1	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (6)	Lost 23-25, 14-21	0:47
Mon, 8/8/2005	Contender 1	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (3)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	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
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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	6	1	85.7 %
2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,250.00	5	4	55.6 %
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 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,250.00	5	4	55.6 %

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
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,875.00	2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,625.00
34	2	1	0	0	4	9	4	1	13	$12,887.50	Total	Total	14	1	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	3	$5,710.00

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	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%
2004-2005	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	1-4	20.0%	5-1	83.3%	0	1	6-6	50.0%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	9	75.0%	1-11	8.3%	10-16	38.5%	6-6	50.0%	0	1	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
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 lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Series tied with # 6 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-1
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 # 8 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 1-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Babich/Nikolaev	11	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	6	26-24, 17-21, 15-9	1:06
Lead the series against # 13 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 Caravano/Conte, France 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Babich/Nikolaev	11	Caravano/Conte		19-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against 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 Vasilevsky/Zhloba, Russia 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	11	Vasilevsky/Zhloba		24-22, 21-18	0:44