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2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship
July 18 - 21, 2012

(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:

107

Career Wins:

Career CEV Under Age Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$85,169.52

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 CEV Under Age Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$32,268.66

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	US$4,738.90
CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,069.78
CEV Under Age	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	1	US$26,400.00
FIVB Age Group WC	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	28	4	1	2	0	2	1	1	1	6	1	1	4	3	1	US$33,208.68

Previous Assen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	32, Q32	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB Age Group WC	8/31-9/4/2011	Under 21 World Championships	20	1st	0	US$0.00

2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/18/2012	Pool E	Mirco Gerson / Gabriel Kissling, Switzerland (5)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:37
Wed, 7/18/2012	Pool E	Ricardo Alvar / Luis Puga, Portugal (8)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:27
Thu, 7/19/2012	Pool E	Jonas Kvalen / Svein Solhaug, Norway (17)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:46
Thu, 7/19/2012	Winner 1	Matej Herich / Matej Patak, Slovakia (13)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:33
Thu, 7/19/2012	Winner 2	Jonas Kvalen / Svein Solhaug, Norway (17)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:34
Fri, 7/20/2012	Winner 3	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (3)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:48
Sat, 7/21/2012	Semi-Finals	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Yauhen Vishneuski, Belarus (18)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:45
Sat, 7/21/2012	Gold Medal	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (3)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:45

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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	$26,900.00

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
6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	$6,750.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$500.00
86	3	3	2	2	14	6	23	11	0	$76,015.00	Total	36	5	1	2	0	3	2	6	5	0	$27,900.00

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 %
2010	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	9	6	60.0 %
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 %
2012	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	0	100.0 %
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 %
Total	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	0	100.0 %

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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
											2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	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
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2010	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	4	1	1	0	2	1	2	3	0	$3,500.00	Total	Total	18	4	1	1	0	2	1	3	3	3	$3,500.00

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	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	5-0	100.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	8-0	100.0%
2011-2012	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	5-0	100.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	8-0	100.0%
Against the Field	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	10-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	8-0	100.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	8	5	14	16	0	0	6	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	32	28

Head to Head Results
Popov/Samoday lead the series against the field 11-0 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 3-0
7/21/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Gold Medal	Popov/Samoday	20	Kantor/Losiak	3	23-21, 21-19	0:45
7/20/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 3	Popov/Samoday	20	Kantor/Losiak	3	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:48
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 # 5 Gerson/Kissling, Switzerland 2-0
7/18/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool E	Popov/Samoday	20	Gerson/Kissling	5	21-19, 21-19	0:37
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 # 6 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 # 8 Alvar/Puga, Portugal 1-0
7/18/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool E	Popov/Samoday	20	Alvar/Puga	8	21-12, 21-12	0:27
Lead the series against # 13 Herich/Patak, Slovakia 1-0
7/19/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 1	Popov/Samoday	20	Herich/Patak	13	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 17 Kvalen/Solhaug, Norway 2-0
7/19/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 2	Popov/Samoday	20	Kvalen/Solhaug	17	21-15, 21-19	0:34
7/19/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool E	Popov/Samoday	20	Kvalen/Solhaug	17	18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:46
Lead the series against # 18 Dziadkou/Vishneuski, Belarus 1-0
7/21/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Semi-Finals	Popov/Samoday	20	Dziadkou/Vishneuski	18	18-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:45