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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam Berlin 2012
July 10 - 14, 2012

(32, Q32) 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 WT Wins:

1 (Porec 2018)

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 WT 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 Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	8/31-9/4/2011	Under 21 World Championships	20	1st	0	US$0.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/10/2012	Qualifier 1	Martin Laciga / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (Q1)	Won 25-23, 21-19	0:44
Tue, 7/10/2012	Qualifier 2	Alexey Kuleshov / Dmitriy Yakovlev, Kazakhstan (Q17)	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-9	0:49
Wed, 7/11/2012	Pool J	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:35
Wed, 7/11/2012	Pool J	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (16)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:37
Thu, 7/12/2012	Pool J	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (17)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:37

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 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$5,500.00	2	5	28.6 %
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$2,750.00	Total	Total	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$2,750.00

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	5	38.5%	5	38.5%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	12	63.2%	3-16	15.8%	5-12	29.4%	8-7	53.3%	1	0	14-19	42.4%
2011-2012	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	1-3	25.0%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%
Against the Field	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	2-14	12.5%	6-4	60.0%	1	0	5-9	35.7%

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
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 trail the series against the field 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool J	Cerutti/Rego	1	Popov/Samoday	32, Q32	21-18, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Popov/Samoday	32	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 16 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool J	Klemperer/Koreng	16	Popov/Samoday	32, Q32	21-13, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 17 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool J	Wu/Xu	17	Popov/Samoday	32, Q32	21-16, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q1 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Popov/Samoday	32, Q32	Laciga/Weingart	Q1	25-23, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q17 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Popov/Samoday	32, Q32	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	Q17	21-19, 14-21, 15-9	0:49