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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Fuzhou Open
April 19 - 23, 2016

(26, Q10) Rihards Finsters/Edgars Tocs, Latvia

Rihards Finsters
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 1991 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Liepaja

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB U23 World Championships Myslowice 2013)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$22,934.94

Edgars Tocs
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madona

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$129,542.19

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	US$2,012.98
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	6	0	2	4	0	US$28,800.00
Overall	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	1	6	1	2	4	1	US$30,812.98

Previous Fuzhou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	29, Q9	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	Q14	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	30, Q20	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	26, Q5	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	26, Q10	17th	180	US$1,200.00
CEV	9/18-20/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Q10	21st	96	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Q28	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters		Country Quota	0	€ 0.00

Fuzhou Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/19/2016	Qualifier 1	Yasuo Nakaya / Koichi Nishimura, Japan (Q23)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:34
Tue, 4/19/2016	Qualifier 2	Max Betzien / Jonathan Erdmann, Germany (Q7)	Won 20-22, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
Wed, 4/20/2016	Pool G	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (7)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:31
Wed, 4/20/2016	Pool G	Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter, Canada (10)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 10-15	0:46
Thu, 4/21/2016	Pool G	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (23)	Lost 14-21, 8-21	0:30

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	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	$6,800.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	6	$29,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rihards Finsters												Edgars Tocs
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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	4	$27,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	5	$5,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	1	0	1	0	4	7	9	13	10	$53,400.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	2	1	2	0	5	2	2	0	0	$11,125.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	$6,250.00
34	0	0	0	1	3	1	10	9	10	$22,150.00	Total	84	3	1	4	1	11	18	16	16	14	$124,525.00

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
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	$8,800.00	14	15	48.3 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	$8,800.00	14	16	46.7 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rihards Finsters													Edgars Tocs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2013	FIVB
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	$4,400.00	2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	$4,400.00
13	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	5	$5,150.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	5	$4,400.00

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	10	41.7%	11	45.8%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	6	15.0%	5	12.5%	29	72.5%	6-34	15.0%	10-29	25.6%	17-8	68.0%	0	0	27-37	42.2%
2015-2016	9	42.9%	9	42.9%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	4	13.3%	3	10.0%	23	76.7%	4-26	13.3%	9-23	28.1%	13-6	68.4%	0	0	22-29	43.1%
Against the Field	3	27.3%	7	63.6%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	4	19.0%	4	19.0%	13	61.9%	4-17	19.0%	6-26	18.8%	22-10	68.8%	0	0	14-18	43.8%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	3	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	3	5	13	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	19
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	19	6	8	27	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	40

Head to Head Results
Finsters/Tocs trail the series against the field 8-10 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Krasilnikov/Semenov	4	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q9	21-13, 21-15	0:29
Trail the series against # 7 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Ontiveros/Virgen	7	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q10	21-15, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 10 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 0-2
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Binstock/Schachter	10	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q10	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:46
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool C	Binstock/Schachter	19	Finsters/Tocs	30, Q20	24-22, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	13	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q9	21-14, 21-16	0:32
Series tied with # 16 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 1-1
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Finsters/Tocs	30, Q20	Plavins/Regza	Q4	24-22, 24-26, 15-13	1:01
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool G	Plavins/Regza	7	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q5	21-13, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 18 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
10/22/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool G	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q10	Henriquez/Villafane	7	21-15, 14-21, 19-17	0:49
Trail the series against # 21 Beeler/Strasser, Switzerland 0-1
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Beeler/Strasser	20	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q9	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	23	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q10	21-14, 21-8	0:30
Lead the series against # Q2 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Finsters/Tocs	30, Q20	Gabathuler/Gerson	Q13	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # Q7 Betzien/Erdmann, Germany 1-0
4/19/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q10	Betzien/Erdmann	Q7	20-22, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # Q9 Garcia/Marco, Spain 2-0
4/12/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 2	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q9	Garcia/Marco	Q8	21-19, 21-13	0:36
11/11/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 1	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q5	Garcia/Marco	14	21-12, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # Q14 Mermer/Urlu, Türkiye 0-1
3/15/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 1	Mermer/Urlu	Q19	Finsters/Tocs	Q14	21-18, 21-23, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # Q20 Kufa/Lenc, Czechia 0-1
5/29/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 1	Kufa/Lenc	Q18	Finsters/Tocs	Q15	21-9, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # Q23 Nakaya/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
4/19/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 1	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q10	Nakaya/Nishimura	Q23	22-20, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # Q26 Naidoo/Sieberts, South Africa 1-0
4/12/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 1	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q9	Naidoo/Sieberts	Q24	21-11, 21-11	0:26