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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 19 World Championships
July 27 - 31, 2016

(29, Q2) Mihails Samoilovs/Kristaps Smits, Latvia

Mihails Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 20, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jurmala

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB Age Group WC Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$10,283.16

Kristaps Smits
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 31, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$2,787.40

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	US$894.48
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	7	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	US$894.48

Previous Larnaka Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Under 19 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2016	Qualifier 2	Salar Ghanidelghahramanlou / Mohammadreza Hazratpour, Iran (Q18)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:27
Wed, 7/27/2016	Qualifier 3	Adam Kitto / Bryce Poland, Australia (32, Q7)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:32
Thu, 7/28/2016	Pool D	Mees Blom / Ricardo Hofman, Netherlands (4)	Won 21-17, 21-8	0:25
Thu, 7/28/2016	Pool D	Milan Sievers / Sven Winter, Germany (13)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 13-15	0:44
Fri, 7/29/2016	Pool D	Alireza Aghajani / Ali Shahbazi, Iran (20)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:28
Sat, 7/30/2016	Winner 1	Aidan Brown / Lucas Lossone, United States (11)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:31
Sat, 7/30/2016	Winner 2	Felipe Miranda / Gabriel Pisco, Brazil (28, Q1)	Won 21-17, 23-25, 18-16	0:52
Sat, 7/30/2016	Winner 3	Alejandro Huerta / Oscar Jimenez, Spain (10)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:36
Sun, 7/31/2016	Semi-Finals	Florian Breer / Yves Haussener, Switzerland (26)	Lost 20-22, 11-21	0:30
Sun, 7/31/2016	Bronze Medal	Remi Bassereau / Timothee Platre, France (7)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:39

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$800.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	7	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mihails Samoilovs												Kristaps Smits
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	$5,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
20	0	2	1	1	4	4	7	0	0	$3,975.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	$2,600.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
41	0	2	3	1	4	5	15	3	0	$9,475.00	Total	13	0	0	2	1	0	5	2	0	0	$2,600.00

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
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	2	80.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	2	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mihails Samoilovs													Kristaps Smits
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

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	76.9%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	10-2	83.3%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	14-3	82.4%
2015-2016	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	6-1	85.7%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	8-2	80.0%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	14-2	87.5%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	10-2	83.3%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	1	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	8
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	2
Total	0	0	3	2	8	4	0	0	7	2	0	3	2	1	0	0	20	12

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smits lead the series against the field 8-2 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Blom/Hofman, Netherlands 1-0
7/28/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smits	29, Q2	Blom/Hofman	4	21-17, 21-8	0:25
Lead the series against # 7 Bassereau/Platre, France 1-0
7/31/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smits	29, Q2	Bassereau/Platre	7	18-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Huerta/Jimenez, Spain 1-0
7/30/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smits	29, Q2	Huerta/Jimenez	10	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 Brown/Lossone, United States 1-0
7/30/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smits	29, Q2	Brown/Lossone	11	21-16, 21-19	0:31
Trail the series against # 13 Sievers/Winter, Germany 0-1
7/28/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool D	Sievers/Winter	13	Samoilovs/Smits	29, Q2	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 Aghajani/Shahbazi, Iran 1-0
7/29/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smits	29, Q2	Aghajani/Shahbazi	20	21-14, 21-12	0:28
Trail the series against # 26 Breer/Haussener, Switzerland 0-1
7/31/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Breer/Haussener	26	Samoilovs/Smits	29, Q2	22-20, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # 28, Q1 Miranda/Pisco, Brazil 1-0
7/30/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smits	29, Q2	Miranda/Pisco	28, Q1	21-17, 23-25, 18-16	0:52
Lead the series against # 32, Q7 Kitto/Poland, Australia 1-0
7/27/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Qualifier 3	Samoilovs/Smits	29, Q2	Kitto/Poland	32, Q7	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # Q18 Ghanidelghahramanlou/Hazratpour, Iran 1-0
7/27/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Qualifier 2	Samoilovs/Smits	29, Q2	Ghanidelghahramanlou/Hazratpour	Q18	21-13, 21-13	0:27