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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 (33 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$61,264.60

Valeriy Samoday
Russia

/ Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 4, 1991 (33 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
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

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