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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
August 6 - 18, 2016

(21) Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba

Nivaldo Nadhir Díaz Gomez
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 24, 1994 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Habana

Resides:

Liberec

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Langkawi 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$33,950.00

Sergio Reynaldo Gonzalez Bayard
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1990 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Holguin

Resides:

LA Habana

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Langkawi 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$35,650.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	17	1	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	4	1	1	US$67,900.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	48	9	500	US$11,000.00

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/7/2016

Pool D

Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)

Won 24-22, 21-23, 15-13

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nivaldo Diaz	Total	17	13	0	0.765	0	6	4	5
	1	17	13	0	0.765	0	6	4	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sergio Gonzalez	Total	39	26	0	0.667	3	1	2	0
	1	39	26	0	0.667	3	1	2	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/9/2016

Pool D

Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (9)

Won 23-21, 19-21, 15-9

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nivaldo Diaz	Total	30	23	0	0.767	0	11	2	4
	1	30	23	0	0.767	0	11	2	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sergio Gonzalez	Total	30	18	0	0.600	4	1	0	0
	1	30	18	0	0.600	4	1	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/11/2016

Pool D

Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (16)

Won 21-15, 21-18

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nivaldo Diaz	Total	13	10	0	0.769	0	5	1	7
	1	13	10	0	0.769	0	5	1	7
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sergio Gonzalez	Total	27	14	0	0.519	6	2	1	0
	1	27	14	0	0.519	6	2	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2016

Winner 1

Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (13)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nivaldo Diaz	Total	14	9	0	0.643	0	10	4	3
	1	14	9	0	0.643	0	10	4	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sergio Gonzalez	Total	22	13	0	0.591	2	1	0	4
	1	22	13	0	0.591	2	1	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/15/2016

Winner 2

Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (8)

Lost 20-22, 24-22, 16-18

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nivaldo Diaz	Total	30	17	0	0.567	0	16	0	4
	1	30	17	0	0.567	0	16	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sergio Gonzalez	Total	45	19	0	0.422	9	3	0	1
	1	45	19	0	0.422	9	3	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nivaldo Diaz	104	72	0	0.692	0	48	11	23
Sergio Gonzalez	163	90	0	0.552	24	8	3	5

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	The Hague	Sergio Gonzalez - 9th	Nivaldo Diaz - 9th
2017	Vienna	Sergio Gonzalez - 9th	Nivaldo Diaz - 9th
2019	Hamburg	Did not play	Luis Reyes - 37th

Head to Head Results
Diaz/Gonzalez lead the series against the field 5-3

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 4 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
8/7/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	Goncalves/Solberg	4	24-22, 21-23, 15-13	0:59
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Goncalves/Solberg	12	Diaz/Gonzalez	48	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool A	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Diaz/Gonzalez	48	21-17, 18-21, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Diaz/Gonzalez	48	Gavira/Herrera	18	21-19, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
8/15/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Semenov	8	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	22-20, 22-24, 18-16	0:59
Lead the series against # 9 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/9/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	23-21, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 13 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/12/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 1	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	Doppler/Horst	13	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-0
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-15, 21-18	0:33