Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 14 - 19, 2003
(29) Roman Arkaev/Dmitri Barsuk, Russia
 
Roman Arkaev
Russia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 25, 1973 (50 yrs old)
Home Town: Simferopol
Resides: Sydney
Height: 195 cm (6'5")
Weight: 93 kg (205 lb)
Seasons: 10
Tournaments: 64
Career Best: 7th (3 times)
Career Winnings: US$84,665.00
Dmitri Barsuk
Russia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jan 20, 1980 (44 yrs old)
Home Town: Krasnodar
Resides: Armavir
Height: 193 cm (6'3")
Weight: 86 kg (189 lb)
Seasons: 18
Tournaments: 139
Career Wins: 3
Career FIVB WT Wins: 2
Career Winnings: US$367,822.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253341Money
FIVB380000035610654 US$137,800.00
Previous Rio de Janeiro Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 9/3-7/2003 Spain Open 27, Q10 9 120 US$4,000.00
FIVB 7/31-8/3/2003 Austria Grand Slam Q16 41 16 US$0.00
FIVB 7/23-27/2003 Portugal Open Q13 33 18 US$0.00
FIVB 7/16-20/2003 France Grand Slam Q19 33 32 US$0.00
FIVB 6/25-29/2003 Germany Grand Slam Q20 41 18 US$0.00
FIVB 6/18-22/2003 Switzerland Open 27, Q16 25 30 US$2,000.00
FIVB 6/4-8/2003 Hellas Open 29, Q21 17 60 US$2,500.00
Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 10/14/2003 Pool E Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (5) Lost 11-21, 23-25 0:42
Wed, 10/15/2003 Pool E Kentaro Asahi / Koichi Nishimura, Japan (44) Won 21-18, 21-18 0:40
Wed, 10/15/2003 Pool E Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong, United States (20) Lost 23-21, 17-21, 12-15 1:05
Thu, 10/16/2003 Winner 1 Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (3) Lost 16-21, 21-19, 13-15 0:52
World Championships Results 
YearLocationPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2005Berlin Dmitri Barsuk - 9th Roman Arkaev - 9th
2007Gstaad Alexander Kuzmichev - 17th Igor Kolodinsky - 2nd
2009Stavanger Did not play Igor Kolodinsky - 17th
2011Rome Did not play Alexey Yutvalin - 37th
2015The Hague Did not play Yaroslav Koshkarev - 37th
World Championships Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 10/14-19/2003 Rio de Janeiro World Championships 29 17 160 US$5,000.00
FIVB 6/22-26/2005 Berlin World Championships 14 9 400 US$13,500.00
Head to Head Results
Arkaev/Barsuk trail the series against the field 4-11
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
10/16/03FIVBRio de Janeiro World Championships Winner 1 Laciga/Laciga 3 Arkaev/Barsuk 29 21-16, 19-21, 15-13 0:52
9/6/03FIVBSpain Open Winner 1 Laciga/Laciga 4 Arkaev/Barsuk 27, Q10 21-15, 21-19 0:37
6/7/03FIVBHellas Open Pool D Arkaev/Barsuk 29, Q21 Laciga/Laciga 4 18-21, 21-1, 15-0 Retired 0:25
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/20/03FIVBSwitzerland Open Pool F Dieckmann/Reckermann 22 Arkaev/Barsuk 27, Q16 21-15, 14-21, 15-10 0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
10/14/03FIVBRio de Janeiro World Championships Pool E Egger/Heyer 5 Arkaev/Barsuk 29 21-11, 25-23 0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
7/16/03FIVBFrance Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Blanton/Nygaard 16, Q3 Arkaev/Barsuk Q19 21-12, 19-21, 15-10 0:47
Trail the series against # 9 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
9/5/03FIVBSpain Open Pool F Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug 11 Arkaev/Barsuk 27, Q10 21-19, 21-19 0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
6/6/03FIVBHellas Open Pool D Brenha/Maia 20 Arkaev/Barsuk 29, Q21 21-18, 21-17 0:41
Lead the series against # 16 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
9/6/03FIVBSpain Open Pool F Arkaev/Barsuk 27, Q10 Hoidalen/Kjemperud 6 21-12, 24-22 0:43
Trail the series against # 18 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
6/20/03FIVBSwitzerland Open Pool F Alvarez/Rossell 11 Arkaev/Barsuk 27, Q16 20-22, 23-21, 15-10 0:52
Trail the series against # 20 Fonoimoana/Wong, United States 0-1
10/15/03FIVBRio de Janeiro World Championships Pool E Fonoimoana/Wong 20 Arkaev/Barsuk 29 21-23, 21-17, 15-12 1:05
Trail the series against # 21 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
6/6/03FIVBHellas Open Pool D Berg/Dahl 13 Arkaev/Barsuk 29, Q21 21-17, 18-21, 19-17 1:07
Lead the series against # 27 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
6/19/03FIVBSwitzerland Open Qualifier 3 Arkaev/Barsuk 27, Q16 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson 25, Q1 16-21, 21-15, 20-18 1:02
Trail the series against # 35 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
6/25/03FIVBGermany Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Klemperer/Rademacher 29, Q13 Arkaev/Barsuk Q20 21-17, 21-17 0:34
Lead the series against # 44 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
10/15/03FIVBRio de Janeiro World Championships Pool E Arkaev/Barsuk 29 Asahi/Nishimura 44 21-18, 21-18 0:40