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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
Saturday, July 27, 2024 Stadium Court 14:00

Match #10: Pool D

(9) Andy Benesh/Miles Partain, United States
vs.
(16) Jorge Alayo/Noslen Diaz, Cuba

Andy Benesh
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'9")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

5

Tournaments:

29

Career Wins:

2

Career Winnings:

US$102,400.00

Miles Partain
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 2001 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Palisades, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

6

Tournaments:

24

Career Wins:

2

Career Winnings:

US$99,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	22	2	1	2	1	8	0	7	1	0	0	US$198,500.00

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

Jorge Luis Alayo Moliner
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 6, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Villa Clara

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

6

Tournaments:

20

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Quintana Roo 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$67,750.00

Noslen Diaz Amaro
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 13, 2002 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Havana

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Seasons:

4

Tournaments:

18

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Quintana Roo 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$67,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	18	1	3	1	2	2	0	5	0	2	1	1	0	US$135,500.00

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	3	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	1	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	13, Q1	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	3	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	2	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	6	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	Q4	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	33	17th	640	US$7,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/27/2024

Pool D

Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (9)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jorge Alayo	Total	18	13	2	0.611	7	0	0	2
	1	7	5	2	0.429	3	0	0	1
	2	11	8	0	0.727	4	0	0	1
Noslen Diaz	Total	22	16	2	0.636	0	6	1	4
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	2	1	3
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	4	0	1

Tue, 7/30/2024

Pool D

Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (4)

Won 21-13, 21-18

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jorge Alayo	Total	17	13	3	0.588	6	0	1	3
	1	6	4	1	0.500	1	0	1	1
	2	11	9	2	0.636	5	0	0	2
Noslen Diaz	Total	18	13	3	0.556	0	5	2	2
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	4	2	1
	2	9	5	3	0.222	0	1	0	1

Thu, 8/1/2024

Pool D

Mohamed Abicha / Zouheir Elgraoui, Morocco (21)

Won 21-14, 21-11

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jorge Alayo	Total	22	15	4	0.500	5	1	0	3
	1	13	10	1	0.692	2	0	0	2
	2	9	5	3	0.222	3	1	0	1
Noslen Diaz	Total	20	15	1	0.700	0	11	0	3
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	5	0	2
	2	12	9	0	0.750	0	6	0	1

Sun, 8/4/2024

Winner 1

David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (1)

Lost 11-21, 28-26, 11-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jorge Alayo	Total	42	21	7	0.333	3	0	2	4
	1	15	4	2	0.133	1	0	1	1
	2	15	11	2	0.600	2	0	1	3
	3	12	6	3	0.250	0	0	0	0
Noslen Diaz	Total	28	15	8	0.250	0	8	0	1
	1	10	4	4	0.000	0	0	0	1
	2	13	8	3	0.385	0	4	0	0
	3	5	3	1	0.400	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jorge Alayo	99	62	16	0.465	21	1	3	12
Noslen Diaz	88	59	14	0.511	0	30	3	10
Total	187	121	30	0.487	21	31	6	22
Opponents	177	88	33	0.311	14	20	10	12

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Noslen Diaz - 17th	Jorge Alayo - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Noslen Diaz - 17th	Jorge Alayo - 17th

Head to Head Results
Benesh/Partain lead the series 2-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/27/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Alayo/Diaz	16	Benesh/Partain	9	21-18, 21-18	0:38
4/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Benesh/Partain	4	Alayo/Diaz	13, Q1	21-16, 21-19	0:34
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool A	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Alayo/Diaz	12, Q2	21-14, 21-18	0:31