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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam
May 24 - 29, 2016

(30) Dmitri Barsuk/Nikita Liamin, Russia

Dmitri Barsuk
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 20, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krasnodar

Height:

193 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$367,822.50

Nikita Liamin
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 14, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gorkiy

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$149,937.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	3	1	1	US$45,775.00

Previous Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Vladimir Kostioukov - 57th	Did not play
2008	Igor Kolodinsky - 5th	Did not play
2009	Igor Kolodinsky - 9th	Did not play
2010	Igor Kolodinsky - 17th	Did not play
2011	Alexey Yutvalin - 25th	Did not play
2012	Maksim Hudyakov - 25th	Did not play
2013	Yury Bogatov - 25th	Did not play
2015	Yaroslav Koshkarev - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	24, Q5	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	26, Q5	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	32, Q13	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	31, Q21	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	26, Q8	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	26, Q6	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	Q13	41st	30	US$0.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/25/2016	Pool C	Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena, United States (3)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:30
Thu, 5/26/2016	Pool C	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (14)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 13-15	0:49
Thu, 5/26/2016	Pool C	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (19)	Lost 22-24, 18-21	0:41

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$30,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$15,775.00
Total	14	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	3	0	$45,775.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dmitri Barsuk												Nikita Liamin
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	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$38,650.00	World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$23,000.00
											World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,500.00
52	1	0	0	3	4	6	13	10	0	$152,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	0	$44,000.00
68	1	2	4	2	8	21	12	9	0	$173,237.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	1	1	1	5	7	11	3	0	$56,887.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$15,550.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,235.00	Challenger
5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00	Satellite
137	3	3	4	6	15	32	29	19	0	$367,822.50	Total	57	2	2	2	1	7	14	16	7	0	$149,937.50

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
2014	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$17,000.00	12	6	66.7 %
2016	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	1	$17,775.00	21	17	55.3 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	3	1	$34,775.00	33	23	58.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dmitri Barsuk													Nikita Liamin
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	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,635.00	2001	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$1,650.00	2002	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2002	FIVB C&S
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	$6,750.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00	2003	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	$17,750.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2004	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	$26,250.00	2005	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	1	$22,150.00	2006	FIVB
13	0	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	$99,100.00	2007	FIVB
12	1	1	0	1	3	5	1	0	0	$71,350.00	2008	FIVB
11	1	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	$55,050.00	2009	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$12,150.00	2010	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$5,200.00	2011	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	$10,800.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,375.00	2013	FIVB
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,500.00	2014	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	$8,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	$11,800.00	2015	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	$8,887.50	2016	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	1	$9,887.50
134	3	3	4	6	14	31	29	19	26	$362,322.50	Total	Total	15	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	3	4	$18,387.50

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	24	70.6%	5	14.7%	5	14.7%	29-5	85.3%	9	29.0%	6	19.4%	16	51.6%	9-22	29.0%	24-16	60.0%	14-11	56.0%	2	1	40-28	58.8%
2015-2016	17	77.3%	2	9.1%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	8	30.8%	6	23.1%	12	46.2%	8-18	30.8%	17-12	58.6%	10-9	52.6%	1	1	28-22	56.0%
Against the Field	12	63.2%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	15-4	78.9%	4	19.0%	5	23.8%	12	57.1%	4-17	19.0%	24-20	54.5%	14-18	43.8%	1	1	20-20	50.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	1	5	10	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	12	6	0	0	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	25	13
Total	0	0	12	2	19	17	0	0	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	40	28

Head to Head Results
Barsuk/Liamin trail the series against the field 14-18 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-2
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q13	20-22, 21-17, 15-10	0:47
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	Barsuk/Liamin	30	21-14, 21-18	0:30
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool B	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	2	Barsuk/Liamin	31, Q21	25-23, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q13	20-22, 21-19, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 7 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	Doppler/Horst	17	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 9 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Barsuk/Liamin	24, Q5	5-2 Retired	0:03
Trail the series against # 12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	7	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q5	21-16, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Barsuk/Liamin	24, Q5	Lupo/Nicolai	9	25-23, 21-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 14 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-2
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Carambula/Ranghieri	14	Barsuk/Liamin	30	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:49
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Carambula/Ranghieri	7	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	21-11, 19-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 15 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-2
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	15	Barsuk/Liamin	31, Q21	21-17, 18-21, 15-9	0:48
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 2-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q5	Binstock/Schachter	10	21-18, 21-16	0:34
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Binstock/Schachter	10	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:39
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	Binstock/Schachter	Q4	27-25, 21-13	0:39
Series tied with # 17 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	7	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q6	21-12, 19-21, 18-16	0:44
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	Kantor/Losiak	16	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:45
Trail the series against # 19 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Erdmann/Matysik	19	Barsuk/Liamin	30	24-22, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 22, Q1 Krou/Rowlandson, France 2-1
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Liamin	24, Q5	Krou/Rowlandson	12	21-17, 21-18	0:34
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q13	Krou/Rowlandson	16	21-18, 21-18	0:35
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Semi-Finals	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Barsuk/Liamin	20	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 26 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 0-1
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 2	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	11	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q6	21-16, 21-17	0:30
Series tied with # 29, Q12 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 1-1
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Barsuk/Liamin	20	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	4	22-20, 22-24, 18-16	0:58
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	4	Barsuk/Liamin	20	32-34, 21-18, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 31 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
4/12/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q5	Faiga/Hilman	Q12	21-17, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # Q5 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q13	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	17	20-22, 21-19, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # Q6 Doherty/Mayer, United States 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Liamin	31, Q21	Doherty/Mayer	Q5	22-20, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # Q8 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 0-1
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 2	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	28, Q10	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	25-23, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # Q10 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	Huber/Seidl	17	24-22, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q13 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 2-0
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q5	Gabathuler/Gerson	23, Q1	21-18, 11-21, 15-11	0:43
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	Gabathuler/Gerson	23	21-15, 21-14	0:37