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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam
June 10 - 15, 2008

(Q26) Farid Mussa/Jesus Villafane, Venezuela

Farid Mussa
Venezuela

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valencia

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB Sanya 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$27,225.00

Jesus Villafañe Marquina
Venezuela

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Barinas

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U21 World Championships Rio de Janeiro 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$69,875.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	US$3,600.00

Previous Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q12	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	30, Q14	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q26	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q21	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	31, Q14	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	Q21	33rd	30	US$0.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/11/2008	Qualifier 1	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (22, Q7)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,600.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Farid Mussa												Jesus Villafane
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	$29,050.00
40	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	8	0	$21,175.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	43	0	0	0	0	3	5	11	10	0	$33,675.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
49	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	8	0	$27,225.00	Total	79	0	1	0	0	4	6	20	13	0	$69,875.00

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
2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$3,600.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$3,600.00	8	9	47.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Farid Mussa													Jesus Villafane
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,000.00	2005	FIVB
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2006	FIVB
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$1,800.00	2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$1,800.00
26	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	19	$6,800.00	Total	Total	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,800.00

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	6	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	3	27.3%	0	0.0%	8	72.7%	3-8	27.3%	6-8	42.9%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	9-11	45.0%
2007-2008	5	62.5%	0	0.0%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	3	30.0%	0	0.0%	7	70.0%	3-7	30.0%	5-7	41.7%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	8-10	44.4%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	2-12	14.3%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	2-9	18.2%

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	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Total	0	0	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11

Head to Head Results
Mussa/Villafane trail the series against the field 2-8 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	3	Mussa/Villafane	30, Q14	21-9, 21-15	0:40
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	2	Mussa/Villafane	31, Q14	21-16, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 22, Q7 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-3
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q7	Mussa/Villafane	Q26	21-14, 21-14	0:39
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	Q7	Mussa/Villafane	Q26	19-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:58
3/26/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q5	Mussa/Villafane	Q21	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:00
Trail the series against # Q11 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Horrem/Maaseide	15	Mussa/Villafane	31, Q14	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # Q13 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	19	Mussa/Villafane	30, Q14	21-13, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # Q14 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Mussa/Villafane	30, Q14	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q3	14-21, 21-16, 19-17	1:05
Lead the series against # Q16 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
4/29/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Mussa/Villafane	31, Q14	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q3	21-16, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # Q21 Huth/Schneider, Germany 0-1
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Huth/Schneider	Q12	Mussa/Villafane	Q21	21-17, 21-15	0:47