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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 15,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala
Saturday, August 30, 2014 Court #2 10:40

Match #6: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(11, Q4) Sean Faiga/Ariel Hilman, Israel
vs.
(6, Q1) Christoph Dressler/Thomas Kunert, Austria

Sean Faiga
Israel

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 12, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moledet

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Tel Aviv 2020)

Career CEV C&S Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$19,200.38

Ariel Hilman
Israel

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Beit Halevi

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (7 times)

Career CEV C&S Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$18,539.55

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	US$1,114.58
CEV C&S	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,417.97
FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	6	0	7	10	US$32,725.00
Overall	46	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	2	9	1	7	1	7	10	US$36,257.54

Previous Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	8/6-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	11, Q10	13th	126	€ 300.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Q16	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	7/1-5/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Q12	25th	96	€ 0.00
CEV C&S	6/26-29/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	Q7	17th	112	€ 0.00
CEV	5/28-31/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q11	29th	96	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	29, Q14	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	Q31	41st	30	US$0.00
CEV C&S	1/15-19/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Anapa	14, Q11	5th	168	€ 450.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2013	Durban Open	Q20	33rd	100	US$0.00

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 8/30/2014	Winner 1	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (6, Q1)	Lost 0-3	0:41
Sat, 8/30/2014	Contender 1	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (3)	Lost 0-3	0:34

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	3	0	$19,225.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	6	0	$32,725.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sean Faiga												Ariel Hilman
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00
23	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	0	$9,612.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	0	$9,612.50
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$1,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
41	0	0	0	1	4	1	6	6	0	$16,812.50	Total	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	6	0	$16,362.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,500.00	1	4	20.0 %
2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,200.00	3	5	37.5 %
2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2014	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,050.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,700.00	4	9	30.8 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,050.00	5	7	41.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sean Faiga													Ariel Hilman
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00	2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$600.00	2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$525.00	2014	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$525.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	4	$1,875.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	4	$1,875.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	4	33.3%	7	58.3%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	4-8	33.3%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	12-14	46.2%
2013-2014	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	1-3	25.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	5-8	38.5%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0-0		0	0	2-2	50.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	7	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	8	12	17	0	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	32
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	0	16	18	12	26	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	52

Christoph Dressler
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Feldbach

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

144

Career Wins:

Career CEV C&S Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$108,178.61

Thomas Kunert
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 11, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Korneuburg

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

4th (5 times)

Career CEV C&S Best:

4th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$45,759.26

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	US$5,400.08
CEV C&S	10	0	0	0	3	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$5,514.79
FIVB	40	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	14	4	8	6	1	US$55,475.00
Overall	57	0	0	0	3	5	1	10	0	17	4	8	6	3	US$66,389.86

Previous Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	8/6-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	8	9th	140	€ 450.00
FIVB	7/30-8/3/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q19	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	7/1-5/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters		Country Quota	0	€ 0.00
CEV C&S	6/26-29/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	7, Q1	9th	140	€ 300.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	21	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	20	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	Q13	33rd	60	US$0.00
CEV C&S	1/15-19/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Anapa	5	4th	196	€ 675.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2013	Durban Open	23, Q6	17th	200	US$2,300.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	Q5	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	160	US$0.00

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 8/30/2014	Winner 1	Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (11, Q4)	Won 3-0	0:41
Sat, 8/30/2014	Winner 2	Abolins Armands / Haralds Regza, Latvia (14, Q7)	Lost 2-3	1:09
Sat, 8/30/2014	Contender 2	Rihards Finsters / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (16)	Won 3-1	0:45
Sun, 8/31/2014	Contender 3	Yury Bogatov / Maksim Hudyakov, Russia (12, Q5)	Lost 2-3	0:57

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$15,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	11	2	0	$27,275.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$8,400.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	42	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	16	4	0	$57,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christoph Dressler												Thomas Kunert
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
28	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	3	0	$19,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$7,500.00
51	0	0	1	2	3	10	18	5	0	$47,387.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	3	0	$18,037.50
24	4	2	1	2	6	2	3	3	0	$19,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	27	0	0	0	1	4	9	9	1	0	$5,850.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	$4,500.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,250.00
123	4	2	2	4	10	20	37	15	0	$99,837.50	Total	84	0	0	0	1	5	15	24	6	0	$36,037.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$2,300.00	3	6	33.3 %
2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00	3	2	60.0 %
2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$2,400.00	5	6	45.5 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2014	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$2,025.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	$4,700.00	8	12	40.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$2,475.00	11	11	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christoph Dressler													Thomas Kunert
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
											2010	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$140.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
											2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$225.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$1,012.50
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,150.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	$3,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
											2013	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$225.00	2013	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$575.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$1,200.00	2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$1,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$1,012.50	2014	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$1,012.50
28	0	0	0	2	3	7	5	2	9	$5,587.50	Total	Total	44	0	0	0	2	6	13	6	0	17	$10,390.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	7	50.0%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	3	20.0%	2	13.3%	10	66.7%	3-12	20.0%	7-10	41.2%	7-5	58.3%	1	0	23-21	52.3%
2013-2014	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	2-5	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	0	16-13	55.2%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-0		1	0	3-5	37.5%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	4	8	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	5	29	24	0	0	4	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	45
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Total	0	1	13	13	34	39	0	1	7	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	77

Head to Head Results
Dressler/Kunert lead the series 3-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/17/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Qualifier 1	Faiga/Hilman	31, Q12	Dressler/Kunert	Q5	21-13, 21-19	0:34
6/10/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Contender 2	Faiga/Hilman	8, Q1	Dressler/Kunert	3	22-20, 21-15	0:47
10/8/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool H	Dressler/Kunert	25, Q8	Faiga/Hilman	24, Q6	21-9, 21-15	0:38
8/30/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	6, Q1	Faiga/Hilman	11, Q4	3-0	0:41
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Dressler/Kunert	20	Faiga/Hilman	29, Q14	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:59