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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Berlin smart Grand Slam
August 6 - 10, 2013

(Q6) Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine

Sergiy Popov
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1991 (35 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$84,264.32

Valeriy Samoday
Russia

/ Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 4, 1991 (35 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$31,084.68

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
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	19	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	1	4	3	1	US$31,138.90

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 2009	Did not play	Oleksiy Klyamar - 21st
2012	Valeriy Samoday - 25th	Sergiy Popov - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/31-8/4/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	21	25th	150	€ 500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2013	Anapa Open	5	5th	300	US$6,500.00
CEV	7/16-20/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	5	3rd	256	€ 2,625.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	160	US$0.00
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
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q3	21st	96	€ 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
CEV	8/22-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	9	13th	180	€ 500.00
FIVB	8/14-19/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	31	17th	160	US$5,100.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/6/2013	Qualifier 2	Alex Ranghieri / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (31, Q22)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:36

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	4	$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	4	$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	9	$11,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$4,300.00
37	0	1	0	1	7	4	11	4	9	$43,425.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	6	$9,400.00
17	1	2	1	1	6	1	1	0	4	$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
87	3	3	2	2	14	6	24	11	22	$77,140.00	Total	36	5	1	2	0	3	2	6	5	12	$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 %
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 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2013	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	$15,800.00	11	11	50.0 %
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2013	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$3,125.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	4	$26,400.00	14	19	42.4 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00	18	6	75.0 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$3,625.00	4	8	33.3 %

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
											2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	$7,900.00	2013	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	$7,900.00
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
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,562.50	2013	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,562.50
19	2	0	1	0	1	1	6	4	4	$15,012.50	Total	Total	23	2	0	1	0	1	1	7	4	7	$15,012.50

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	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	7	70.0%	1-9	10.0%	2-12	14.3%	10-6	62.5%	1	0	7-9	43.8%

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 trail the series against the field 10-13 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 4 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
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 # 9 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 # 11 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
8/1/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Popov/Samoday	21	22-20, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 12 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
Lead the series against # 13, 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 # 17 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
Trail the series against # 19 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool N	Bockermann/Urbatzka	12	Popov/Samoday	21	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 20 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 3-1
7/20/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Contender 5	Popov/Samoday	5	Kantor/Losiak	2	21-13, 23-21	0:37
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
Trail the series against # 22 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
Series tied with # 27, Q8 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-1
7/27/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Popov/Samoday	5	Mullner/Wutzl	6	28-26, 17-21, 15-11
4/30/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Mullner/Wutzl	Q14	Popov/Samoday	Q19	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 28, Q12 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-1
7/26/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool E	Garcia/Marco	12	Popov/Samoday	5	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 29, Q14 Dittelbach/Koreng, Germany 2-0
7/20/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Bronze Medal	Popov/Samoday	5	Dittelbach/Koreng	14	15-21, 21-18, 15-8	1:00
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Popov/Samoday	Q19	Dittelbach/Koreng	Q14	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 31, Q22 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
8/6/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	Popov/Samoday	Q6	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # Q11 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Popov/Samoday	28, Q18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # Q16 Bogatov/Pastukhov, Russia 0-1
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool N	Bogatov/Pastukhov	28	Popov/Samoday	21	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # Q19 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