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€ 200,000 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
May 30 - June 3, 2012

(25) Ekaterina Birlova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia

Ekaterina Khomyakova Birlova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 11, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bryansk

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

125

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$289,077.52

Evgenia Ukolova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 17, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

171

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Klagenfurt 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$360,493.54

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	8	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$42,359.95
FIVB	70	2	1	2	2	6	0	20	1	20	9	4	3	US$387,665.50
Overall	78	2	2	2	3	8	0	22	1	22	9	4	3	US$430,025.45

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Maria Prokopeva - 9th
2008	Daria Yarzutkina - 21st	Maria Prokopeva - 5th
FIVB 2010	Anastasia Barsuk - 17th	Did not play
FIVB 2011	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th	Ekaterina Birlova - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	26, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	26, Q6	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	17	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	21	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	27, Q4	9th	240	US$6,000.00
CEV	8/9-13/2011	CEV European Championship Final	15	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q5	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	26, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/11-16/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q5	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	34	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	30, Q6	25th	80	US$3,500.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool H	Greta Cicolari / Laura Giombini, Italy (8)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:32
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool H	Karla Borger / Britta Buthe, Germany (9)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:33
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool H	Natalja Bratuhhina / Polina Bratuhhina, Estonia (24)	Won 21-14, 21-9	0:29
Fri, 6/1/2012	Winner 2	Katrien Gielen / Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium (7)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:31

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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$36,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	1	0	0	1	1	0	7	0	9	7	0	$219,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	1	1	1	0	3	0	8	1	8	1	0	$118,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$10,300.00
Confederation Championship	8	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$37,000.00
Total	78	2	2	2	3	8	0	22	1	22	9	0	$424,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ekaterina Birlova												Evgenia Ukolova
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	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,400.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$19,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
44	1	0	0	1	2	10	12	9	0	$139,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	1	0	0	1	2	11	18	13	0	$170,275.00
45	1	1	1	0	4	12	14	4	0	$82,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	60	1	1	4	0	5	18	13	8	0	$108,537.50
8	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	$6,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	$7,850.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Challenger
12	0	1	0	1	3	3	4	0	0	$22,625.00	Confederation Championship	13	0	1	0	1	2	7	2	0	0	$23,875.00
118	2	2	3	3	11	30	35	14	0	$274,675.00	Total	146	2	2	5	3	12	41	37	23	0	$332,237.50

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
2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	3	$33,600.00	20	18	52.6 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$14,050.00	9	8	52.9 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	3	$47,650.00	29	26	52.7 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	4	4	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ekaterina Birlova													Evgenia Ukolova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2006	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	$3,725.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$6,300.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2008	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	2008	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	$4,700.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	$9,450.00	2009	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	5	$21,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$875.00	2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$2,575.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	3	$23,650.00	2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	3	$19,775.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	4	$22,600.00	2011	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	4	$19,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$180.00	2011	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$540.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$7,025.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$7,025.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
49	0	0	1	0	4	8	16	8	12	$67,780.00	Total	Total	78	2	1	1	2	6	20	15	13	18	$90,465.00

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	16	59.3%	5	18.5%	6	22.2%	21-6	77.8%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	11	84.6%	2-11	15.4%	16-11	59.3%	7-6	53.8%	2	0	25-17	59.5%
2011-2012	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-3	57.1%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	12-6	66.7%	2-2	50.0%	1	0	8-4	66.7%

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	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	5	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	9
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	18	5	36	40	0	0	13	17	1	1	0	1	1	0	69	64
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	2	29	16	0	0	19	22	2	1	1	0	1	1	64	47
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	5	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	14	10
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	15	8	0	0	9	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	25	17
Total	0	0	23	7	98	77	2	0	49	55	4	5	2	3	2	2	188	154

Head to Head Results
Birlova/Ukolova trail the series against the field 14-16 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 1	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	10	Birlova/Ukolova	15	21-16, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 2 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-1
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	Kolocova/Slukova	7	21-19, 21-18	0:36
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	Kolocova/Slukova	10	21-15, 18-21, 15-9	0:49
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Kolocova/Slukova	19	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 4 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 2-0
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 1	Birlova/Ukolova	22	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	11-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:52
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 3	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Hansel/Montagnolli	20	22-20, 14-21, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 5 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-5
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	21-14, 21-13	0:32
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	21-13, 21-18	0:34
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	21-15, 17-21, 16-14	0:48
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	10	22-20, 21-16	0:37
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	34	21-15, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 0-3
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Gielen/Mouha	7	Birlova/Ukolova	25	21-19, 21-13	0:31
4/27/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Gielen/Mouha	8	Birlova/Ukolova	17	24-22, 21-18	0:52
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Gielen/Mouha	11	Birlova/Ukolova	22	21-19, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 8 Cicolari/Giombini, Italy 1-0
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	25	Cicolari/Giombini	8	21-17, 21-14	0:32
Series tied with # 9 Borger/Buthe, Germany 1-1
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	25	Borger/Buthe	9	21-17, 21-13	0:33
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	23	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 Kohler/Sude, Germany 2-1
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	Kohler/Sude	23	21-19, 24-26, 15-11	0:55
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	10	Kohler/Sude	19	22-20, 21-23, 15-13	0:56
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Kohler/Sude	25	Birlova/Ukolova	23, Q4	21-19, 21-23, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 15 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 0-1
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Brzostek/Wojtasik	10	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 2-0
4/27/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Birlova/Ukolova	17	Meppelink/van Gestel	18, Q8	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	21-18, 21-8	0:31
Series tied with # 17 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-1
6/28/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	Q28	Birlova/Ukolova	Q5	21-17, 21-14	0:30
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	Nestarcova/Pridalova	Q27	21-15, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Braakman/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-0
8/16/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 3	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Braakman/Stiekema	Q20	21-19, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 19 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	Birlova/Ukolova	17	13-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:56
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	Birlova/Ukolova	22	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 24 Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina, Estonia 1-0
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	25	Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina	24	21-14, 21-9	0:29
Lead the series against # 26 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
5/18/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	Birlova/Ukolova	23, Q4	Jursone/Minusa	Q13	21-18, 21-15	0:32