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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Tepic
Friday, April 19, 2024 Court #2 10:00

Match #19: Pool B

(7, Q3) Liliana Fernandez/Paula Soria, Spain
vs.
(10) Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti, Italy

Liliana Fernández Steiner
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 4, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alicante

Resides:

La Laguna, Tenerife

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$482,759.25

Paula Soria Gutiérrez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1993 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alicante

Resides:

Tenerife

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$54,010.53

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	20	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	2	3	4	2	0	US$49,584.80

Previous Tepic Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Paula Soria - 13th	Liliana Fernandez - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	8	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	14	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	11	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	12	17	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	8	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	11, Q1	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	29	17	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/18-20/2023	Futures Bujumbura	1	1	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	18, Q8	19	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	15, Q4	19	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q14	21	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-21/2023	Futures Madrid	1	1	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	Q11	17	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	18	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	16, Q3	19	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	16, Q11	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	13	19	300	US$1,000.00

Elite16 Tepic Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/17/2024	Qualifier 2	Jie Dong / Jingzhe Wang, China (16, Q11)	Won 21-11, 21-16	0:35
Thu, 4/18/2024	Pool B	Molley McBain / Sarah Pavan, Canada (15, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 13-15	0:57
Thu, 4/18/2024	Pool B	Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes, United States (2)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:30
Fri, 4/19/2024	Pool B	Valentina Gottardi / Marta Menegatti, Italy (10)	Lost 22-24, 19-21	0:46

Valentina Gottardi
Italy

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 2002 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Modena

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Saquarema 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$67,968.50

Marta Menegatti
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1990 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rovigo

Resides:

Ariano Polesine

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

156

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$556,716.93

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	22	1	3	1	4	3	0	5	2	1	1	0	1	US$134,880.66

Previous Tepic Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Marta Menegatti - 4th	Valentina Gottardi - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	10	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	10	9	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	10	4	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	13, Q1	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	7	2	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	13, Q2	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	15, Q4	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	Q1	17	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	3	1	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	15, Q10	4	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	4	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	5	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	12	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Agadir Challenge	3	3	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/7-10/2022	Lecce Futures	1	2	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	43	5	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	5/26-29/2022	Cervia Futures	3	4	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Madrid Futures	2	2	360	€ 700.00

Elite16 Tepic Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/18/2024	Pool B	Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes, United States (2)	Won 13-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:53
Thu, 4/18/2024	Pool B	Molley McBain / Sarah Pavan, Canada (15, Q1)	Won 21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:49
Fri, 4/19/2024	Pool B	Liliana Fernandez / Paula Soria, Spain (7, Q3)	Won 24-22, 21-19	0:46
Sat, 4/20/2024	Winner 2	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (8)	Won 21-10, 21-16	0:33
Sat, 4/20/2024	Semi-Finals	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (6)	Lost 21-23, 10-21	0:39
Sun, 4/21/2024	Bronze Medal	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (4)	Lost 20-22, 23-21, 23-25	1:19

Head to Head Results
Gottardi/Menegatti lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Fernandez/Soria	7, Q3	24-22, 21-19	0:46
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool F	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Fernandez/Soria	18, Q8	21-18, 21-18	0:39