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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Stavanger Grand Slam
June 25 - 29, 2014

(Q19) Edvarts Buivids/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

Edvarts Buivids
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 4, 1993 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sigulda

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB U23 World Championships Myslowice 2014)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,600.00

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:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$160,900.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	US$3,200.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Andris Krumins - 41st
2009	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2010	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2011	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	22, Q1	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	25	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q22	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	29, Q15	17th	180	US$1,200.00

Stavanger Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/25/2014	Qualifier 1	Grigoriy Goncharov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (Q14)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:37

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,200.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Edvarts Buivids												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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	0	$86,350.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	0	$59,000.00
											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	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$1,600.00	Total	91	0	4	0	0	5	23	18	14	0	$160,900.00

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	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$3,200.00	6	10	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$3,200.00	6	10	37.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Edvarts Buivids													Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											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
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
											2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00
											2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00
											2012	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00
											2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	$13,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$1,600.00	2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	$1,600.00	Total	Total	80	0	4	0	0	5	22	18	14	17	$159,900.00

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	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	10	76.9%	2-11	15.4%	3-10	23.1%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
2013-2014	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	10	76.9%	2-11	15.4%	3-10	23.1%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	2-12	14.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-7	22.2%

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	0	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8
Total	0	0	3	3	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11

Head to Head Results
Buivids/Sorokins trail the series against the field 2-6 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Rego/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Rego/Solberg	4	Buivids/Sorokins	29, Q15	21-17, 26-24	0:45
Trail the series against # 28, Q9 Plavins/Solovejs, Latvia 0-1
4/29/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Solovejs	Q11	Buivids/Sorokins	Q22	21-18, 23-21	0:42
Trail the series against # 29, Q10 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 0-1
5/29/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool F	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Buivids/Sorokins	22, Q1	24-22, 23-21	0:47
Series tied with # 30 Dollinger/Wickler, Germany 1-1
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 1	Dollinger/Wickler	17	Buivids/Sorokins	22, Q1	21-14, 23-25, 15-11	0:58
4/22/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 1	Buivids/Sorokins	29, Q15	Dollinger/Wickler	Q18	19-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:50
Series tied with # Q11 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 1-1
5/7/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool H	Petutschnig/Winter	9	Buivids/Sorokins	25	21-16, 21-17	0:35
4/22/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Buivids/Sorokins	29, Q15	Petutschnig/Winter	22, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # Q14 Goncharov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Goncharov/Prokopiev	Q14	Buivids/Sorokins	Q19	21-15, 21-18	0:37