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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 (53 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 (57 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

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
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,950.00
Total	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	7	0	$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	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
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$5,675.00	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	$5,925.00
97	0	0	1	1	7	18	20	22	0	$112,475.00	Total	83	0	0	0	1	1	8	22	22	0	$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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	10	$15,450.00	15	23	39.5 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$3,450.00	8	10	44.4 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$412.50	2002	CEV C&S
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
90	0	0	1	1	8	20	19	20	21	$111,400.00	Total	Total	81	0	0	0	1	1	9	22	22	26	$58,425.00

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	7	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	7-7	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	1	8-10	44.4%
2003-2004	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	7-6	53.8%	1-1	50.0%	0	1	8-8	50.0%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	8-12	40.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	1	5-7	41.7%

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 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