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Semi Finals - Reinder Nummerdor/, Netherlands vs. Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic

Reinder Nummerdor Richard Schuil Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: September 10, 1976 (34 yrs old) Birth Date: May 2, 1973 (38 yrs old) Home Town: Ijsselmuiden Home Town: Leeuwarden Resides: Uithoorn Resides: Amsterdam Height: 194 cm (6'4") Height: 202 cm (6'8") Weight: 88 kg (195 lbs.) Weight: 95 kg (211 lbs.) Seasons: 6 Seasons: 6 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 58 Tournaments: 59 Best Finish: 1st (6 times) Best Finish: 1st (6 times) Career Winnings: $328,800 Career Winnings: $331,800

Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 33 41 Money FIVB 58 6 3 2 3 11 2 15 4 6 3 1 1 US$657,600.00

Previous The Hague Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2009 Richard Schuil - 1st Reinder Nummerdor - 1st 2010 Richard Schuil - 9th Reinder Nummerdor - 9th

The Hague Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Thu, 8/25/2011 Winner 1 Geir Eithun / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (25) Won 21-12, 21-10 0:31 Thu, 8/25/2011 Winner 2 Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (9) Won 10-21, 21-17, 15-9 0:43 Fri, 8/26/2011 Winner 3 Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (1) Won 21-18, 21-16 0:41 Sat, 8/27/2011 Winner 4 Yaroslav Koshkarev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (5) Won 19-21, 21-9, 15-13 0:44 Sat, 8/27/2011 Semi-Finals Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (6)

Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil have been playing together since 2006. They are playing in their 58th FIVB Swatch World Tour tournament together. Reinder is playing in his 15th FIVB Swatch World Tour final four with six gold, three silver, two bronze medals and three 4th place finishes. Richard is playing in his 15th FIVB Swatch World Tour final four with six gold, three silver, two bronze medals and three 4th place finishes. Reinder and Richard finished 5th in the Olympic Games in 2008 (Beijing). Reinder and Richard finished 17th in the FIVB Swatch World Championships in 2007 (Gstaad), 2009 (Stavanger), and 2011 (Rome). Reinder and Richard are currently ranked 10th on the FIVB Swatch World Tour in 2011 with 3,040 points and 10th in winnings with $87,450. Reinder and Richard rank 13th on the all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour team gold medal list with six. Reinder and Richard rank 33rd on the all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour team tournament list with 58. Reinder and Richard rank 14th on the all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour team winnings list with $657,600. Reinder (6) ranks 25th and Richard (6) ranks 25th in all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour individual gold medals. Reinder (58) ranks 136th and Richard (59) ranks 133rd in all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour individual tournaments. Reinder ($328,800) ranks 42nd and Richard ($331,800) ranks 41st in all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour individual earnings. Reinder and Richard won the gold medal at the European Championship Final in 2008 (Hamburg, Germany), 2009 (Sochi, Russia), and 2010 (Berlin, Germany). Reinder was named the FIVB Swatch World Tour Best Defensive Player in 2009. Richard was named the FIVB Swatch World Tour Most Outstanding in 2009.

Page 1 of 4 Petr Benes Premysl Kubala Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: November 27, 1974 (36 yrs old) Birth Date: December 16, 1973 (37 yrs old) Home Town: Praha Home Town: Frydek Mistek Resides: Prague Resides: Frydek Mistek Height: 197 cm (6'6") Height: 202 cm (6'8") Weight: 90 kg (200 lbs.) Weight: 97 kg (215 lbs.) Seasons: 9 Seasons: 14 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 48 Tournaments: 106 Best Finish: 4th (Brno 2006) Best Finish: 3rd (Brno 2007) Best WT Finish: 5th (2 times) Best WT Finish: 4th (Berlin 1998) Career Winnings: $95,225 Career Winnings: $158,125

Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 27 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 1 9 4 US$167,050.00

Previous The Hague Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2009 Premysl Kubala - 7th Petr Benes - 7th

The Hague Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Thu, 8/25/2011 Winner 1 Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (27, Q10) Won 21-17, 21-12 0:33 Thu, 8/25/2011 Winner 2 Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (11) Won 21-19, 21-12 0:32 Fri, 8/26/2011 Winner 3 Renato "Geor" Gomes / Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia (19) Won 21-12, 21-17 0:34 Sat, 8/27/2011 Winner 4 Pedro Cunha / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2) Lost 11-21, 17-21 0:35 Sat, 8/27/2011 Contender 6 Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (7) Won 21-16, 21-18 0:35 Sat, 8/27/2011 Semi-Finals Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (8)

Petr Benes and Premysl Kubala have been playing together since 2009. They are playing in their 27th FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour tournament together. Petr is playing in his 1st FIVB Swatch World Tour final. Premysl is playing in his 2nd FIVB Swatch World Tour final four with one 4th place finish. Petr and Premysl finished 17th in the FIVB Swatch World Championships in 2011 (Rome). Premysl finished 17th in the FIVB Swatch World Championships with Michal Palinek in 1997 (Los Angeles) and finished 41st with Marek Pakosta in 1999 (Marseille). Petr and Premysl are currently ranked 12th on the FIVB Swatch World Tour in 2011 with 2,920 points and 13th in winnings with $79,200. Petr and Premysl rank 109th on the all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour team tournament list with 27. Petr and Premysl rank 76th on the all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour team winnings list with $167,050. Petr (42) ranks 194th and Premysl (101) ranks 48th in all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour individual tournaments. Petr ($91,975) ranks 134th and Premysl ($155,175) ranks 97th in all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour individual earnings. Premysl won bronze medals at the Slavkov Challenger with Michal Palinek in 2004 (Slavkov, Czech Republic) and at the Brno Challenger with Jaroslav Pavlas in 2007 (Brno, Czech Republic). Premysl won the silver medal at the CEV Almere Open with Petr Chromy in 2000 (Almere, Netherlands) and the bronze medal at the CEV Swiss Masters with Michal Biza in 2006 (Lucerne, Switzerland).

Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil lead the series 1-0 Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 7/11/2009 Gstaad Grand Slam Winner 2 Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil 21-17, 21-8 0:32

Page 2 of 4 Semi Finals - Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov, Russia vs. Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil

Yaroslav Koshkarev Konstantin Semenov Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: May 21, 1985 (26 yrs old) Birth Date: June 9, 1989 (22 yrs old) Home Town: Moscow Home Town: Kyrgistan Resides: Moscow Resides: Smolensk, Russia Height: 194 cm (6'4") Height: 208 cm (6'10") Weight: 82 kg (182 lbs.) Weight: 85 kg (189 lbs.) Seasons: 10 Seasons: 3 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 47 Tournaments: 24 Best Finish: 3rd (2 times) Best Finish: 5th (Gstaad 2011) Best WT Finish: 5th (3 times) Career Winnings: $54,675 Career Winnings: $79,375

Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 US$74,000.00

Previous Results Neither player has played in this venue before

The Hague Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Thu, 8/25/2011 Winner 1 Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (28, Q14) Won 21-16, 21-18 0:33 Thu, 8/25/2011 Winner 2 Harley Marques / Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil (12, Q2) Won 24-22, 28-26 0:47 Fri, 8/26/2011 Winner 3 Rhooney Ferramenta / Pedro Salgado, Brazil (13) Won 21-17, 21-15 0:36 Sat, 8/27/2011 Winner 4 Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (8) Lost 21-19, 9-21, 13-15 0:44 Sat, 8/27/2011 Contender 6 Emiel Boersma / Daan Spijkers, Netherlands (26) Won 21-16, 18-21, 16-14 0:51 Sat, 8/27/2011 Semi-Finals Pedro Cunha / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)

Yaroslav Koshkarev and Konstantin Semenov started playing together this season. They are playing in their 9th FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour tournament together. Yaroslav is playing in his 1st FIVB Swatch World Tour final four. Konstantin is playing in his 1st FIVB Swatch World Tour final four. Yaroslav and Konstantin finished 9th in the FIVB Swatch World Championships in 2011 (Rome). Yaroslav and Konstantin are currently ranked 13th on the FIVB Swatch World Tour in 2011 with 2,740 points and 14th in winnings with $74,000. Yaroslav and Konstantin rank 359th on the all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour team tournament list with nine. Yaroslav and Konstantin rank 136th on the all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour team winnings list with $74,000. Yaroslav (41) ranks 197th and Konstantin (24) ranks 324th in all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour individual tournaments. Yaroslav ($78,150) ranks 149th and Konstantin ($54,675) ranks 180th in all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour individual earnings. Yaroslav won the bronze medal at the Under 18 Junior World Championships with Ruslan Dayanov in 2002 (Xylokastro, Greece). Yaroslav won the bronze medal at the U-21 World Championships with Serguei Prokopiev in 2005 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Yaroslav won the bronze medal at the CEV Satellite Anapa with Alexander Likholetov in 2011 (Anapa, Russia).

Page 3 of 4 Pedro Henrique de Miranda D'Araújo da Cunha Ricardo Alex Costa Santos Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: June 10, 1983 (28 yrs old) Birth Date: January 6, 1975 (36 yrs old) Home Town: Rio de Janeiro Home Town: Salvador de Bahia Resides: Rio de Janeiro Resides: João Pessoa Height: 189 cm (6'2") Height: 200 cm (6'7") Weight: 85 kg (189 lbs.) Weight: 102 kg (226 lbs.) Seasons: 11 Seasons: 16 Photo:Mauricio Kaye Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 85 Tournaments: 175 Best Finish: 1st (7 times) Best Finish: 1st (52 times) Best WT Finish: 1st (4 times) Best WT Finish: 1st (51 times) Career Winnings: $405,275 Career Winnings: $1,570,170

Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 US$70,700.00

Previous The Hague Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2009 Did not play Pedro Salgado - 13th

The Hague Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Thu, 8/25/2011 Winner 1 Luca Colaberardino / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (31) Won 21-9, 21-14 0:30 Thu, 8/25/2011 Winner 2 Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (18, Q6) Won 21-15, 21-17 0:37 Fri, 8/26/2011 Winner 3 Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (10) Won 21-16, 21-18 0:40 Sat, 8/27/2011 Winner 4 Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (6) Won 21-11, 21-17 0:35 Sat, 8/27/2011 Semi-Finals Yaroslav Koshkarev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (5)

Pedro Cunha and Ricardo Santos have been playing together since the Stare Jablonki event earlier this season. They are playing in their 4th FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour tournament together. Pedro is playing in his 26th FIVB Swatch World Tour final four with four gold, nine silver, six bronze medals and six 4th place finishes. Ricardo is playing in his 115th FIVB Swatch World Tour final four with 51 gold, 27 silver, 19 bronze medals and 17 4th place finishes. Ricardo has played in three Olympic Games, winning the silver medal with Ze Marco de Melo in 2000 (Sydney) and winning the gold medal in 2004 () and bronze medal in 2008 (Beijing) with . Pedro finished 17th in the FIVB Swatch World Championships with Tande Ramos in 2003 (Rio de Janeiro), finshed 9th with Franco Neto in 2007 (Gstaad), and finished 17th with Pedro Salgado in 2009 (Stavanger). Ricardo finished 17th in the FIVB Swatch World Championships with Ze Marco de Melo in 1999 (Marseille), won the silver medal with Jose Loiola in 2001 (Klagenfurt), won the gold medal in 2003 (Rio de Janeiro), finished 17th in 2005 (Berlin), 4th in 2007 (Gstaad) 4th, and 5th in 2009 (Stavanger) with Emanuel Rego, and won the silver medal with Marcio Araujo in 2011 (Rome). Pedro and Ricardo are currently ranked 21st on the FIVB Swatch World Tour in 2011 with 1820 points and 15th in winnings with $70,700. They have one win in 2011(Klagenfurt). Pedro and Ricardo rank 35th on the all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour team gold medal list with one. Pedro and Ricardo rank 689th on the all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour team tournament list with four. Pedro and Ricardo rank 140th on the all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour team winnings list with $70,700. Pedro (4) ranks 33rd and Ricardo (51) ranks 2nd in all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour individual gold medals. Pedro (81) ranks 94th and Ricardo (174) ranks 6th in all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour individual tournaments. Pedro ($404,025) ranks 30th and Ricardo ($1,569,170) ranks 2nd in all-time FIVB Swatch World Tour individual earnings. Pedro won the gold medal at the Under 21 Junior World Championships with Anselmo Sigoli in 2001 (Le Lavandou, France). Pedro won the silver medal at the Under 21 Junior World Championships with Adriano Fonseca in 2002 (Catania, Italy). Pedro won the gold medal at the U-21 World Championships with Pedro Salgado in 2003 (Saint Quay Portrieux, France). Ricardo was named the FIVB Swatch World Tour Best Hitter in 2005, Best Offensive Player in 2005, 2006, and 2007, Most Outstanding in 2005 and 2007, and was Tour Champion with Ze Marco de Melo in 2000, and was Tour Champion and named Team of the Year with Emanuel Rego in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos lead the series 1-0 Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 8/5/2011 Klagenfurt Grand Slam Pool M Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos 21-17, 21-17 0:39

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