Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 Semi Finals - Chaim Schalk/Ben Saxton, Canada vs. Konstantin Semenov/Viacheslav Krasilnikov, Russia Chaim Schalk Ben Saxton Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: April 23, 1986 (29 yrs old) Birth Date: November 21, 1988 (26 yrs old) Home Town: Red Deer, Alberta Home Town: Calgary Resides: Toronto, Ontario Resides: Calgary Height: 197 cm (6'6") Height: 200 cm (6'7") Weight: 88 kg (195 lbs.) Weight: 90 kg (200 lbs.) Seasons: 6 Seasons: 11 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 43 Tournaments: 72 Best Finish: 3rd (Paraná 2014) Best Finish: 3rd (Paraná 2014) Career Winnings: $122,275 Career Winnings: $143,750 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 33 Money FIVB 30 0 0 1 0 3 0 11 0 7 4 3 US$238,950.00 Previous Results Neither player has played in this venue before Yokohama Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 7/22/2015 Pool A Isaac Kapa / Christopher McHugh, Australia (17) Won 21-11, 21-15 0:30 Wed, 7/22/2015 Pool A Yuya Ageba / Koichi Nishimura, Japan (32) Won 21-10, 21-18 0:27 Thu, 7/23/2015 Pool A Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (1) Lost 16-21, 17-21 0:34 Fri, 7/24/2015 Winner 1 Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (12) Won 21-17, 21-16 0:34 Fri, 7/24/2015 Winner 2 Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (10) Won 22-20, 19-21, 15-11 0:51 Sat, 7/25/2015 Winner 3 Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (1) Won 21-19, 21-13 0:36 Sun, 7/26/2015 Semi-Finals Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (19) Chaim Schalk and Ben Saxton have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 30th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Chaim is playing in his 2nd FIVB World Tour final four with one bronze medal. Ben is playing in his 2nd FIVB World Tour final four with one bronze medal. This is Chaim's and Ben's 1st Final Four of 2015. Their last Final Four was a Bronze at Paraná in November, 2014. Chaim and Ben finished 5th in the FIVB World Championships in 2013 (Stare Jablonki) and 5th in 2015 (The Hague). Ben finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships with Christian Redmann in 2011 (Rome). Chaim and Ben are currently ranked 10th in FIVB World Tour points in 2015 with 2,880 points and 11th in winnings with $88,800. Chaim and Ben have a career 71-59 (54.6%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events, a 22-13 (62.9%) record in 2015, an all-time record of 5-1 in Yokohama. Chaim and Ben rank 121st on the all-time FIVB World Tour team tournament list with 30 and 76th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team winnings list with $238,950. Chaim (42) ranks 237th and Ben (62) ranks 163rd in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments. Chaim ($121,475) ranks 143rd and Ben ($141,600) ranks 126th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings. Chaim and Ben won the gold medal at the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit San Diego in 2012 (Chula Vista, United States). Chaim and Ben won the gold medal at the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Trinidad and Tobago in 2014 (Courland, Trinidad and Tobago). Page 1 of 8 Konstantin Semenov Viacheslav Krasilnikov Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: June 9, 1989 (26 yrs old) Birth Date: April 28, 1991 (24 yrs old) Home Town: Kyrgistan Home Town: Gelengzik Resides: Smolensk, Russia Resides: Gelengzik Height: 208 cm (6'10") Height: 196 cm (6'5") Weight: 85 kg (189 lbs.) Weight: 73 kg (162 lbs.) Seasons: 7 Seasons: 5 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 61 Tournaments: 23 Best Finish: 1st (2 times) Best Finish: 1st (Moscow 2014) Career Winnings: $211,763 Career Winnings: $118,788 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 19 1 2 0 0 3 0 6 0 3 3 US$225,575.00 Previous Results Neither player has played in this venue before Yokohama Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 7/22/2015 Pool C Alexander Walkenhorst / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (14) Won 21-19, 21-17 0:38 Wed, 7/22/2015 Pool C Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil (3) Lost 14-21, 14-21 0:34 Thu, 7/23/2015 Pool C Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (30, Q13) Won 21-18, 21-18 0:47 Fri, 7/24/2015 Winner 1 Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (18) Won 21-13, 21-16 0:36 Fri, 7/24/2015 Winner 2 Theo Brunner / Nick Lucena, United States (13, Q1) Won 23-21, 21-18 0:35 Sat, 7/25/2015 Winner 3 Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (21) Won 23-21, 21-16 0:47 Sun, 7/26/2015 Semi-Finals Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (16) Konstantin Semenov and Viacheslav Krasilnikov have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 19th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Konstantin is playing in his 6th FIVB World Tour final four with two gold, two silver, and one bronze medal. Viacheslav is playing in his 5th FIVB World Tour final four with one gold, two silver, and one bronze medal. This is Konstantin's and Viacheslav's 1st Final Four of 2015. Their last Final Four was a Gold at Moscow in June, 2014. Konstantin and Viacheslav finished 9th in the FIVB World Championships in 2015 (The Hague). Konstantin finished 9th in the Olympic Games with Serguey Prokopyev in 2012 (London). Konstantin finished 9th in the FIVB World Championships in 2011 (Rome) and 9th in 2013 (Stare Jablonki), both with Yaroslav Koshkarev. Konstantin and Viacheslav are currently ranked 14th in FIVB World Tour points in 2015 with 2,640 points and 16th in winnings with $70,375. Konstantin and Viacheslav have a career 59-33 (64.1%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events, a 22-12 (64.7%) record in 2015, an all-time record of 5-1 in Yokohama. Konstantin and Viacheslav rank 44th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team gold medal list with one, 211th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team tournament list with 19, and 81st on the all-time FIVB World Tour team winnings list with $225,575. Konstantin (2) ranks 48th and Viacheslav (1) ranks 70th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual gold medals. Konstantin (61) ranks 171st and Viacheslav (21) ranks 414th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments. Konstantin ($211,762) ranks 88th and Viacheslav ($118,787) ranks 144th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings. Konstantin won the gold medal at the 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters with Yaroslav Koshkarev in June of 2013 (Baden, Austria). Konstantin won the gold medal at the 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya with Yaroslav Koshkarev in April of 2013 (Antalya, Turkey). Teams have not played each other in an FIVB event Page 2 of 8 Semi Finals - Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil vs. Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria Alison Conte Cerutti Bruno Oscar Schmidt Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: December 7, 1985 (29 yrs old) Birth Date: October 6, 1986 (28 yrs old) Home Town: Rio de Janeiro Home Town: Vila Velha, ES Resides: Rio de Janeiro Resides: Vitória Height: 203 cm (6'8") Height: 185 cm (6'1") Weight: 106 kg (235 lbs.) Weight: 87 kg (193 lbs.) Seasons: 10 Seasons: 11 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 92 Tournaments: 94 Best Finish: 1st (17 times) Best Finish: 1st (7 times) Best WT Finish: 1st (14 times) Best WT Finish: 1st (5 times) Career Winnings: $805,050 Career Winnings: $519,775 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 18 3 2 1 2 1 0 6 0 2 0 US$435,000.00 Previous Results Neither player has played in this venue before Yokohama Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 7/22/2015 Pool C Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (30, Q13) Won 21-16, 21-14 0:33 Wed, 7/22/2015 Pool C Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (19) Won 21-14, 21-14 0:34 Thu, 7/23/2015 Pool C Alexander Walkenhorst / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (14) Won 18-21, 21-13, 15-12 0:52 Fri, 7/24/2015 Winner 2 Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (15) Won 21-23, 21-16, 15-8 1:02 Sat, 7/25/2015 Winner 3 Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (6) Won 21-16, 21-16 0:38 Sun, 7/26/2015 Semi-Finals Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (9) Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt have been playing together since 2014. They are playing in their 18th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Alison is playing in his 45th FIVB World Tour final four with 14 gold, 13 silver, 11 bronze medals and six 4th place finishes. Bruno is playing in his 22nd FIVB World Tour final four with five gold, six silver, four bronze medals and six 4th place finishes. This is Alison's and Bruno's 4th Final Four of 2015 (4th Moscow Grand Slam, Gold The Hague World Championships, Gold Gstaad Major Series). Alison won the silver medal in the Olympic Games in 2012 with Emanuel Rego (London). Alison and Bruno won the gold medal in the FIVB World Championships in 2015 (The Hague).