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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 15,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya
Thursday, May 8, 2014 Court #4 07:30

Match #2: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(17) Gianluca Casadei/Paolo Ficosecco, Italy
vs.
(16) Illia Kovalov/Sergiy Popov, Ukraine

Gianluca Casadei
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 13, 1978 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cesena

Resides:

Cesena

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (CEV C&S Vaduz 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$20,503.17

Paolo Ficosecco
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Chiaravalle (AN)

Resides:

Ancona

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2004)

Career CEV C&S Best:

7th (Lausanne 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$8,138.30

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	US$3,799.30
CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$415.01
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	1	US$2,750.00
FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	US$2,900.00
Overall	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	2	2	6	9	1	US$9,864.31

Previous Antalya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-27/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	27, Q4	25	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q21	33	160	US$0.00
CEV C&S	6/27-30/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	15, Q8	13	126	€ 200.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	Q22	33	160	US$0.00
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q21	29	0	€ 0.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q30	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q19	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	Q31	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	Q34	41	18	US$0.00

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/8/2014	Winner 1	Illia Kovalov / Sergiy Popov, Ukraine (16)	Lost 0-3	0:48
Thu, 5/8/2014	Contender 1	An?l Durgut / Sencer Urer, Türkiye (32)	Won 3-0	0:31
Thu, 5/8/2014	Contender 2	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (18)	Lost 1-3	1:07

Illia Kovalov
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1996 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rivne

Resides:

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 C&S Best:

5th (Kharkiv 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$2,861.57

Sergiy Popov
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1991 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaporishya

Resides:

Zaporishya

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV C&S Best:

2nd (Kharkiv 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$67,818.15

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$0.00
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$154.81
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	US$800.00
Overall	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	US$954.81

Previous Antalya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Valeriy Samoday - 17th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/8/2014	Winner 1	Gianluca Casadei / Paolo Ficosecco, Italy (17)	Won 3-0	0:48
Thu, 5/8/2014	Winner 2	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (1)	Lost 1-3	0:51
Fri, 5/9/2014	Contender 2	Andrey Bolgov / Alexey Pastukhov, Russia (15)	Lost 1-3	0:40

Head to Head Results
Kovalov/Popov lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/8/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 1	Kovalov/Popov	16	Casadei/Ficosecco	17	3-0	0:48