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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Portugal Open
June 2 - 6, 2004

(Q20) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Dmitry Areshkin - 25th	Dmitri Kouvitchka - 17th
1997	Sergey Sayfulin - 25th	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 25th
1998	Dmitry Karasev - 25th	Rushan Dayanov - 25th
1999	Sergey Ermishin - 9th	Dmitry Karasev - 17th
2000	Sergey Ermishin - 17th	Dmitry Karasev - 25th
2001	Sergey Ermishin - 5th	Dmitri Kouvitchka - 41st
2002	Sergey Sayfulin - 9th	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 9th
2003	Sergey Sayfulin - 33rd	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		9th	40	€ 1,500.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		29th	12	€ 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
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		25th	8	€ 0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	24, Q4	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q5	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q3	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q5	41st	10	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 2	Riccardo Fenili / Fabio Galli, Italy (Q13)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:44

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	$13,450.00	8	12	40.0 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$450.00	0	2	0.0 %
2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00	7	8	46.7 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	10	$15,450.00	15	23	39.5 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	$1,950.00	6	7	46.2 %

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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
88	0	0	1	1	7	20	18	20	21	$110,237.50	Total	Total	80	0	0	0	1	1	9	21	22	26	$57,675.00

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	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	3	18.8%	13	81.3%	0-16	0.0%	12-22	35.3%	4-8	33.3%	0	2	8-17	32.0%

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	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
Kouchnerev/Sayfulin trail the series against the field 9-16 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	36	21-19, 20-22, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 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 # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-2
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		21-11, 21-13	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 16 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 # 20 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool F	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		Horrem/Maaseide		23-21, 9-21, 15-13	1:10
Trail the series against # 22 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 25, Q9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-2
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool F	Arkaev/Barsuk		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		21-11, 21-12	0:37
8/27/03	CEV	European Championships		Arkaev/Barsuk		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		21-16, 21-9	0:35
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 # 27 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open		Canet/Hamel		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		21-17, 21-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 29, Q2 Child/Heese, Canada 0-2
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Child/Heese	11	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	21-15, 21-19	0:56
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Child/Heese	14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-15, 27-25	0:50
Series tied with # 30, Q14 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-1
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q15	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q18	21-10, 21-19	0:35
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q3	Asahi/Nishimura	Q35	21-18, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # Q3 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q3	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q12 Ces/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/9/03	CEV	Greek Open		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		Ces/Salvetti		22-20, 21-15	0:43
Series tied with # Q13 Fenili/Galli, Italy 1-1
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Fenili/Galli	Q13	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q20	21-16, 21-18	0:44
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool F	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		Fenili/Galli		21-15, 21-14	0:41
Trail the series against # Q22 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q28	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q26 Gortsianiouk/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		Gortsianiouk/Xenakis		21-19, 21-12	0:40