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FIVB Age Group World Championships
SWATCH FIVB Junior (U21) World Championships
August 31 - September 4, 2011

(20) 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 Halifax Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	9/15-19/2010	Under 21 World Championships	Q21	25th	0	US$0.00

Under 21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/1/2011	Pool K	Helmut Moser / Lorenz Petutschnig, Austria (5)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:34
Thu, 9/1/2011	Pool K	Philipp Bergmann / Jonas Schroder, Germany (8)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:34
Fri, 9/2/2011	Pool K	Hugo Alimi / Tanguy Duthion, France (17)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:28
Fri, 9/2/2011	Winner 1	Kevin Medina / Cesar Menendez, Spain (14)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:38
Sat, 9/3/2011	Winner 2	Mirco Gerson / Gabriel Kissling, Switzerland (10)	Won 21-13, 23-21	0:34
Sat, 9/3/2011	Semi-Finals	Marcus Carvalhaes / Vitor Felipe, Brazil (2)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:39
Sun, 9/4/2011	Gold Medal	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (9)	Won 22-20, 19-21, 15-12	0:55

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 %
2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	16	4	80.0 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,000.00	Total	Total	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$1,000.00

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	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%
2010-2011	8	88.9%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	8-1	88.9%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	9-1	90.0%
Against the Field	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	16-2	88.9%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	9-2	81.8%

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 9-1 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Carvalhaes/Felipe, Brazil 1-0
9/3/11	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Popov/Samoday	20	Carvalhaes/Felipe	2	21-17, 21-12	0:39
Series tied with # 4 Bolgov/Bykanov, Russia 1-1
9/15/10	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Qualifier 3	Bolgov/Bykanov	23, Q4	Popov/Samoday	Q21	28-26, 24-22	1:00
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 # 5 Moser/Petutschnig, Austria 1-0
9/1/11	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool K	Popov/Samoday	20	Moser/Petutschnig	5	21-15, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Bergmann/Schroder, Germany 1-0
9/1/11	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool K	Popov/Samoday	20	Bergmann/Schroder	8	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 9 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
9/4/11	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Gold Medal	Popov/Samoday	20	Kantor/Losiak	9	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 10 Gerson/Kissling, Switzerland 1-0
9/3/11	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Popov/Samoday	20	Gerson/Kissling	10	21-13, 23-21	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Medina/Menendez, Spain 1-0
9/2/11	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Popov/Samoday	20	Medina/Menendez	14	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Kaszas/Kaszas, Denmark 1-0
9/15/10	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Qualifier 1	Popov/Samoday	Q21	Kaszas/Kaszas	Q12	21-15, 28-26	0:48
Lead the series against # 17 Alimi/Duthion, France 1-0
9/2/11	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool K	Popov/Samoday	20	Alimi/Duthion	17	21-12, 21-18	0:28