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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 2 - 6, 2006

(Q27) Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine

Mykola Babich
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mykolaev

Resides:

Zaporizzya

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$37,735.00

Oleg Nikolayev
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaporizzya

Resides:

Zaporizzya

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$11,835.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	7	3	1	US$17,000.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,950.00
Overall	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	7	3	1	US$21,950.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q21	33	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	28, Q11	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	29, Q19	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q37	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	Q19	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	10	9	10	US$450.00
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	9	1	60	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q58	33	20	US$0.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/2/2006	Qualifier 2	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (27, Q6)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:32

Head to Head Results
Babich/Nikolaev trail the series against the field 2-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	21-15, 21-10	0:40
Trail the series against # 7 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Babich/Nikolaev	28, Q11	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 8 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q58	Lione/Varnier	Q26	14-21, 26-24, 21-19	0:58
Trail the series against # 27, Q6 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-2
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q6	Babich/Nikolaev	Q27	21-16, 21-17	0:32
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q10	Babich/Nikolaev	Q58	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 29, Q17 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/12/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	28, Q11	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	Q6	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # Q2 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Cadieux/Leinemann	21, Q3	Babich/Nikolaev	Q19	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # Q4 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	Heese/VanHuizen	13	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	24-22, 21-13	0:46
Trail the series against # Q8 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q21	Babich/Nikolaev	Q37	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # Q31 Ferreira/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Ferreira/Ferreira	32, Q28	Babich/Nikolaev	Q21	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	1:01