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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013
July 2 - 7, 2013

(45) 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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Oleksiy Klyamar - 57th
2012	Valeriy Samoday - 17th	Sergiy Popov - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	Q19	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	6/5-9/2013	Under 23 World Championships	16	17th	112	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q19	41st	80	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	28, Q18	17th	200	US$2,300.00
FIVB	8/14-19/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	31	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	32, Q32	25th	80	US$3,500.00

Stare Jablonki World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 7/2/2013

Pool D

Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (4)

Won 21-17, 21-14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sergiy Popov	Total	28	17	2	0.536	1	9	1	0
	1	15	9	1	0.533	1	7	0	0
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	2	1	0
Valeriy Samoday	Total	14	11	2	0.643	5	3	1	3
	1	10	8	2	0.600	2	1	1	3
	2	4	3	0	0.750	3	2	0	0

Wed, 7/3/2013

Pool D

Yaroslav Koshkarev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (21)

Lost 21-19, 12-21, 13-15

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sergiy Popov	Total	38	20	12	0.211	1	4	1	2
	1	17	8	6	0.118	1	2	0	1
	2	11	5	4	0.091	0	2	1	1
	3	10	7	2	0.500	0	0	0	0
Valeriy Samoday	Total	17	13	3	0.588	3	1	1	5
	1	9	8	1	0.778	1	1	0	1
	2	4	2	1	0.250	1	0	0	2
	3	4	3	1	0.500	1	0	1	2

Thu, 7/4/2013

Pool D

Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (28)

Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-13

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sergiy Popov	Total	27	19	5	0.519	0	8	2	3
	1	11	10	0	0.909	0	3	0	2
	2	10	5	3	0.200	0	3	1	1
	3	6	4	2	0.333	0	2	1	0
Valeriy Samoday	Total	25	15	3	0.480	7	0	1	1
	1	5	4	0	0.800	2	0	1	1
	2	13	7	3	0.308	2	0	0	0
	3	7	4	0	0.571	3	0	0	0

Fri, 7/5/2013

Winner 1

Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (10)

Lost 9-21, 18-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sergiy Popov	Total	19	8	7	0.053	0	5	0	4
	1	9	2	5	-0.333	0	1	0	2
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	4	0	2
Valeriy Samoday	Total	26	15	6	0.346	1	2	0	3
	1	11	6	3	0.273	0	0	0	2
	2	15	9	3	0.400	1	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sergiy Popov	112	64	26	0.339	2	26	4	9
Valeriy Samoday	82	54	14	0.488	16	6	3	12
Total	194	118	40	0.402	18	32	7	21
Opponents	176	106	27	0.449	21	32	4	16

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Valeriy Samoday - 17th	Sergiy Popov - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Eduard Reznik - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	45	17th	400	US$7,000.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,600.00	3	6	33.3 %
2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$9,300.00	7	6	53.8 %
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$19,900.00	10	14	41.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00	18	6	75.0 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$4,650.00	2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$4,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	$9,950.00	Total	Total	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	$9,950.00

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%
2012-2013	5	38.5%	5	38.5%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	3	17.6%	4	23.5%	10	58.8%	3-14	17.6%	5-10	33.3%	8-7	53.3%	1	0	14-17	45.2%
Against the Field	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4	66.7%	0-6	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	7-8	46.7%

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 7-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Lead the series against # 4 Gibb/Patterson, United States 1-0
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool D	Popov/Samoday	45	Gibb/Patterson	4	21-17, 21-14
Trail the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	5	Popov/Samoday	28, Q18	21-12, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Filho/Santos	10	Popov/Samoday	45	21-9, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	13	Popov/Samoday	28, Q18	21-19, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Popov/Samoday	28, Q18	Felipe/Goncalves	21	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 21 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool D	Koshkarev/Semenov	21	Popov/Samoday	45	19-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 23 Peda/Plavins, Latvia 1-0
4/23/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Popov/Samoday	28, Q18	Peda/Plavins	Q2	21-17, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # 28 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool D	Popov/Samoday	45	Eithun/Horrem	28	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 31 Gabathuler/Weingart, Switzerland 0-1
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Weingart	22, Q3	Popov/Samoday	Q19	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 38 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-1
6/7/13	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Pool A	Kantor/Losiak	1	Popov/Samoday	16	19-21, 23-21, 17-15	0:57
4/23/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 1	Popov/Samoday	28, Q18	Kantor/Losiak	Q15	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
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 # 39 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
Trail the series against # 43 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 0-1
4/30/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Mullner/Wutzl	Q14	Popov/Samoday	Q19	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:48