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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championship Final
June 9 - 13, 2004

Mikhail Kouchnerev/Sergey Sayfulin, Russia

Mikhail Kouchnerev
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 27, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Tenerife 2000)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Rhodes 1998)

Career Winnings:

US$119,392.39

Sergey Sayfulin
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1968 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kemerovo

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (CEV Bilbao 2000)

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 Timmendorfer Strand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/10/2004		Morten Klein / Christopher Sonnenblicker, Germany	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:52
Thu, 6/10/2004		Georgios Knapek / Panagiotis Mourtzios, Greece	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:40
Fri, 6/11/2004	Pool F	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:48
Fri, 6/11/2004	Pool F	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany	Lost 20-22, 14-21	0:52
Sat, 6/12/2004	Pool F	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland	Lost By Forfeit

Head to Head Results
Kouchnerev/Sayfulin trail the series against the field 8-15 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against 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 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
Trail the series against Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Brink/Schneider		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		22-20, 21-14	0:52
Trail the series against Canet/Hamel, France 0-2
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Canet/Hamel		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		21-16, 21-16	0:48
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open		Canet/Hamel		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		21-17, 21-12	0:45
Lead the series against Ces/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/9/03	CEV	Greek Open		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		Ces/Salvetti		22-20, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against 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
Trail the series against 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
Trail the series against 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
Trail the series against 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 Gortsianiouk/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		Gortsianiouk/Xenakis		21-19, 21-12	0:40
Trail the series against Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-2
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		By Forfeit
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
Trail the series against 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
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against Klein/Sonnenblicker, Germany 1-0
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		Klein/Sonnenblicker		21-16, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against Knapek/Mourtzios, Greece 1-0
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		Knapek/Mourtzios		21-19, 21-17	0:40