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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 Stadium Court 15:00

Match #22: Pool D

(9) Andy Benesh/Miles Partain, United States
vs.
(21) Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui, Morocco

Andy Benesh
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'9")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$91,900.00

Miles Partain
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 2001 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Palisades, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$88,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	19	2	1	2	1	7	0	6	0	0	0	US$177,500.00

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Miles Evans - 17th	Did not play
2023	Miles Partain - 9th	Andy Benesh - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	6	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	10	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	9	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	5	9th	0	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	3	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	1	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/27/2024

Pool D

Jorge Alayo / Noslen Diaz, Cuba (16)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	15	9	1	0.533	2	0	1	1
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	0	1	1
	2	3	1	0	0.333	1	0	0	0
Miles Partain	Total	26	14	8	0.231	0	5	2	1
	1	6	2	3	-0.167	0	1	1	1
	2	20	12	5	0.350	0	4	1	0

Tue, 7/30/2024

Pool D

Mohamed Abicha / Zouheir Elgraoui, Morocco (21)

Won 21-12, 28-26

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	23	16	2	0.609	1	2	3	4
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	0	2	1
	2	16	10	2	0.500	1	2	1	3
Miles Partain	Total	23	15	1	0.609	0	9	1	2
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	4	0	1
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	5	1	1

Thu, 8/1/2024

Pool D

Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (4)

Won 21-17, 14-21, 15-8

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	16	11	2	0.563	4	0	3	5
	1	9	8	1	0.778	1	0	3	3
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	0	0	2
	3	1	0	0	0.000	3	0	0	0
Miles Partain	Total	27	15	8	0.259	1	4	2	2
	1	11	5	3	0.182	1	2	0	1
	2	9	4	4	0.000	0	0	0	0
	3	7	6	1	0.714	0	2	2	1

Mon, 8/5/2024

Winner 1

Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (12)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	9	8	1	0.778	5	0	2	4
	1	6	5	1	0.667	3	0	1	2
	2	3	3	0	1.000	2	0	1	2
Miles Partain	Total	21	12	3	0.429	0	3	1	1
	1	10	5	0	0.500	0	1	0	1
	2	11	7	3	0.364	0	2	1	0

Wed, 8/7/2024

Winner 2

Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (13)

Lost 14-21, 16-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	Total	19	10	4	0.316	5	0	0	5
	1	8	4	3	0.125	3	0	0	3
	2	11	6	1	0.455	2	0	0	2
Miles Partain	Total	28	12	6	0.214	0	5	0	1
	1	18	6	5	0.056	0	3	0	0
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Benesh	82	54	10	0.537	17	2	9	19
Miles Partain	125	68	26	0.336	1	26	6	7
Total	207	122	36	0.415	18	28	15	26
Opponents	207	126	36	0.435	14	31	7	28

World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Miles Partain - 5th	Andy Benesh - 5th
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Miles Partain - 9th	Andy Benesh - 9th

Mohamed Abicha
Morocco

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 16, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adgal

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Agadir 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$10,000.00

Zouheir Elgraoui
Morocco

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1994 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Casablanca

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Agadir 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$5,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	37	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	US$10,200.00

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/27/2024

Pool D

Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (4)

Lost 18-21, 10-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mohamed Abicha	Total	18	8	3	0.278	0	7	0	2
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	4	0	1
	2	6	0	3	-0.500	0	3	0	1
Zouheir Elgraoui	Total	32	14	7	0.219	0	2	0	5
	1	15	8	2	0.400	0	1	0	3
	2	17	6	5	0.059	0	1	0	2

Tue, 7/30/2024

Pool D

Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (9)

Lost 12-21, 26-28

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mohamed Abicha	Total	19	10	0	0.526	0	6	0	3
	1	10	5	0	0.500	0	1	0	0
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	5	0	3
Zouheir Elgraoui	Total	24	15	4	0.458	1	1	0	4
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	0	0	1
	2	16	11	2	0.563	1	1	0	3

Thu, 8/1/2024

Pool D

Jorge Alayo / Noslen Diaz, Cuba (16)

Lost 14-21, 11-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mohamed Abicha	Total	31	9	4	0.161	0	3	0	0
	1	14	5	1	0.286	0	1	0	0
	2	17	4	3	0.059	0	2	0	0
Zouheir Elgraoui	Total	7	1	4	-0.429	2	0	2	2
	1	2	0	2	-1.000	1	0	1	1
	2	5	1	2	-0.200	1	0	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mohamed Abicha	68	27	7	0.294	0	16	0	5
Zouheir Elgraoui	63	30	15	0.238	3	3	2	11
Total	131	57	22	0.267	3	19	2	16
Opponents	126	81	11	0.556	11	30	6	13

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Zouheir Elgraoui - 37th	Mohamed Abicha - 37th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Zouheir Elgraoui - 37th	Mohamed Abicha - 37th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Zouheir Elgraoui - 19th	Mohamed Abicha - 19th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Soufiane El Gharouti - 37th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Oussama El Azhari - 37th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Benesh/Partain lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/30/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Benesh/Partain	9	Abicha/Elgraoui	21	21-12, 28-26	0:49