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CEV Under Age
CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship
August 25 - 28, 2016

(14) 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 Wins:

1 (CEV Under Age Jurmala 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$10,650.29

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 Wins:

1 (CEV Under Age Jurmala 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$2,860.83

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	Money
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	US$894.48
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	13	1	0	2	1	0	0	5	0	2	1	0	1	US$894.48

Previous Thessaloniki Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	7/27-31/2016	Under 19 World Championships	29, Q2	3rd	224	US$0.00

CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/25/2016	Pool C	Harry Jones / Robert Poole, England (19)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:29
Fri, 8/26/2016	Pool C	Maciej Kaszewiak / Maciej Lewicki, Poland (30)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:30
Fri, 8/26/2016	Pool C	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (3)	Lost 11-21, 19-21	0:36
Sat, 8/27/2016	Winner 1	Jasper Bouter / Ruben Penninga, Netherlands (23)	Lost 21-23, 18-21	0:35

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	Confederation Championship
42	0	2	3	1	4	5	15	4	0	$9,725.00	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 %
2016	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	2	80.0 %
Total	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	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	13	81.3%	1	6.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	3	33.3%	1	11.1%	5	55.6%	3-6	33.3%	13-5	72.2%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	17-8	68.0%
2015-2016	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0		0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-0		0	0	2-3	40.0%

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
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 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
8/26/16	CEV Under Age	CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Samoilovs/Smits	14	21-11, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Jones/Poole, England 1-0
8/25/16	CEV Under Age	CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smits	14	Jones/Poole	19	21-16, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 20 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
Trail the series against # 23 Bouter/Penninga, Netherlands 0-1
8/27/16	CEV Under Age	CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 1	Bouter/Penninga	23	Samoilovs/Smits	14	23-21, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 30 Kaszewiak/Lewicki, Poland 1-0
8/26/16	CEV Under Age	CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smits	14	Kaszewiak/Lewicki	30	21-14, 21-16	0:30