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€ 50,000 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters
September 1 - 4, 2016

(12) 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:

2nd (CEV C&S Baku 2017)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Jurmala 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$24,293.30

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 CEV Best:

3rd (Pelhrimov 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$127,268.63

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
CEV C&S	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	US$1,444.38
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	6	0	2	4	0	US$28,800.00
Overall	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	6	1	7	1	2	5	1	US$32,257.36

Previous Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2014	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Rihards Finsters - 9th
2015	Edgars Tocs - Country Quota	Rihards Finsters - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-10/2016	Gstaad Major	Q10	33rd	80	US$0.00
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
CEV	9/18-20/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Q10	21st	96	€ 0.00

CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool D	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (4)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:33
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool D	Dimitrios Niopas / Thodoris Papadimitriou, Greece (13)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:43
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool D	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (5)	Lost 14-21, 21-18, 10-15	0:39
Sat, 9/3/2016	Winner 1	Oleksii Denin / Sergiy Popov, Ukraine (11, Q5)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:32

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$22,150.00	Total	80	1	1	4	1	10	18	16	16	0	$122,550.00

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 %
2014	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$450.00	1	4	20.0 %
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 %
2015	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$480.00	2	2	50.0 %
2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	3	$18,800.00	22	28	44.0 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	4	$18,800.00	22	29	43.1 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$750.00	1	6	14.3 %
Total	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	$930.00	3	6	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rihards Finsters													Edgars Tocs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
											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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$225.00	2014	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$225.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$240.00	2015	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$240.00
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
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
27	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	9	9	$10,990.00	Total	Total	24	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	7	8	$10,240.00

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%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	1	0	2-9	18.2%
2015-2016	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-3	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	1-5	16.7%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	0	2-3	40.0%

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
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 3-9 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
8/30/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Finsters/Tocs	16	3-0	0:31
Trail the series against # 2 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 0-1
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool D	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	13	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q6	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:37
Series tied with # 3 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 # 4 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 0-2
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Dressler/Kunert	4	Finsters/Tocs	12	21-17, 21-17	0:33
8/30/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Contender 2	Dressler/Kunert	6, Q1	Finsters/Tocs	16	3-1	0:45
Trail the series against # 5 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-3
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	Finsters/Tocs	12	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:39
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	23	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q10	21-14, 21-8	0:30
8/22/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite	Winner 3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	8	Finsters/Tocs	12, Q4	17-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 1-0
8/21/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite	Winner 1	Finsters/Tocs	12, Q4	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	5	19-21, 21-17, 18-16	1:03
Trail the series against # 11, Q5 Denin/Popov, Ukraine 0-1
9/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Winner 1	Denin/Popov	11, Q5	Finsters/Tocs	12	21-17, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 13 Niopas/Papadimitriou, Greece 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Finsters/Tocs	12	Niopas/Papadimitriou	13	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:43