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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Norway Open
July 3 - 7, 2002

(30) Mikhail Kouchnerev/Sergey Sayfulin, Russia

Mikhail Kouchnerev
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 27, 1972 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Tenerife 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$118,786.63

Sergey Sayfulin
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1968 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kemerovo

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (CEV Bilbao 2000)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$62,552.24

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	US$4,060.45
FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	7	0	7	8	US$27,650.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$800.00
Overall	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	8	1	7	8	US$32,510.45

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Sergey Ermishin - 17th	Dmitry Karasev - 41st
2000	Sergey Ermishin - 17th	Dmitry Karasev - 25th
2001	Sergey Ermishin - 9th	Dmitri Kouvitchka - 33rd

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool C	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (14)	Lost 15-21, 25-27	0:50
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool C	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (19, Q2)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:55
Sat, 7/6/2002	Pool C	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (3)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:49
Sat, 7/6/2002	Winner 1	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (13)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$6,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	11	$20,850.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$1,950.00
Total	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	7	16	$30,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mikhail Kouchnerev												Sergey Sayfulin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$5,250.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	4	$14,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	$7,200.00
71	0	0	1	1	4	11	15	17	22	$81,475.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	0	7	18	17	22	$43,650.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,375.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	Goodwill Games
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	$5,675.00	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	$5,925.00
97	0	0	1	1	7	18	20	22	28	$112,475.00	Total	83	0	0	0	1	1	8	22	22	29	$58,675.00

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
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mikhail Kouchnerev													Sergey Sayfulin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$4,250.00	1996	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	$7,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	$5,100.00	1997	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$5,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	$8,700.00	1998	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	$4,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,400.00	1998	CEV
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	4	$12,750.00	1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	1	$13,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,587.50	1999	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
13	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	2	0	$25,000.00	2000	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	0	$10,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,125.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
11	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	1	0	$37,250.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00	2001	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$3,600.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$2,775.00
69	0	0	1	1	7	18	17	15	10	$103,487.50	Total	Total	60	0	0	0	1	1	7	20	17	14	$50,925.00

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	11	52.4%	4	19.0%	6	28.6%	15-6	71.4%	3	13.0%	4	17.4%	16	69.6%	3-20	13.0%	11-16	40.7%	7-10	41.2%	0	2	18-28	39.1%
2001-2002	5	55.6%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	5-7	41.7%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	8-12	40.0%
Against the Field	5	55.6%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	3	17.6%	3	17.6%	11	64.7%	3-14	17.6%	10-18	35.7%	8-12	40.0%	0	2	9-17	34.6%

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	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	9	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	20
Confederation Championship	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Total	0	0	13	14	7	14	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	34

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	Baracetti/Conde	3	22-20, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Child/Heese	14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-15, 27-25	0:50
Lead the series against # 19, Q2 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	Egger/Heyer	19, Q2	21-17, 22-20	0:55