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Monday, June 24, 2019

Pala/Pala Larga--Updated Innpala Rankings and Player Win-Loss records as of June 16, 2019--end of Bizkaia Open

New InnPala rankings were recently published at the InnPala website. Note: The rankings include the Liga Kutxabank competition which ended on January 12, 2019, the Mundo Individual competition that ended on February 15, the Mundo Parejas competition that ended on April 13, and the Bizkaia Open, which ended on June 15

As of June 16, 2019.

Player information and photos

DELANTEROS  ZAGUEROS
Gaubeka 204  Ibargarai 216
                     
Necol 202 Ibai Perez 174
Fusto  180        Gordon 166
Garate 132       Urrutia 162
Landeta 114

Google Translate version of how the rankings are derived.

The company awards diamonds (*) (1 to 3) to the championships depending on their importance, duration, etc. Note: *** ranked tournaments are the major annual tournaments, to the best of my knowledge. These would by the Liga Kutxabank (pairs), the Mundial Individual (singles), the Mundo Parejas (pairs) and the Bizkaia Open (pairs). The rankings of the summer tournaments are unknown to me at this time.

The diamonds of each tournament are multiplied by the following points ladder:

1º: 22 | 2nd: 18 | 3rd: 14 | 4th: 12 | 5th onwards: 10

In the individual world the points are awarded depending on the elimination in which each paddler has fallen

The pelotaris that do not compete in a tournament acquire as many points as the last of the competition.

* New incorporations to the company that are linked to the ranking with the palista who has the fewest points on the day of incorporation.

Player win-loss records as of June 16, 2019

Key: Player; Position (d=delantero (front court), z=zaguero (back court)); match wins-losses; joko (set) wins-losses; winning-losing streak; championships won. Matches that are single partidos will be noted. Table will be according to match winning percentage. 1st tie breaker will be number of wins. 2nd tie breaker will be joko win-loss differential. 3rd tie breaker is joko winning percentage

Championships: L=La Liga; MI=Mundo Individuel; MP=Mundo Parejas; Biz Op=Bizkaia Open


Necol(d)......15-6..47-31...-1.....1 (L)(a)(b)
Gaubeka(d).....7-7..33-25...-2.....1 (MP)
Fusto(d).......7-9..28-34...-1(a)
Garate(d)......5-11.25-40...-1(b)
Landeta(d).....1-7..9-22....-6

Brefel(z)......3-1..11-6....+1(a)*
Ibai-Perez(z).10-6..35-32...+3(a)..1 (MP)
Ibargarai(z)..11-7..42-33...+5.....2 (MI)(Biz Op) 
Urrutia(z).....7-9..30-35...-4.....1 (L)
Gordon(z).....5-12..28-39...-1(b)


* Retired from InnPala February 15, 2019
a=February 15, 2019: Sylvain Brefel's farwell match
b=May 31, 2019: A friendly that was set up on short notice when Fusto had to pull out of his Bizkaia Open Jornada 6 match due to back discomfort.

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As of April 14, 2019

Player information and photos

DELANTEROS  ZAGUEROS

Gaubeka 174  I.Pérez   150
                         Ibargarai 15
Necol  150
Fusto  138        Urrutia   138
Garate  102      Gordon   114
Landeta  90

The ranking criteria are available at InnPala at this time (scroll past the rankings, which are current).

Player win-loss records as of April 14, 2019

Key: Player; Position (d=delantero (front court), z=zaguero (back court)); match wins-losses; joko (set) wins-losses; winning-losing streak; championships won. Matches that are single partidos will be noted. Table will be according to match winning percentage. 1st tie breaker will be number of wins. 2nd tie breaker will be joko win-loss differential. 3rd tie breaker is joko winning percentage

Championships: L=La Liga; MI=Mundo Individuel; MP=Mundo Parejas

Necol(d).......9-3..30-20...+3.....1 (L)(a)
Gaubeka(d).....5-4..23-16...+2.....1 (MP)
Fusto(d).......4-6..18-24...-2(a)
Landeta(d).....1-2..3-7.....-1
Garate(d)......2-8..16-26...-6

Brefel(z)......3-1..11-6....+1(a)*
Ibai-Perez(z)..7-4..26-21...+7(a)..1 (MP)
Urrutia(z).....7-4..24-20...+1.....1 (L)
Ibargarai(z)...5-5..22-23...-2.....1 (MI) 
Gordon(z)......2-8..15-25...-1

* Retired from InnPala February 15, 2019
a=February 15, 2019: Sylvain Brefel's farwell match

Brefel-Necol 3 Fusto-Ibai Perez 2 (8-10, 8-10, 10-5, 10-5, 10-5) (46-35)

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As of February 16, 2019

Player information and photos

DELANTEROS (front) ZAGUEROS (back)
Gaubeka 108 Urrutia  96
                                       Ibargarai 96
Necol  102
Fusto    84    Ibai P  84
Garate  66 Gordon  84
Landeta 60            Brefel  66

Player win-loss records as of Feburary 16, 2019

Key: Player; Position (d=delantero (front court), z=zaguero (back court)); match wins-losses; joko (set) wins-losses; winning-losing streak; championships won. Matches that are single partidos will be noted. Table will be according to match winning percentage. 1st tie breaker will be number of wins. 2nd tie breaker will be joko win-loss differential.

Championships: L=La Liga; MI=Mundo Individuel

Necol(d)...........4-1..13-6...+1...1 (L)(a)
Gaubeka(d)......1-1..5-4.....-1
Garate(d)..........0-1..1-3....-1
Landeta(d)........0-1..0-3...-1
Fusto(d)............0-3..3-9....-3(a)

Ibargarai(z)......3-0...9-6...+3...1 (MI) 
Brefel(z)..........3-1..11-6..+1(a)
Urrutia(z).........1-1..3-3....-1...1 (L)
Gordon(z)........1-2..3-6....-1
Ibai-Perez(z)....0-2..4-6.....-2(a)

a=Sylvain Brefel's farewell match.

Necol-Brefel 3 Fusto-Ibai Perez 2 (8-10, 8-10, 10-5, 10-5, 10-5)

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As of January 13, 2019

DELANTEROS ZAGUEROS
(Front Courters)      (Back Courters)

Necol  66 Urrutia  66
Fusto  54 Gordon  54
Gaubeka  42 Ibai Perez  42
Garate  36 Brefel  36
Landeta  30      Ibargarai  30

Player win-loss records as of January 13, 2019

Key: Player; Position (d=delantero (front court), z=zaguero (back court)); match wins-losses; joko (set) wins-losses; winning-losing streak; championships won. Matches that are single partidos will be noted. Table will be according to match winning percentage. 1st tie breaker will be number of wins. 2nd tie breaker will be joko win-loss differential.

Championships: L=La Liga

Necol(d)..........1-0...3-0...+1...1 (L)
Gaubeka(d)......0-0...0-0....0
Garate(d)..........0-0..0-0....0
Landeta(d)........0-0..0-0....0
Fusto(d)............0-1..0-3...-1

Urrutia(z).........1-0..3-0...+1...1 (L)
Ibai-Perez(z)....0-0..0-0.....0
Ibargarai(z)......0-0..0-0.....0
Brefel(z)..........0-0..0-0......0
Gordon(z)........0-1..0-3.....-1

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For 2019, a table of actual wins and losses along with jokos won and lost for players by position is also available, as another way to look at how the Palistas are doing throughout the year. It includes all of the matches that I find, whether tournament or independent matches. This, along with some data for about 1/2 of the 2016-17 season is available at the InnPala Player win-loss table page on the right side of the blog. Records are kept cumulatively, match by match.