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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 26 - July 5, 2009

(38) Lauris Iecelnieks/Martins Plavins, Latvia

Lauris Iecelnieks
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 7, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sigulda

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

37th (FIVB Stavanger 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$1,700.00

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

184

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$412,724.80

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$3,400.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2008	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 33rd

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool K

Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (11)

Won 17-21, 23-21, 17-15

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lauris Iecelnieks	Total	35	18	2	0.457	6	1	1	0
	1	10	4	1	0.300	1	1	0	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	3	0	1	0
	3	14	7	1	0.429	2	0	0	0
Martins Plavins	Total	35	22	5	0.486	0	15	0	1
	1	15	9	3	0.400	0	5	0	0
	2	13	9	1	0.615	0	5	0	0
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	5	0	1

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool K

Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (14)

Lost 14-21, 18-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lauris Iecelnieks	Total	33	9	9	0.000	3	1	0	1
	1	17	6	6	0.000	0	0	0	1
	2	16	3	3	0.000	3	1	0	0
Martins Plavins	Total	22	11	4	0.318	0	14	0	0
	1	10	4	3	0.100	0	9	0	0
	2	12	7	1	0.500	0	5	0	0

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool K

Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (35)

Lost 15-21, 15-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lauris Iecelnieks	Total	34	17	6	0.324	3	4	1	1
	1	16	9	3	0.375	2	3	1	0
	2	18	8	3	0.278	1	1	0	1
Martins Plavins	Total	8	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	1
	1	5	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	0
	2	3	0	0	0.000	0	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lauris Iecelnieks	102	44	17	0.265	12	6	2	2
Martins Plavins	65	35	11	0.369	0	32	0	2
Total	167	79	28	0.305	12	38	2	4
Opponents	169	100	24	0.450	12	44	6	10

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 4th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Janis Peda - 17th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Haralds Regza - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Edgars Tocs - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	38	37th	40	US$3,400.00

Head to Head Results
Iecelnieks/Plavins trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 11 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool K	Iecelnieks/Plavins	38	Ces/Ces	11	17-21, 23-21, 17-15	1:02
Trail the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool K	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Iecelnieks/Plavins	38	21-14, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 35 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 0-1
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool K	Henriquez/Mussa	35	Iecelnieks/Plavins	38	21-15, 21-15	0:40