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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Gstaad Major
July 5 - 10, 2016

(Q10) Rihards Finsters/Edgars Tocs, 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:

4th (FIVB U23 World Championships Myslowice 2013)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$21,650.00

Edgars Tocs
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madona

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB The Hague 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$116,651.38

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	2	4	US$28,800.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Aleksandrs Solovejs - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	29, Q6	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	32, Q19	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2016	Cincinnati Open	22	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	Q10	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	26, Q5	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	26, Q10	25th	120	US$800.00
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
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Q28	41st	40	US$0.00

Gstaad Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/5/2016	Qualifier 1	Jan Dumek / Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic (Q23)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
Wed, 7/6/2016	Qualifier 2	Geir Eithun / Christian Sorum, Norway (28, Q7)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	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	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	$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
Total	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	0	$28,800.00

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	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	0	$27,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	$5,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	44	1	0	1	0	4	7	9	13	0	$53,400.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	1	2	0	4	2	2	0	0	$9,150.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
32	0	0	0	1	3	1	8	9	0	$21,650.00	Total	74	1	1	3	1	10	15	14	16	0	$116,300.00

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
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	3	$18,800.00	22	28	44.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	4	$18,800.00	22	29	43.1 %

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
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
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
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	4	$9,400.00	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	3	$9,400.00
17	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	7	6	$10,150.00	Total	Total	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	$9,400.00

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	33.3%	6	66.7%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	14.3%	12	85.7%	0-14	0.0%	6-24	20.0%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	9-14	39.1%

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
Total	0	0	19	6	7	25	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	37

Head to Head Results
Finsters/Tocs trail the series against the field 9-11 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Finsters/Tocs	32, Q19	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool C	Gibb/Patterson	3	Finsters/Tocs	30, Q20	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	4	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q6	21-15, 21-17	0:30
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 13 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
11/12/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	5	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 15 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-2
5/19/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool F	Ontiveros/Virgen	6	Finsters/Tocs	22	21-17, 21-15	0:30
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 # 16 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool C	Carambula/Ranghieri	14	Finsters/Tocs	30, Q20	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool G	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q5	Fijalek/Prudel	7	22-20, 17-21, 17-15	0:52
Series tied with # 21, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 0-1
6/17/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool D	Kosiak/Rudol	20	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q6	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 27 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 2-0
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool G	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q5	Gabathuler/Gerson	23, Q2	21-13, 15-21, 15-7	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Eithun/Sorum, Norway 0-1
7/6/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 2	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q7	Finsters/Tocs	Q10	21-15, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q23 Dumek/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
7/5/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 1	Finsters/Tocs	Q10	Dumek/Rotrekl	Q23	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # Q25 Metral/Zandbergen, Switzerland 1-0
11/9/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Qualifier 1	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q5	Metral/Zandbergen	Q28	21-19, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q28 Bouter/van Steenis, Netherlands 1-0
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q6	Bouter/van Steenis	Q22	21-19, 21-16	0:30