Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Moscow Three Star
May 31 - June 4, 2017

(29, Q20) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Edgars Tocs - 25th	Rihards Finsters - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	24, Q6	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Q15	41st	48	US$0.00
CEV	9/1-4/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	12	9th	160	€ 750.00
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

Moscow Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/31/2017	Qualifier 1	Daniel Bergerud / Mathias Berntsen, Norway (Q13)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:45
Wed, 5/31/2017	Qualifier 2	Nico Beeler / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (Q4)	Won 22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:51
Thu, 6/1/2017	Pool D	Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena, United States (4)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:34
Fri, 6/2/2017	Pool D	Taylor Crabb / Jake Gibb, United States (13)	Won 21-18, 11-21, 15-12	0:40
Fri, 6/2/2017	Winner 1	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (1)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 8-15	0:44

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	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 %
2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	5	$21,800.00	26	33	44.1 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$750.00	1	6	14.3 %

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
											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
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$1,500.00	2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$1,500.00
24	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	7	9	$12,025.00	Total	Total	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	6	8	$11,275.00

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	12.5%	2	12.5%	12	75.0%	2-14	12.5%	0-24	0.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	5-15	25.0%

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 5-13 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 11 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
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q20	21-19, 17-21, 15-8	0:44
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 # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool D	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q20	21-14, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 13 Crabb/Gibb, United States 1-0
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool D	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q20	Crabb/Gibb	13	21-18, 11-21, 15-12	0:40
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 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
Series tied with # 18 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 # 20 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 # 21 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-2
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
Trail the series against # 23 McHugh/Schumann, Australia 0-1
4/21/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 1	McHugh/Schumann	9	Finsters/Tocs	24, Q6	21-11, 21-19	0:29
Lead the series against # Q2 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
Lead the series against # Q4 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
5/31/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Qualifier 2	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q20	Beeler/Krattiger	Q4	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # Q13 Bergerud/Berntsen, Norway 1-0
5/31/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Qualifier 1	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q20	Bergerud/Berntsen	Q13	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # Q14 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