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FIVB Age Group World Championships
SWATCH FIVB World Under 19 Championships
August 19 - 23, 2009

(18) Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine

Sergiy Popov
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaporishya

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB Age Group WC Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$70,014.60

Valeriy Samoday
Russia

/ Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 4, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sumy

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB Age Group WC Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$28,055.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	1	US$26,400.00
FIVB Age Group WC	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	3	3	1	US$26,400.00

Previous Alanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Under 19 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2009	Pool F	Michel Bargmann / Felix Quecke, Germany (7)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-8	1:03
Thu, 8/20/2009	Pool F	Fatih Cihan / Hakan Colpan, Türkiye (6)	Won 21-13, 21-10	0:31
Fri, 8/21/2009	Pool F	William Mercer / Harrison Peacock, Australia (19)	Won 21-10, 21-19	0:39
Sat, 8/22/2009	Winner 1	Fredrik Ingebrigtsen / Svein Solhaug, Norway (17)	Won 21-11, 21-13	0:36
Sat, 8/22/2009	Winner 2	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Artem Kucherenko, Russia (21, Q2)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:40
Sat, 8/22/2009	Semi-Finals	Michel Bargmann / Felix Quecke, Germany (7)	Won 21-13, 18-21, 20-18	0:58
Sat, 8/22/2009	Gold Medal	Andrey Bolgov / Ruslan Bykanov, Russia (4)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:42

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$10,800.00
U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	3	0	$26,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sergiy Popov												Valeriy Samoday
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	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
20	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	0	$11,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00
36	0	1	0	1	7	4	10	4	0	$42,300.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$9,400.00
17	1	2	1	1	6	1	1	0	0	$8,665.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$10,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
80	3	3	1	2	14	6	21	8	0	$69,265.00	Total	34	5	1	2	0	3	2	6	3	0	$27,400.00

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
2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	7	3	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sergiy Popov													Valeriy Samoday
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00

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	14	73.7%	4	21.1%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	14-4	77.8%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	18-6	75.0%
2008-2009	5	71.4%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	5-3	62.5%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
Against the Field	7	63.6%	3	27.3%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	14-2	87.5%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	10-2	83.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	4	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7
U23 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	3
Total	0	0	8	5	14	13	0	0	6	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	32	25

Head to Head Results
Popov/Samoday lead the series against the field 7-0 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Bolgov/Bykanov, Russia 1-0
8/22/09	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Gold Medal	Popov/Samoday	18	Bolgov/Bykanov	4	21-16, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 6 Cihan/Colpan, Türkiye 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool F	Popov/Samoday	18	Cihan/Colpan	6	21-13, 21-10	0:31
Lead the series against # 7 Bargmann/Quecke, Germany 2-0
8/22/09	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Popov/Samoday	18	Bargmann/Quecke	7	21-13, 18-21, 20-18	0:58
8/20/09	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool F	Popov/Samoday	18	Bargmann/Quecke	7	21-15, 18-21, 15-8	1:03
Lead the series against # 17 Ingebrigtsen/Solhaug, Norway 1-0
8/22/09	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 1	Popov/Samoday	18	Ingebrigtsen/Solhaug	17	21-11, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Mercer/Peacock, Australia 1-0
8/21/09	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool F	Popov/Samoday	18	Mercer/Peacock	19	21-10, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Krasilnikov/Kucherenko, Russia 1-0
8/22/09	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 2	Popov/Samoday	18	Krasilnikov/Kucherenko	21, Q2	21-13, 21-15	0:40