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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 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

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 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Chiaravalle (AN)

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	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	160	US$0.00
CEV C&S	6/27-30/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	15, Q8	13th	126	€ 200.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	Q22	33rd	160	US$0.00
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q21	29th	0	€ 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

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	$2,900.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$5,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gianluca Casadei												Paolo Ficosecco
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$7,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,375.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	$7,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,450.00	Challenger	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$1,800.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$825.00	Satellite	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$1,650.00
39	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	7	0	$17,300.00	Total	34	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	2	0	$4,825.00

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
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,200.00	4	3	57.1 %
2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	1	4	20.0 %
2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,750.00	2	5	28.6 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$200.00	1	2	33.3 %
2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$112.50	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	$2,750.00	9	16	36.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	$2,900.00	9	8	52.9 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	$2,200.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$312.50	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gianluca Casadei													Paolo Ficosecco
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	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,200.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00	2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,400.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$400.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$5,500.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,550.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,375.00	2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25	2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25
46	0	0	0	0	4	3	6	7	26	$18,556.25	Total	Total	40	1	0	0	1	3	4	6	2	23	$6,681.25

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%
2013-2014	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-0		0-0		0	0	1-3	25.0%

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	2	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
Challenger	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
Satellite	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	2	0	11	16	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	25

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 C&S Best:

5th (Kharkiv 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$2,861.57

Sergiy Popov
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaporishya

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Wins:

Career CEV C&S Best:

2nd (Kharkiv 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$85,169.52

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

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$800.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Illia Kovalov												Sergiy Popov
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
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	0	$11,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	1	0	1	7	4	10	4	0	$42,300.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	1	2	1	1	6	1	1	0	0	$8,665.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											Confederation Championship	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	$6,750.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$400.00	Total	86	3	3	2	2	14	6	23	11	0	$76,015.00

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 C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$112.50	1	2	33.3 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$112.50	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Illia Kovalov													Sergiy Popov
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2010	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$750.00
											2010	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
											2012	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	$7,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2013	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,562.50
											2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25	2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$56.25	Total	Total	29	4	1	2	0	3	2	9	4	4	$15,875.00

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	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2013-2014	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

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