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Brazil and Canada start off day four with a must win clash for pool D
- Updated: August 9, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 2016 – Brazil’s Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg and Canada’s Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk start off day four in a pool D match. Both teams lost their opener and need a win to avoid missing the elimination stage.
Head to Head
Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg won the only meeting between these two teams on the FIVB World Tour in June at the Hamburg Major, 21-19 and 21-8 in 32 minutes in the round of 24.
Historically the #4 seed has won two of the three matches against the #16 seed in the Olympic Games. The higer seed won in straight sets in London (2012) and Athens (2004) while the lower seed pulled the upset in three sets in Beijing (2008).
Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, Seed #4, Pool D, 0-1, 0.500 Set Ratio, 0.9667 Point Ratio Qualified as Host Nation Representative
• Evandro: July 17, 1990 (26y0m20d), 210 cm (6’11”), 105 kg (233 lbs.), Hometown Rio de Janeiro, 53rd FIVB World Tour event, three gold medals, $316,900 career winnings (ranks 60th)
• Pedro: March 27, 1986 (30y4m10d), 194 cm (6’4″), 95 kg (211 lbs.), Hometown Rio de Janeiro, 132nd FIVB World Tour event (ranks 30th), 16 gold medals (ranks 9th), $916,962 career winnings (ranks 7th)
• Evandro and Pedro have been playing together since 2015. They are playing in their 20th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together, two gold medals, $411,000 career winnings (ranks 44th).
• Evandro has played in nine FIVB World Tour final fours with three gold, four silver and two bronze medals.
• Pedro has played in 48 FIVB World Tour final fours with 16 gold, 10 silver, 10 bronze medals and 12 4th place finishes.
• Evandro and Pedro have played in seven Final Fours in 2015-2016 (Silver Moscow Grand Slam 2015, Gold Stavanger Major 2015, Bronze World Championships 2015, Bronze World Tour Finals 2015, Silver Maceió Open 2016, Silver Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam 2016, Gold Gstaad Major 2016).
• Evandro and Pedro won the bronze medal in the FIVB World Championships …
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