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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2006

(8) 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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	22	17th	40	€ 1,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/24/2006	Winner 2	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (9)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:35
Thu, 8/24/2006	Contender 1	Javier Bosma / Inocencio Lario, Spain (10)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:36
Fri, 8/25/2006	Contender 2	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (1)	Lost 9-21, 18-21	0:35

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 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$4,000.00	11	10	52.4 %
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$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
49	2	1	0	2	4	13	5	3	19	$22,487.50	Total	Total	29	1	0	0	2	2	9	4	2	9	$15,310.00

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%
2005-2006	9	60.0%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	3	17.6%	1	5.9%	13	76.5%	3-14	17.6%	9-13	40.9%	6-4	60.0%	0	1	15-18	45.5%
Against the Field	9	75.0%	0	0.0%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	0	0.0%	3	30.0%	7	70.0%	0-10	0.0%	18-14	56.3%	0-12	0.0%	0	0	9-13	40.9%

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 8-10 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 3 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 1-1
6/17/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 3	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Klemperer/Schneider	5	21-17, 21-13	0:48
6/3/06	CEV	German Masters	Semi-Finals	Klemperer/Schneider	11	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-16, 22-20	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Babich/Nikolaev	7	21-16, 23-25, 15-7	1:02
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Babich/Nikolaev	28, Q11	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 Koreng/Matysik, Germany 1-0
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 3	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Koreng/Matysik	5	21-19, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 Bosma/Lario, Spain 1-0
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Bosma/Lario	10	21-13, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Joosen/Melis, Belgium 0-1
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 2	Joosen/Melis	16	Babich/Nikolaev	11	13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 13 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 2-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Galli/Raffaelli	11	Babich/Nikolaev	6	15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:59
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Galli/Raffaelli	9	21-14, 21-11	0:38
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 3	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Galli/Raffaelli	1	19-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:15
Trail the series against # 15 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Biza/Kubala	15	Babich/Nikolaev	7	21-18, 21-9	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Luna/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 2-0
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Babich/Nikolaev	7	Luna/Rodriguez Herrera	10	21-19, 21-18	0:47
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Luna/Rodriguez Herrera	9	21-19, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 21 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-0
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 2	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Benes/Benes	6	21-14, 27-25	0:42