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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Fort Lauderdale Major, Five Star
February 7 - 11, 2017

(Q15) 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 Fort Lauderdale Results Neither player has played in this venue before

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

Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 2/7/2017	Qualifier 1	Bennet Poniewaz / David Poniewaz, Germany (30, Q18)	Lost 10-21, 19-21	0:33

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 %
2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	5	$18,800.00	22	30	42.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rihards Finsters													Edgars Tocs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
18	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	7	7	$10,150.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	6	$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%
2016-2017	10	41.7%	11	45.8%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	6	15.4%	5	12.8%	28	71.8%	6-33	15.4%	10-28	26.3%	17-8	68.0%	0	0	27-36	42.9%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	10	71.4%	2-12	14.3%	0-20	0.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	5-13	27.8%

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
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 2-8 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Kantor/Losiak	17	Finsters/Tocs	32, Q19	21-19, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 16 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
Trail the series against # 19 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
Series tied with # 20 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 # 23 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
5/24/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Finsters/Tocs	32, Q19	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q3	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:43
Trail the series against # 30, Q18 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 0-1
2/7/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Qualifier 1	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	30, Q18	Finsters/Tocs	Q15	21-10, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # Q2 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