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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 27 - 31, 2003

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 Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 1996	Did not play	Dmitri Kouvitchka - 17th
FIVB 1997	Sergey Sayfulin - 25th	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 25th
FIVB 1998	Dmitry Karasev - 25th	Oleg Kiselev - 41st
CEV C&S 2002	Dmitri Barsuk - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q17	33	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q7	33	18	US$0.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		25	8	€ 0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	24, Q4	25	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q5	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q3	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q5	41	10	US$0.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	Q3	33	18	US$0.00
CEV	8/30-9/1/2002	European Championships	19	17	20	€ 450.00
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
Wed, 8/27/2003		Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia	Lost 16-21, 9-21	0:35

Head to Head Results
Kouchnerev/Sayfulin trail the series against the field 5-11

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-1
8/27/03	CEV	European Championships		Arkaev/Barsuk		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		21-16, 21-9	0:35
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q17	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q16	21-19, 21-18	1:02
Trail the series against Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-2
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-19, 21-11	0:42
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Berger/Doppler	10	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	1:11
Lead the series against Ces/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/9/03	CEV	Greek Open		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		Ces/Salvetti		22-20, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q3	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q28	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against 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 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
Trail the series against Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Gartmayer/Nowotny	29, Q14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q3	21-23, 21-15, 17-15	0:58
Series tied with 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
Trail the series against Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Series tied with 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