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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 World Series 13
July 18 - 22, 2007

(Q24) Cesar Castro/Farid Mussa, Venezuela

Cesar Castro
Venezuela

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 3, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Maturin

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

19th (FIVB U21 World Championships Porto Santo 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Farid Mussa
Venezuela

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valencia

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB Sanya 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$27,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	US$0.00

Previous Marseille Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	Q20	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q32	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q44	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q43	41st	18	US$0.00

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/18/2007	Qualifier 1	Petter Jonsson / Rasmus Jonsson, Sweden (Q41)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:39
Wed, 7/18/2007	Qualifier 2	Alexey Sidorenko / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (Q9)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:41
Wed, 7/18/2007	Qualifier 3	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (29, Q8)	Lost 20-22, 16-21	0:47

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Cesar Castro												Farid Mussa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,550.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	8	0	$21,175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	49	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	8	0	$27,225.00

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
2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Cesar Castro													Farid Mussa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,000.00
											2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$0.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	$3,000.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	4-4	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
2006-2007	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	4-4	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8

Head to Head Results
Castro/Mussa trail the series against the field 3-7 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 15 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
9/17/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool D	Plavins/Samoilovs	16	Castro/Mussa	21, Q12	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 16 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	Castro/Mussa	Q44	20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 29, Q8 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 0-2
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q8	Castro/Mussa	Q24	22-20, 21-16	0:47
7/4/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Qualifier 2	Berg/Brinkborg	28, Q4	Castro/Mussa	Q20	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 31, Q16 Rovkin/Saulko, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/4/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Qualifier 1	Castro/Mussa	Q20	Rovkin/Saulko	Q13	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Series tied with # Q9 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-1
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Castro/Mussa	Q24	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	Q9	21-16, 21-12	0:41
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	Q11	Castro/Mussa	Q43	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # Q27 Sutter/Weingart, Switzerland 0-1
9/16/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool D	Sutter/Weingart	9	Castro/Mussa	21, Q12	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # Q36 Martin/Plaza, Spain 0-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 1	Martin/Plaza	Q33	Castro/Mussa	Q32	21-19, 30-28	0:50
Lead the series against # Q41 Jonsson/Jonsson, Sweden 1-0
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 1	Castro/Mussa	Q24	Jonsson/Jonsson	Q41	21-14, 21-14	0:39