Brazil's Pedro Solberg & Evandro Goncalves have not played their best volleyball yet this tournament. But they will need it against Nivaldo Diaz & Sergio Gonzalez, the dark horses from Cuba. Nivaldo & Sergio have never played on the World Tour before, although Sergio participated in a youth event in The Hague a couple of years ago. But so far they have impressed with second place in the pool and a 2-0 win over Spanish team Herrera/Gavira.
• Nivaldo Diaz / Sergio Gonzalez (CUB), 2nd Place Pool A, The Hague• Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez are playing in their 1st FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together.
• Nivaldo and Sergio are currently ranked 45th in FIVB World Tour points in 2015 with 500 points and 37th in winnings with $11,000.
• Nivaldo and Sergio won the gold medal at the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Guatemala City in 2014 (Guatemala City, Guatemala), Huixquilucan in 2014 (Huixquilucan, Mexico), Antigua in 2014 (Antigua, Guatemala), and Cayman Islands in 2015 (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).
• Sergio won the gold medal at the Boca Chica in 2009 (Boca Chica, Dominican Republic) Guatemala in 2010 (Guatemala City, Guatemala), Chiapas in 2012 (Chiapas, Mexico), and Varadero in 2012 (Varadero, Cuba), all with Karell Pena
• Sergio won the gold medal at the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Puerto Vallarta n 2010 (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) and Chiapas in 2010 (Chiapas, Mexico), both with Yoandri Kindelan Alvarez
• Sergio won the gold medal at the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Cuba with Yaismel Borrel in 2011 (Varadero, Cuba).
• Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg (BRA), 3rd Place Pool L, Rotterdam• Evandro Goncalves and Pedro Solberg are playing in their 5th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together.
• Evandro has played in 4 FIVB World Tour final fours with two gold medals and two silver medals.
• Pedro has played in 43 FIVB World Tour final fours with 15 gold, eight silver, eight bronze medals and 12 4th place finishes.
• Evandro and Pedro have played in 2 Final Fours in 2015 (Silver Moscow Grand Slam, Gold Stavanger Major Series).
• Evandro and Pedro are currently ranked 2nd in FIVB World Tour points in 2015 with 2,860 points and 1st in winnings with $139,000. They have one win in 2015 (Stavanger Major Series).
• Evandro (2) ranks 48th and Pedro (15) ranks 10th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual gold medals.
• Evandro (38) ranks 263rd and Pedro (117) ranks 35th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments.
• Evandro ($180,900) ranks 105th and Pedro ($780,962) ranks 9th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings.
• Pedro won the gold medal at the U18 World Championships in 2002 (Xylokastro, Greece) and the silver medal in 2003 (Pattaya, Thailand), both with Ian Borges.
• Pedro won the gold medal at the U21 World Championships with Pedro Cunha in 2003 (Saint Quay Portrieux, France), the bronze medal with Neilton Santos in 2004 (Porto Santo, Portugal), and the gold medal with Bruno Oscar Schmidt in 2006 (Myslowice, Poland).
• Pedro was named the FIVB World Tour Best Blocker in 2013, and was Tour Champion and named Team of the Year with Harley Marques in 2008.
• First Meeting Between the Two Teams