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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 8,000 CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Baku
October 11 - 14, 2017

(3) Rihards Finsters/Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia

Rihards Finsters
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Liepaja

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV C&S Baku 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$24,293.30

Aleksandrs Solovejs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

108 kg (238 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV C&S Wins:

1 (Antalya 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$42,637.91

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
CEV C&S	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$756.54
CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	US$14,500.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	17	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	4	4	3	US$15,256.54

Previous Baku Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 2015	Did not play	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Baku Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/12/2017	Winner 1	Vaclav Bercik / Jan Dumek, Czech Republic (14, Q4)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:31
Thu, 10/12/2017	Winner 2	Martin Tichy / Jindrich Weiss, Czech Republic (11)	Won 22-20, 20-22, 15-10	1:02
Fri, 10/13/2017	Winner 3	Ilya Leshukov / Alexander Likholetov, Russia (7)	Lost 21-17, 19-21, 13-15	1:16
Fri, 10/13/2017	Contender 4	Vid Jakopin / Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia (8)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:36
Sat, 10/14/2017	Semi-Finals	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Maxime Thiercy, France (1)	Won 24-22, 21-16	0:40
Sat, 10/14/2017	Gold Medal	Ruslan Bykanov / Maksim Hudyakov, Russia (9)	Lost 12-21, 21-15, 12-15	0:53

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	$11,000.00
U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	14	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	3	0	$14,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rihards Finsters												Aleksandrs Solovejs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$14,250.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	$5,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$16,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1	0	$7,250.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$1,000.00
34	0	0	0	1	3	1	10	9	0	$22,150.00	Total	45	1	1	0	1	4	3	8	7	0	$38,750.00

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
2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	3	70.0 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2017	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$640.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$640.00	4	3	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rihards Finsters													Aleksandrs Solovejs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2013	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$8,750.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$225.00	2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$593.75
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$240.00	2015	CEV C&S
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	4	$9,400.00	2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$5,000.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2017	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$250.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$460.00	2017	CEV C&S	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$380.00
36	0	1	0	1	2	5	7	9	11	$16,950.00	Total	Total	39	2	2	0	1	2	7	3	5	17	$32,498.75

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	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%
2016-2017	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	7	7	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13
U23 World Championships	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	8	4	10	12	0	0	7	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	25	24

Head to Head Results
Finsters/Solovejs lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy, France 1-0
10/14/17	CEV C&S	CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Baku	Semi-Finals	Finsters/Solovejs	3	Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy	1	24-22, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 7 Leshukov/Likholetov, Russia 0-1
10/13/17	CEV C&S	CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Baku	Winner 3	Leshukov/Likholetov	7	Finsters/Solovejs	3	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:16
Lead the series against # 8 Jakopin/Zemljak, Slovenia 1-0
10/13/17	CEV C&S	CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Baku	Contender 4	Finsters/Solovejs	3	Jakopin/Zemljak	8	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Bykanov/Hudyakov, Russia 0-1
10/14/17	CEV C&S	CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Baku	Gold Medal	Bykanov/Hudyakov	9	Finsters/Solovejs	3	21-12, 15-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 Tichy/Weiss, Czech Republic 1-0
10/12/17	CEV C&S	CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Baku	Winner 2	Finsters/Solovejs	3	Tichy/Weiss	11	22-20, 20-22, 15-10	1:02
Lead the series against # 14, Q4 Bercik/Dumek, Czech Republic 1-0
10/12/17	CEV C&S	CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Baku	Winner 1	Finsters/Solovejs	3	Bercik/Dumek	14, Q4	21-17, 21-14	0:31