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June 26 - July 5, 2009

(38) Lauris Iecelnieks/Martins Plavins, Latvia

Lauris Iecelnieks
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 7, 1982 (43 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 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

196

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$462,193.30

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

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
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Martins Plavins - 37th	Lauris Iecelnieks - 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
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Did not play	Kristians Fokerots - 17th

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

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lauris Iecelnieks												Martins Plavins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	81	1	1	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$237,250.00
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Total	196	7	4	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$461,350.00

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
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lauris Iecelnieks													Martins Plavins
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	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
											2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00
											2008	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	Total	Total	45	2	0	0	0	6	11	7	10	9	$68,350.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2008-2009	0	0	0	0-0	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0-4	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

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