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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
July 20 - 25, 1999

(30) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Rushan Dayanov - 25th	Dmitry Areshkin - 25th
1997	Did not play	Sergey Sayfulin - 33rd
1998	Andrei Gorbenko - 33rd	Dmitry Karasev - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-18/1999	Italian Open	Q11	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-11/1999	Norway Open	27	17th	68	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/1999	German Open	29	25th	34	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/1999	Russian Open	10	17th	68	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/16-20/1999	Toronto Open	Q15	37th	20	US$0.00

Marseille World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/20/1999		Ward Ceyfs / Pascal Delfosse, Belgium (Q54)	Won 15-6	0:35
Tue, 7/20/1999		Jesper Hansen / Jens Larsen, Denmark (Q43)	Won 15-8	0:27
Wed, 7/21/1999		Willie De Jesus / Amaury Velasco, Puerto Rico (Q6)	Won 16-14	0:39
Thu, 7/22/1999		Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Guilherme Marques, Brazil (3)	Lost 8-15	0:30
Thu, 7/22/1999		Giovane Gavio / Tande Ramos, Brazil (14)	Won 15-12	0:30
Fri, 7/23/1999		Rob Heidger / Kevin Wong, United States (13)	Lost 13-15	0:47

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Did not play	Rushan Dayanov - 33rd
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 17th	Sergey Ermishin - 17th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 9th	Sergey Ermishin - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	30	17th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	14	9th	200	US$6,000.00

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$11,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$11,500.00	4	2	66.7 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$5,750.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	$5,750.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	7	$7,650.00	Total	Total	32	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	10	9	$24,200.00

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%
1998-1999	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	5	29.4%	4	23.5%	8	47.1%	9-8	52.9%	5	38.5%	0	0.0%	8	61.5%	5-8	38.5%	10-10	50.0%	18-6	75.0%	0	0	19-11	63.3%

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 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Ferreira/Marques, Brazil 0-1
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Ferreira/Marques	3	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	30	15-8	0:30
Trail the series against # 13 Heidger/Wong, United States 0-1
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Heidger/Wong	13	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	30	15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 14 Gavio/Ramos, Brazil 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Ermishin/Kouchnerev	30	Gavio/Ramos	14	15-12	0:30
Lead the series against # Q6 De Jesus/Velasco, Puerto Rico 1-0
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Ermishin/Kouchnerev	30	De Jesus/Velasco	Q6	16-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q43 Hansen/Larsen, Denmark 1-0
7/20/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Ermishin/Kouchnerev	30	Hansen/Larsen	Q43	15-8	0:27
Lead the series against # Q54 Ceyfs/Delfosse, Belgium 1-0
7/20/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Ermishin/Kouchnerev	30	Ceyfs/Delfosse	Q54	15-6	0:35