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CEV Under Age
2014 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship
Friday, September 19, 2014 Court #1 11:30

Match #31: Pool H

(8) Illia Kovalov/Oleh Plotnytskyi, Ukraine
vs.
(24) Kristoffer Abell/Martin Trans Hansen, Denmark

Illia Kovalov
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rivne

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Porto 2014)

Career CEV Under Age Best:

3rd (Larnaka 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$2,861.57

Oleh Plotnytskyi
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 5, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kharkiv

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Porto 2014)

Career CEV Under Age Best:

3rd (Larnaka 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$2,202.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,289.80
CEV Under Age	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	US$3,289.80

Previous Fethiye Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV Under Age	9/4-7/2014	2014 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	10	9th	40	€ 0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	8/17-27/2014	Nanjing Youth Olympic Games	16	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	7/29-8/3/2014	Under 19 World Championships	20	2nd	252	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	7/23-27/2014	Under 21 World Championships	29, Q3	9th	140	US$0.00

2014 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/19/2014	Pool H	Kristoffer Abell / Martin Trans Hansen, Denmark (24)	Lost 0-3	0:37
Fri, 9/19/2014	Pool H	Anton Dedkov / Anton Sinhayeuski, Belarus (9)	Won 3-1	0:49
Sat, 9/20/2014	Winner 1	Kaspars Bregis / Girts Zile, Latvia (15)	Won 3-0	0:30
Sat, 9/20/2014	Winner 2	Giacomo De Fabritiis / Enrico Rossi, Italy (14)	Lost 2-3	0:53

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$)
Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Illia Kovalov												Oleh Plotnytskyi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$400.00	Total	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00

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
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	15	10	60.0 %
2014	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	15	10	60.0 %
Total	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Illia Kovalov													Oleh Plotnytskyi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
											2013	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$400.00	2014	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2014	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25	2014	CEV C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	3	$456.25	Total	Total	6	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$0.00

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	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	6-1	85.7%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	11-5	68.8%
2013-2014	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0		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
Youth Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	4
Total	0	0	2	0	8	7	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	10

Kristoffer Abell
Denmark

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 10, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aarhus

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Manavgat 2018)

Career CEV Under Age Best:

6th (Fethiye 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$15,771.58

Martin Trans Hansen
Denmark

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Odense

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Tel Aviv 2020)

Career CEV Under Age Best:

6th (Fethiye 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$3,681.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	US$4,000.00
Overall	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	US$4,000.00

Previous Fethiye Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

2014 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/18/2014	Pool H	Anton Dedkov / Anton Sinhayeuski, Belarus (9)	Won 3-0	0:23
Fri, 9/19/2014	Pool H	Illia Kovalov / Oleh Plotnytskyi, Ukraine (8)	Won 3-0	0:37
Sat, 9/20/2014	Winner 2	Hasan Mermer / Safa Urlu, Türkiye (1)	Won 3-2	0:59
Sat, 9/20/2014	Winner 3	Christoph Dressler / Benedikt Kattner, Austria (32)	Lost 1-3	0:43
Sun, 9/21/2014	Contender 1	Lorenz Petutschnig / Tobias Winter, Austria (6)	Won
Sun, 9/21/2014		Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (2)	Lost 2-3	0:47

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kristoffer Abell												Martin Trans Hansen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
16	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	$7,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00
19	0	1	1	1	8	4	1	0	0	$5,275.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	$3,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	Confederation Championship
42	0	1	1	1	9	7	2	5	0	$13,425.00	Total	16	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	2	0	$3,400.00

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
2014	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kristoffer Abell													Martin Trans Hansen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$0.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$0.00

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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	7-4	63.6%
2013-2014	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0		0	0	4-3	57.1%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	2	2	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Total	0	0	4	3	2	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7

Head to Head Results
Abell/Trans Hansen lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
9/19/14	CEV Under Age	2014 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool H	Abell/Trans Hansen	24	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	8	3-0	0:37