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European Championship Tour
1st European Games
June 17 - 21, 2015

(19) Aleksandrs Solovejs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

Aleksandrs Solovejs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

108 kg (238 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jurmala 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$42,637.91

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$170,619.63

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,319.55
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	US$0.00
Overall	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	US$1,319.55

Previous Baku Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	Q23	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q23	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	21	5th	96	€ 1,187.50
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	Q14	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	Q3	41st	30	US$0.00

1st European Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool C	Georgios Kotsilianos / Nikos Zoupani, Greece (14)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:43
Thu, 6/18/2015	Pool C	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (3)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:42
Fri, 6/19/2015	Pool C	Iaroslav Gordieiev / Vladyslav Iemelianchyk, Ukraine (30)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-12	0:54
Fri, 6/19/2015	Winner 1	Oivind Hordvik / Morten Kvamsdal, Norway (17)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 23-21	1:03
Sat, 6/20/2015	Winner 2	Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (21)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:38

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Aleksandrs Solovejs												Ruslans Sorokins
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	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,700.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$14,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	0	$86,350.00
11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$16,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	0	$59,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1	0	$7,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,100.00
											Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$1,000.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$4,375.00
45	1	1	0	1	4	3	8	7	0	$38,750.00	Total	95	0	4	0	0	6	24	19	15	0	$165,275.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2	4	33.3 %
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Aleksandrs Solovejs													Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2001	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2004	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00
											2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
											2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,950.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00
											2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00
											2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age
											2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00
											2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2011	CEV C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,750.00	2012	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00
											2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$8,750.00	2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	$13,500.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
											2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$625.00
10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00	2014	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$125.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2014	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$150.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$593.75	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$593.75
27	2	1	0	1	2	4	2	4	11	$31,493.75	Total	Total	103	0	4	0	0	9	30	22	15	23	$166,518.75

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	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
2014-2015	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	2-6	25.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

Head to Head Results
Solovejs/Sorokins lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
6/18/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool C	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	3	Solovejs/Sorokins	19	21-17, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 10 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 1-0
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool E	Solovejs/Sorokins	21	Petutschnig/Winter	12, Q3	21-14, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 0-1
6/17/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool C	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	14	Solovejs/Sorokins	19	21-18, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 17 Hordvik/Kvamsdal, Norway 1-0
6/19/15	CEV	1st European Games	Winner 1	Solovejs/Sorokins	19	Hordvik/Kvamsdal	17	18-21, 21-18, 23-21	1:03
Trail the series against # 21 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 0-1
6/20/15	CEV	1st European Games	Winner 2	Faiga/Hilman	21	Solovejs/Sorokins	19	21-14, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 25 Dumek/Kufa, Czech Republic 1-0
5/23/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Winner 1	Solovejs/Sorokins	21	Dumek/Kufa	20, Q11	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 30 Gordieiev/Iemelianchyk, Ukraine 1-0
6/19/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool C	Solovejs/Sorokins	19	Gordieiev/Iemelianchyk	30	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	0:54