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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 7, 2021

(20) Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui, Morocco

Mohamed Abicha
Morocco

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 16, 1980 (44 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 (30 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 Tokyo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

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

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/25/2021

Pool E

Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (5)

Lost 17-21, 11-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mohamed Abicha	Total	29	13	8	0.172	0	3	0	0
	1	16	9	4	0.313	0	3	0	0
	2	13	4	4	0.000	0	0	0	0
Zouheir Elgraoui	Total	8	3	4	-0.125	1	2	3	3
	1	6	2	4	-0.333	1	1	2	0
	2	2	1	0	0.500	0	1	1	3

Tue, 7/27/2021

Pool E

Evandro Goncalves / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (8)

Lost 14-21, 16-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mohamed Abicha	Total	15	8	3	0.333	0	4	0	1
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	2	0	1
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	2	0	0
Zouheir Elgraoui	Total	15	6	4	0.133	1	3	1	6
	1	4	1	2	-0.250	0	1	1	3
	2	11	5	2	0.273	1	2	0	3

Fri, 7/30/2021

Pool E

Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (17)

Lost 14-21, 12-21

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mohamed Abicha	Total	23	10	4	0.261	0	4	0	2
	1	13	4	2	0.154	0	4	0	0
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	0	0	2
Zouheir Elgraoui	Total	21	10	7	0.143	0	4	0	4
	1	13	7	3	0.308	0	3	0	1
	2	8	3	4	-0.125	0	1	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mohamed Abicha	67	31	15	0.239	0	11	0	3
Zouheir Elgraoui	44	19	15	0.091	2	9	4	13
Total	111	50	30	0.180	2	20	4	16
Opponents	101	69	8	0.604	9	27	8	19

Olympic Games, 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
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Zouheir Elgraoui - 19th	Mohamed Abicha - 19th

Head to Head Results
Abicha/Elgraoui trail the series against the field 0-5 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 0-2
7/25/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool E	Bryl/Fijalek	5	Abicha/Elgraoui	20	21-17, 21-11	0:34
6/28/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool B	Bryl/Fijalek	2	Abicha/Elgraoui	47	21-15, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 8 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/27/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool E	Goncalves/Schmidt	8	Abicha/Elgraoui	20	21-14, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 0-1
6/30/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool B	Plavins/Tocs	23	Abicha/Elgraoui	47	21-11, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 17 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
7/30/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	17	Abicha/Elgraoui	20	21-14, 21-12	0:32