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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championship Final
August 16 - 20, 2017

(26) 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
2016	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Rihards Finsters - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	8/10-13/2017	CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Yantarny	3	9th	60	€ 120.00
FIVB	7/28-8/6/2017	Vienna World Championships	30	17th	320	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	Q15	41st	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	29, Q20	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	24, Q6	17th	120	US$1,500.00
CEV C&S	4/13-16/2017	Satellite Göteborg	7	7th	70	€ 160.00
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

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/16/2017	Pool G	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (7)	Lost 10-21, 18-21	0:32
Wed, 8/16/2017	Pool G	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (10)	Lost 13-21, 8-21	0:26
Thu, 8/17/2017	Pool G	Martin Ermacora / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (23)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 8/18/2017	Winner 1	Nico Beeler / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (13)	Lost 22-20, 12-21, 13-15	0:46

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 %
2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$10,000.00	5	8	38.5 %
2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
2017	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$280.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	6	$28,800.00	27	37	42.2 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	$1,750.00	2	9	18.2 %
Total	CEV C&S	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	$1,210.00	6	10	37.5 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$5,000.00	2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$140.00	2017	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$140.00
35	0	0	0	1	2	5	7	9	11	$16,630.00	Total	Total	32	0	0	0	0	2	5	8	7	10	$15,880.00

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%
2016-2017	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	1	0	2-6	25.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	1	0	1-5	16.7%

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 3-17 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 3 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 0-1
7/30/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool F	Krasilnikov/Liamin	6	Finsters/Tocs	30	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q20	21-19, 17-21, 15-8	0:44
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 # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
8/16/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	7	Finsters/Tocs	26	21-10, 21-18	0:32
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 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 # 10 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
8/16/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool G	Mol/Sorum	10	Finsters/Tocs	26	21-13, 21-8	0:26
Trail the series against # 11 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-4
7/28/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool F	Koekelkoren/van Walle	19	Finsters/Tocs	30	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
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
Series tied with # 13 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-1
8/18/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Beeler/Krattiger	13	Finsters/Tocs	26	20-22, 21-12, 15-13	0:46
5/31/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Qualifier 2	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q20	Beeler/Krattiger	Q4	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:51
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
Trail the series against # 17 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
Trail the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 23 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
8/17/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool G	Finsters/Tocs	26	Ermacora/Pristauz	23	By Forfeit