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June 26 - July 5, 2009

(39) Alexandr Dyachenko/Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan

Alexandr Dyachenko
Kazakhstan

/ Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 23, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sumi, Ukraine

Resides:

Sumy

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

100

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Bandar Anzali 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$154,597.50

Oleksiy Kulinich
Kazakhstan

/ Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 18, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sumy

Resides:

Sumy

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Kiev 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Dubai 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$28,560.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	4	7	6	3	US$52,600.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	US$4,520.00
Overall	33	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	5	5	7	6	3	US$57,120.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Oleksiy Kulinich - 33rd	Alexandr Dyachenko - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	17	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	18	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2008	Manama Open	4	17	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	13	7	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	16	13	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	11	13	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	25, Q5	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	18, Q4	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	15, Q3	17	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	Q15	33	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q17	33	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q24	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q24	33	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	Q18	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q22	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q19	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	17, Q10	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	32, Q34	13	180	US$4,500.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool J

Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (10)

Lost 14-21, 16-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alexandr Dyachenko	Total	11	10	0	0.909	1	4	0	2
	1	5	5	0	1.000	0	3	0	1
	2	6	5	0	0.833	1	1	0	1
Oleksiy Kulinich	Total	27	6	10	-0.148	1	0	1	1
	1	14	3	4	-0.071	0	0	1	1
	2	13	3	6	-0.231	1	0	0	0

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool J

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (15)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alexandr Dyachenko	Total	10	6	2	0.400	0	3	1	1
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	1	0	1
	2	3	1	1	0.000	0	2	1	0
Oleksiy Kulinich	Total	41	16	9	0.171	0	6	2	1
	1	17	8	4	0.235	0	2	1	1
	2	24	8	5	0.125	0	4	1	0

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool J

Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (34)

Won 15-21, 28-26, 15-13

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alexandr Dyachenko	Total	26	15	6	0.346	2	10	1	1
	1	3	1	0	0.333	1	0	0	1
	2	14	6	5	0.071	1	6	1	0
	3	9	8	1	0.778	0	4	0	0
Oleksiy Kulinich	Total	45	25	7	0.400	1	6	0	2
	1	11	5	4	0.091	0	0	0	0
	2	25	16	2	0.560	1	4	0	2
	3	9	4	1	0.333	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alexandr Dyachenko	47	31	8	0.489	3	17	2	4
Oleksiy Kulinich	113	47	26	0.186	2	12	3	4

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Rome	Alexey Sidorenko - 37th	Did not play
2013	Stare Jablonki	Alexey Sidorenko - 17th	Did not play
2015	The Hague	Alexey Sidorenko - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	39	33	50	US$4,800.00

Head to Head Results
Dyachenko/Kulinich trail the series against the field 7-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:49
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	31, Q23	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	18, Q4	21-10, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # 10 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Araujo/Magalhaes	10	Dyachenko/Kulinich	39	21-14, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Ces/Ces	20	Dyachenko/Kulinich	11	22-20, 26-24	0:52
Series tied with # 12 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-1
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Dyachenko/Kulinich	11	35-33, 21-14	0:59
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	17, Q10	Maciel/Schmidt	32, Q14	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 13 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	13	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 15 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Gavira/Herrera	15	Dyachenko/Kulinich	39	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	18	Dyachenko/Kulinich	31, Q23	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 19 Biza/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 0-1
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 1	Biza/Rotrekl	29, Q12	Dyachenko/Kulinich	4	21-13, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 22 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 0-1
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Baracetti/Salema	24, Q1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q17	22-20, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 24 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	17	Dyachenko/Kulinich	15, Q3	21-15, 21-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-2
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Dyachenko/Kulinich	25, Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:56
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q15	24-22, 21-18	0:49
Series tied with # 29 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-1
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 3	Hoyer/Soderberg	23	Dyachenko/Kulinich	16	21-12, 21-18	0:41
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	11	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q2	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:56
Series tied with # 34 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-1
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Dyachenko/Kulinich	39	Gabathuler/Wenger	34	15-21, 28-26, 15-13	1:00
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Gabathuler/Wenger	31	Dyachenko/Kulinich	18, Q4	21-16, 15-21, 20-18	1:05
Lead the series against # 45 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	Horrem/Maaseide	15	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 46 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 2-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	16	Babich/Mykhaylov	17	16-21, 21-10, 19-17	1:01
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q15	Babich/Mykhaylov	Q18	22-20, 25-23	0:53