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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 25 - July 4, 2009

(34) Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico

Bibiana Candelas
Mexico

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1983 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mazatlan

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$120,187.50

Mayra Garcia
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 16, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tijuana, BC

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$182,340.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	60	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	8	15	13	9	1	4	US$202,750.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	61	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	8	15	13	9	1	4	US$203,250.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 17th
2003	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 9th
2004	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 17th
2005	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 17th
2007	Mayra Garcia - 41st	Bibiana Candelas - 41st
2008	Mayra Garcia - 9th	Bibiana Candelas - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	27	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	21	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	16	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	18	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/9-21/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	19	17th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	12	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	23	17th	160	US$5,100.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool J

Ying Huang / Xi Zhang, China (15)

Lost 25-23, 22-24, 12-15

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bibiana Candelas	Total	17	10	2	0.471	5	3	1	3
	1	6	5	1	0.667	3	1	0	2
	2	8	4	0	0.500	1	2	0	1
	3	3	1	1	0.000	1	0	1	0
Mayra Garcia	Total	36	20	8	0.333	0	10	2	1
	1	15	9	3	0.400	0	4	0	0
	2	16	9	4	0.313	0	6	1	1
	3	5	2	1	0.200	0	0	1	0

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool J

Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (10)

Lost 14-21, 21-19, 10-15

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bibiana Candelas	Total	20	12	1	0.550	0	0	0	3
	1	8	4	0	0.500	0	0	0	2
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	0	0	1
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	0	0	0
Mayra Garcia	Total	36	15	6	0.250	0	12	2	3
	1	15	6	2	0.267	0	3	0	1
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	4	2	1
	3	9	3	3	0.000	0	5	0	1

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool J

Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (39)

Won 21-15, 21-13

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bibiana Candelas	Total	12	9	1	0.667	2	2	1	3
	1	3	2	1	0.333	1	0	1	3
	2	9	7	0	0.778	1	2	0	0
Mayra Garcia	Total	19	11	0	0.579	0	8	4	1
	1	12	7	0	0.583	0	4	2	0
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	4	2	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (3)

Lost 10-21, 15-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bibiana Candelas	Total	19	6	6	0.000	2	1	0	2
	1	8	2	3	-0.125	1	1	0	0
	2	11	4	3	0.091	1	0	0	2
Mayra Garcia	Total	23	8	3	0.217	0	9	0	0
	1	12	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bibiana Candelas	68	37	10	0.397	9	6	2	11
Mayra Garcia	114	54	17	0.325	0	39	8	5
Total	182	91	27	0.352	9	45	10	16
Opponents	214	123	32	0.425	12	53	18	35

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Mayra Garcia - 37th	Bibiana Candelas - 37th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Claudia Rios - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	34	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	32	37th	40	US$3,400.00

Head to Head Results
Candelas/Garcia trail the series against the field 16-23 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-2
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Candelas/Garcia	34	21-10, 21-15	0:34
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Candelas/Garcia	18	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	30-32, 21-12, 15-11	0:54
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q24	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-3
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	3	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-13, 30-28	0:49
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Candelas/Garcia	17, Q11	22-20, 21-13	0:35
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-17, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 3	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	Salgado/Salgado	Q1	21-16, 25-27, 15-6	0:59
Trail the series against # 9 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-2
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Hakedal/Torlen	13	Candelas/Garcia	27	21-19, 21-12	0:36
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Hakedal/Torlen	11	Candelas/Garcia	19	20-22, 21-12, 15-11	0:49
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Candelas/Garcia	26	Hakedal/Torlen	10	21-19, 26-24	0:43
Series tied with # 10 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-1
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	Candelas/Garcia	34	21-14, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Candelas/Garcia	27	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	24-22, 14-21, 15-9	0:55
Trail the series against # 12 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool F	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Candelas/Garcia	19	21-17, 21-10	0:34
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Candelas/Garcia	32, Q30	21-19, 27-25	0:46
Lead the series against # 13 Kongshavn/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Candelas/Garcia	27	Kongshavn/Maaseide	28	21-14, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Huang/Zhang, China 0-2
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Huang/Zhang	15	Candelas/Garcia	34	23-25, 24-22, 15-12	0:58
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Huang/Zhang	1	Candelas/Garcia	16	23-21, 20-22, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 17 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-3
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	Candelas/Garcia	21	15-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:46
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	Candelas/Garcia	23	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:55
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	19	Candelas/Garcia	14	22-20, 14-21, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 18 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
9/25/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Gioria/Momoli	30, Q6	Candelas/Garcia	Q22	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 19 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 0-1
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	9	Candelas/Garcia	16	21-11, 17-21, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 20 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-13, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-2
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	22	Candelas/Garcia	27	21-18, 21-23, 16-14	0:53
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q23	Petrova/Skalnikova	Q10	21-18, 21-16	0:36
6/19/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Petrova/Skalnikova	30, Q3	Candelas/Garcia	Q30	21-12, 17-21, 22-20	0:52
Lead the series against # 24 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 2-0
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Candelas/Garcia	12	Jursone/Minusa	21	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:47
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Candelas/Garcia	23	Jursone/Minusa	26, Q4	19-21, 22-20, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 30 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
9/25/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 1	Candelas/Garcia	Q22	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	Q11	26-24, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 33 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Martins/Santanna	17	Candelas/Garcia	18	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:45
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Candelas/Garcia	12	Martins/Santanna	11	23-21, 21-18	0:42
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Candelas/Garcia	26	Martins/Santanna	23, Q5	19-21, 21-14, 15-6	0:43
Trail the series against # 37 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Baburina/Osheyko	30, Q21	Candelas/Garcia	14	21-19, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 38 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 0-1
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Matveeva	29, Q25	Candelas/Garcia	Q24	14-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 39 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Candelas/Garcia	34	Nystrom/Nystrom	39	21-15, 21-13	0:33
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	16-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 44 Boulton/Johns, England 2-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Candelas/Garcia	16	Boulton/Johns	17	21-17, 21-19	0:31
5/14/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	Boulton/Johns	Q17	21-13, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 47 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Candelas/Garcia	23	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	21-18, 21-18	0:34