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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
Thursday, August 1, 2024 Stadium Court 12:00

Match #28: Pool D

(16) Jorge Alayo/Noslen Diaz, Cuba
vs.
(21) Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui, Morocco

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:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Quintana Roo 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$89,250.00

Noslen Diaz Amaro
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 13, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Havana

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Quintana Roo 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$89,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	21	1	4	1	2	3	0	6	0	2	1	1	0	US$178,500.00

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

Olympic Games, 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
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Noslen Diaz - 9th	Jorge Alayo - 9th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Noslen Diaz - 9th	Jorge Alayo - 9th

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$105,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	3	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00
Total	21	1	4	1	2	3	0	6	0	4	0	0	$178,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jorge Alayo												Noslen Diaz
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	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00
8	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$52,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$52,500.00
9	0	3	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	$24,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	3	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	$24,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
23	1	4	1	2	4	7	4	0	0	$89,250.00	Total	21	1	4	1	2	3	6	4	0	0	$89,250.00

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
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00	13	10	56.5 %
2024	FIVB	8	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$46,500.00	28	13	68.3 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	3	1	2	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	$71,500.00	43	25	63.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jorge Alayo													Noslen Diaz
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$9,000.00
8	0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	$23,250.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	$23,250.00
15	0	3	1	2	1	5	3	0	0	$35,750.00	Total	Total	13	0	3	1	2	0	4	3	0	0	$35,750.00

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	38	70.4%	8	14.8%	8	14.8%	46-8	85.2%	19	39.6%	6	12.5%	23	47.9%	19-29	39.6%	38-23	62.3%	27-14	65.9%	3	0	68-37	64.8%
2023-2024	23	65.7%	7	20.0%	5	14.3%	30-5	85.7%	8	30.8%	5	19.2%	13	50.0%	8-18	30.8%	23-13	63.9%	15-10	60.0%	3	0	41-23	64.1%
Against the Field	9	56.3%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	7	29.2%	5	20.8%	12	50.0%	7-17	29.2%	18-22	45.0%	20-18	52.6%	1	0	20-20	50.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	8	7	0	0	10	4	2	1	1	0	1	1	23	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	13	5	2	0	11	4	3	2	0	2	0	3	34	17
Total	0	0	6	2	31	14	2	0	22	12	5	3	1	2	1	4	68	37

Mohamed Abicha
Morocco

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 16, 1980 (46 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 (31 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
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Zouheir Elgraoui - 19th	Mohamed Abicha - 19th

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$10,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mohamed Abicha												Zouheir Elgraoui
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$6,800.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$450.00	Satellite
12	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	2	$10,000.00	Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$5,100.00

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
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,300.00	2	5	28.6 %
2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00	0	3	0.0 %
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	$10,200.00	3	16	15.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mohamed Abicha													Zouheir Elgraoui
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	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2004	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,150.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,950.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	2023	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	4	$10,000.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	$5,100.00

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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	15	100.0%	0-15	0.0%	3-15	16.7%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-16	15.8%
2023-2024	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-0		0	0	0-3	0.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-8	0.0%	0-0		0	0	0-4	0.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	16

Head to Head Results
Alayo/Diaz lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/1/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Alayo/Diaz	16	Abicha/Elgraoui	21	21-14, 21-11	0:34