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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 World Series 13
July 14 - 18, 2004

(Q18) Mikhail Kouchnerev/Sergey Sayfulin, Russia

Mikhail Kouchnerev
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 27, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Tenerife 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$106,800.00

Sergey Sayfulin
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1968 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kemerovo

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$52,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	7	7	8	US$27,650.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$800.00
Overall	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	7	7	8	US$28,450.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Dmitry Areshkin - 25th	Dmitri Kouvitchka - 17th
1997	Sergey Sayfulin - 33rd	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 33rd
1998	Dmitry Karasev - 17th	Rushan Dayanov - 17th
1999	Sergey Ermishin - 17th	Dmitry Karasev - 25th
2000	Sergey Ermishin - 5th	Dmitry Karasev - 25th
2001	Sergey Ermishin - 5th	Dmitri Kouvitchka - 37th
2002	Sergey Sayfulin - 25th	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	Q19	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q23	41st	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	30, Q21	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q20	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q18	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	Q13	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q17	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q7	33rd	18	US$0.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/14/2004	Qualifier 1	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (Q15)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:39

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	0	$6,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	0	$20,850.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00
Total	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	7	0	$28,450.00

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	0	$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	0	$14,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	$7,200.00
71	0	0	1	1	4	11	15	17	0	$81,475.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	0	7	18	17	0	$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
91	0	0	1	1	7	15	18	22	0	$106,800.00	Total	78	0	0	0	0	0	8	20	22	0	$52,750.00

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	$13,450.00	8	12	40.0 %
2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00	7	8	46.7 %
2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,000.00	3	8	27.3 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	13	$17,450.00	18	28	39.1 %

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
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
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
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
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	$8,375.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	$7,550.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00
83	0	0	1	1	6	15	17	20	23	$103,825.00	Total	Total	78	0	0	0	0	0	8	20	22	28	$52,750.00

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%
2003-2004	6	50.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	9	75.0%	1-11	8.3%	6-9	40.0%	4-5	44.4%	0	2	10-16	38.5%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8	80.0%	0-10	0.0%	8-12	40.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	2	6-12	33.3%

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
Total	0	0	11	13	7	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	28

Head to Head Results
Kouchnerev/Sayfulin trail the series against the field 6-12 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30, Q21	By Forfeit
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	36	21-19, 20-22, 15-11	0:53
Series tied with # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Egger/Heyer	22	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	27	17-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:55
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	Egger/Heyer	19, Q2	21-17, 22-20	0:55
Trail the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	21	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	27	21-19, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-2
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	19	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30, Q21	By Forfeit
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	27	Alvarez/Rossell	6, Q3	29-27, 21-19	0:55
Trail the series against # 20 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Gartmayer/Nowotny	29, Q14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q3	21-23, 21-15, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 22, Q7 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/16/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30, Q21	Goranson/Skarlund	Q12	21-18, 25-27, 15-9	1:06
Trail the series against # 23, Q2 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-2
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-19, 21-11	0:42
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Berger/Doppler	10	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	1:11
Lead the series against # Q5 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q17	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q16	21-19, 21-18	1:02
Trail the series against # Q9 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 0-1
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	31, Q32	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q17	34-32, 21-19	0:55
Trail the series against # Q15 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lochhead/Pitman	Q15	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q18	21-14, 21-15	0:39