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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Goodwill Games
August 29 - September 4, 2001

(7) Sergey Ermishin/Mikhail Kouchnerev, Russia

Sergey Ermishin
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 4, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saratov

Height:

208 cm (6'10")

Weight:

102 kg (224 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Tenerife 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$76,900.00

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	57	Money
FIVB	35	0	0	1	1	4	2	8	2	10	4	1	1	1	US$150,000.00

Previous Brisbane Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	11	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	14	9th	200	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	16	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	18	5th	270	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	17	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	20	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	15	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	18	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	17	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	9/16-26/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	14	9th	0	US$0.00

Goodwill Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/30/2001	Winner 1	Jarrod Novosel / Joshua Slack, Australia (10)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:45
Sun, 9/2/2001	Winner 2	Jose Loiola / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-18, 13-21, 11-15	0:52
Mon, 9/3/2001	Contender 5	Julien Prosser / Lee Zahner, Australia (3)	Lost 17-21, 24-26	0:42
Tue, 9/4/2001	Contender 6	Nikolas Berger / Oliver Stamm, Austria (9)	Won 23-25, 21-19, 15-13	0:54

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$10,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	1	1	3	1	6	1	9	4	0	$115,500.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Total	35	0	0	1	1	4	2	8	2	10	4	0	$150,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sergey Ermishin												Mikhail Kouchnerev
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,250.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$8,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	$14,700.00
36	0	0	1	1	4	7	9	7	0	$59,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	71	0	0	1	1	4	11	15	17	0	$81,475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
44	0	0	1	1	6	10	11	7	0	$76,900.00	Total	91	0	0	1	1	7	15	18	22	0	$106,800.00

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
1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	3	$25,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
2000	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	4	2	0	$50,000.00	1	1	50.0 %
2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	1	1	0	$63,500.00	28	19	59.6 %
Total	FIVB	34	0	0	1	0	4	2	8	2	10	4	3	$139,000.00	33	22	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sergey Ermishin													Mikhail Kouchnerev
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	1	0	$500.00	1996	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$4,250.00
											1997	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	$5,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$1,400.00	1998	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	$8,700.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	3	$12,750.00	1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	4	$12,750.00
13	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	2	0	$25,000.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	2	0	$25,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	1	0	$31,750.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	1	0	$31,750.00
43	0	0	1	0	6	10	11	7	8	$71,400.00	Total	Total	60	0	0	1	0	6	13	17	13	10	$87,950.00

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	16	53.3%	8	26.7%	6	20.0%	24-6	80.0%	8	34.8%	2	8.7%	13	56.5%	8-15	34.8%	16-13	55.2%	16-8	66.7%	0	1	37-25	59.7%
2000-2001	16	53.3%	8	26.7%	6	20.0%	24-6	80.0%	8	34.8%	2	8.7%	13	56.5%	8-15	34.8%	16-13	55.2%	16-8	66.7%	0	1	33-23	58.9%
Against the Field	4	40.0%	4	40.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	6	42.9%	1	7.1%	7	50.0%	6-8	42.9%	8-10	44.4%	20-6	76.9%	0	1	14-10	58.3%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
World Championships	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	22	17
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	9	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	37	25

Head to Head Results
Ermishin/Kouchnerev lead the series against the field 13-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-1
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 3	Baracetti/Conde	3	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	11	21-17, 21-16	0:42
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 5	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	16	Baracetti/Conde	3	21-19, 21-23, 25-23	1:23
Trail the series against # 2 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 0-1
9/2/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 2	Loiola/Santos	2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	7	18-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:52
Series tied with # 3 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-1
9/3/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 5	Prosser/Zahner	3	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	7	21-17, 26-24	0:42
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	16	Prosser/Zahner	15	14-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:55
Series tied with # 4 Metzger/Wong, United States 1-1
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	11	Metzger/Wong	6	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 6	Metzger/Wong	4	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 9 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-0
9/4/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 6	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	7	Berger/Stamm	9	23-25, 21-19, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 10 Novosel/Slack, Australia 1-2
8/30/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	7	Novosel/Slack	10	16-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:45
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Novosel/Slack	15	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	21-14, 15-21, 20-18	0:58
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Novosel/Slack	16, Q2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	17-21, 21-18, 24-22	0:59
Lead the series against # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 3-1
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	14	Heuscher/Kobel	13	18-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:54
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Heuscher/Kobel	11	24-22, 21-18	0:37
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Heuscher/Kobel	9	23-21, 14-21, 15-12	0:53
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	21-16, 21-17	0:32
Series tied with # 12 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Bosma/Cotrino	15, Q4	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	21-15, 21-17	0:47
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	Bosma/Cotrino	10	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:56
Series tied with # 13 Child/Heese, Canada 1-1
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	16	Child/Heese	5	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:53
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Child/Heese	6	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	14	15-6	0:40
Lead the series against # 14 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Berg/Dahl	16	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 2-0
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool N	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	14	Ahmann/Hager	19	21-12, 21-17	0:36
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Ahmann/Hager	17	20-22, 21-14, 16-14	0:52