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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 21 World Championships
September 15 - 19, 2004

(24, Q6) Valters Ramma/Toms Smedins, Latvia

Valters Ramma
Latvia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 8, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bauska

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U21 World Championships Porto Santo 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Toms Smedins
Latvia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 25, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB Age Group WC Best:

2nd (Porto Santo 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$33,414.46

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00

Previous Porto Santo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Under 21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/15/2004	Qualifier 1	Jeppe Berger / Jes Hansen, Denmark (Q11)	Won 21-12, 21-10	0:28
Wed, 9/15/2004	Qualifier 2	Thomas Mang / Manuel Traxler, Austria (Q3)	Won 21-12, 21-10	0:27
Thu, 9/16/2004	Pool A	Ricardo Rocha / Januario Silva, Portugal (1)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-8	0:46
Thu, 9/16/2004	Pool A	Felix Blauel / Alexander Huber, Austria (12)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:33
Fri, 9/17/2004	Pool A	Arturo Flores / Ulises Ontiveros, Mexico (13)	Won 22-24, 21-17, 15-9	0:57
Sat, 9/18/2004	Winner 1	Jorn Huiskamp / Mathijs Mast, Netherlands (14)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:33
Sat, 9/18/2004	Winner 2	Andreas Sutter / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (9)	Won 21-12, 30-28	0:36
Sun, 9/19/2004	Semi-Finals	Tom Gotz / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (20, Q2)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
Sun, 9/19/2004	Gold Medal	Inocencio Lario / Miguel de Amo, Spain (8)	Lost 19-21, 12-21	0:32

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
U21 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Valters Ramma												Toms Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$11,050.00
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$13,800.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00
											Challenger	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$3,375.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	73	0	2	2	1	8	8	7	9	0	$32,700.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	1	88.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	1	88.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Valters Ramma													Toms Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	5-1	83.3%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	8-1	88.9%
2003-2004	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	5-1	83.3%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	8-1	88.9%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	10-2	83.3%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	8-1	88.9%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
Total	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	1

Head to Head Results
Ramma/Smedins lead the series against the field 8-1 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Rocha/Silva, Portugal 1-0
9/16/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool A	Ramma/Smedins	24, Q6	Rocha/Silva	1	21-17, 18-21, 15-8	0:46
Trail the series against # 8 de Amo/Lario, Spain 0-1
9/19/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Gold Medal	Lario/de Amo	8	Ramma/Smedins	24, Q6	21-19, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 9 Sutter/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
9/18/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Ramma/Smedins	24, Q6	Sutter/Weingart	9	21-12, 30-28	0:36
Lead the series against # 12 Blauel/Huber, Austria 1-0
9/16/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool A	Ramma/Smedins	24, Q6	Blauel/Huber	12	21-15, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 Flores/Ontiveros, Mexico 1-0
9/17/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool A	Ramma/Smedins	24, Q6	Flores/Ontiveros	13	22-24, 21-17, 15-9	0:57
Lead the series against # 14 Huiskamp/Mast, Netherlands 1-0
9/18/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Ramma/Smedins	24, Q6	Huiskamp/Mast	14	21-16, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Gotz/Uhmann, Germany 1-0
9/19/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Ramma/Smedins	24, Q6	Gotz/Uhmann	20, Q2	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q3 Mang/Traxler, Austria 1-0
9/15/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Qualifier 2	Ramma/Smedins	24, Q6	Mang/Traxler	Q3	21-12, 21-10	0:27
Lead the series against # Q11 Berger/Hansen, Denmark 1-0
9/15/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Qualifier 1	Ramma/Smedins	24, Q6	Berger/Hansen	Q11	21-12, 21-10	0:28