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European Championship Tour
€ 90,000 European Championships
August 30 - September 1, 2002

(19) Mikhail Kouchnerev/Sergey Sayfulin, Russia

Mikhail Kouchnerev
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 27, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Resides:

Moscow

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Tenerife 2000)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Rhodes 1998)

Career Winnings:

US$119,392.39

Sergey Sayfulin
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1968 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kemerovo

Resides:

St-Petersbourg

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (CEV Bilbao 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$62,552.24

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	US$4,060.45
FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	7	0	7	8	US$27,650.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$800.00
Overall	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	8	1	7	8	US$32,510.45

Previous Basel Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	Q2	41	10	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	34	25	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	27	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	36	25	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	22	25	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	30	9	120	US$3,900.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/30/2002	Winner 1	Fabio Diez / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (14)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:51
Fri, 8/30/2002	Contender 1	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (13)	Lost 21-18, 17-21, 16-18	1:05

Head to Head Results
Kouchnerev/Sayfulin trail the series against the field 3-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Berger/Doppler	10	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	1:11
Trail the series against # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	36	21-19, 20-22, 15-11	0:53
Series tied with # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Series tied with # 8 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Egger/Heyer	22	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	27	17-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:55
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	Egger/Heyer	19, Q2	21-17, 22-20	0:55
Series tied with # 13 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-1
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 1	Karasev/Zaitsev	13	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	19	18-21, 21-17, 18-16	1:05
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	36	Karasev/Zaitsev	37	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 14 Diez/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	19	21-18, 21-17	0:51