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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 10 - 14, 2013

(Q11) 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 Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/10/2013	Qualifier 1	Bart Bolsterlee / Tim Oude Elferink, Netherlands (Q22)	Won 21-9, 21-15	0:28
Wed, 7/10/2013	Qualifier 2	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (27, Q6)	Lost 21-12, 18-21, 10-15	0:43

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$9,300.00	8	7	53.3 %
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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	$19,900.00	11	15	42.3 %
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$4,650.00	2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$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
13	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	$9,950.00	Total	Total	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	5	$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	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	6-10	37.5%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	9-8	52.9%

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 9-8 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 9 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
Lead the series against # 15, Q1 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 # 18 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 # 22 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 # 24 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 # 25, Q4 Fuchs/Koreng, Germany 1-0
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Popov/Samoday	31	Fuchs/Koreng	15	18-21, 21-13, 17-15	0:57
Trail the series against # 27, Q6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gavira/Herrera	27, Q6	Popov/Samoday	Q11	12-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:43
Trail the series against # 32, Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q9 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
Lead the series against # Q16 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
Lead the series against # Q22 Bolsterlee/Oude Elferink, Netherlands 1-0
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Popov/Samoday	Q11	Bolsterlee/Oude Elferink	Q22	21-9, 21-15	0:28