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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 2018 CEV Beach Volleyball European Masters Pelhrimov, Czech Republic
January 11 - 14, 2018

(Q7) 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 CEV Best:

9th (Jurmala 2016)

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 Best:

5th (Jurmala 2015)

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 Pelhrimov Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	24, Q6	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/22-25/2017	Sydney Two Star	7	5th	160	US$1,000.00
CEV C&S	10/11-14/2017	CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Baku	3	2nd	160	€ 640.00

CEV Masters Pelhrimov Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 1/11/2018	Qualifier 1	Ruslan Bykanov / Maksim Hudyakov, Russia (Q10)	Won 15-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:47
Thu, 1/11/2018	Qualifier 2	Mariusz Prudel / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (10, Q2)	Lost 17-21, 21-11, 10-15	0:49

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 %
2018	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	$4,500.00	6	7	46.2 %
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	2018	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
39	0	1	0	1	3	5	8	10	11	$18,450.00	Total	Total	42	2	2	0	1	3	7	4	6	17	$33,998.75

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	0	0	0	0-0	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%
2017-2018	0	0	0	0-0	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%

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 7-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
1/4/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	9	Finsters/Solovejs	24, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:28
Trail the series against # 10, Q2 Prudel/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
1/11/18	CEV	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	Qualifier 2	Prudel/Szalankiewicz	10, Q2	Finsters/Solovejs	Q7	21-17, 11-21, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 11 Aye/Krou, France 0-1
11/24/17	FIVB	Sydney Two Star	Winner 2	Aye/Krou	4	Finsters/Solovejs	7	21-12, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 15 Bercik/Dumek, Czech Republic 2-0
1/3/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Qualifier 1	Finsters/Solovejs	24, Q6	Bercik/Dumek	Q27	21-17, 21-15	0:34
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
Series tied with # Q6 Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy, France 1-1
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool H	Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy	25, Q7	Finsters/Solovejs	24, Q6	21-15, 21-16	0:32
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
Lead the series against # Q10 Bykanov/Hudyakov, Russia 2-1
1/11/18	CEV	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	Qualifier 1	Finsters/Solovejs	Q7	Bykanov/Hudyakov	Q10	15-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:47
1/4/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Qualifier 2	Finsters/Solovejs	24, Q6	Bykanov/Hudyakov	Q11	21-16, 23-21	0:34
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 # Q12 Klasnic/Kolaric, Serbia 1-0
11/24/17	FIVB	Sydney Two Star	Winner 1	Finsters/Solovejs	7	Klasnic/Kolaric	9	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # Q16 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