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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships presented by A1
July 28 - August 6, 2017

(43) Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui, Morocco

Mohamed Abicha
Morocco

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 16, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adgal

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Agadir 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$10,000.00

Zouheir Elgraoui
Morocco

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Casablanca

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Agadir 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$5,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	37	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	US$10,200.00

Previous Vienna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-23/2017	Agadir One Star	4	4th	100	US$900.00

Vienna World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/28/2017	Pool F	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Nikita Liamin, Russia (6)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:32
Sun, 7/30/2017	Pool F	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (19)	Lost 13-21, 22-24	0:33
Tue, 8/1/2017	Pool F	Rihards Finsters / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (30)	Lost 15-21, 20-22	0:32

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Zouheir Elgraoui - 37th	Mohamed Abicha - 37th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Zouheir Elgraoui - 37th	Mohamed Abicha - 37th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Soufiane El Gharouti - 37th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Oussama El Azhari - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/6/2017	Vienna World Championships	43	37th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	47	37th	160	US$3,400.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$10,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mohamed Abicha												Zouheir Elgraoui
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$6,800.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$450.00	Satellite
12	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	2	$10,000.00	Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$5,100.00

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
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,300.00	2	5	28.6 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,300.00	2	5	28.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mohamed Abicha													Zouheir Elgraoui
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	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2004	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,150.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,150.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	$3,600.00	Total	Total	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,150.00

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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	15	100.0%	0-15	0.0%	3-15	16.7%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-16	15.8%
2016-2017	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	2-12	14.3%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-7	12.5%

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	16

Head to Head Results
Abicha/Elgraoui trail the series against the field 1-4 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 0-1
7/28/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool F	Krasilnikov/Liamin	6	Abicha/Elgraoui	43	21-16, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 19 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
7/30/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool F	Koekelkoren/van Walle	19	Abicha/Elgraoui	43	21-13, 24-22	0:33
Trail the series against # 30 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 0-1
8/1/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool F	Finsters/Tocs	30	Abicha/Elgraoui	43	21-15, 22-20	0:32
Trail the series against # 36 Raoufi/Salemi, Iran 0-1
7/23/17	FIVB	Agadir One Star	Bronze Medal	Raoufi/Salemi	2	Abicha/Elgraoui	4	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:59
Lead the series against # 42 Battilana/Godoy, Paraguay 1-0
7/21/17	FIVB	Agadir One Star	Winner 1	Abicha/Elgraoui	4	Battilana/Godoy	13	21-13, 21-10	0:32