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FIVB Age Group World Championships
U21 World Championships
July 11 - 16, 2017

(19) 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 Nanjing 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

U21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/12/2017	Pool C	Logan Mend / Tomas Sorra, Canada (14)	Won 21-12, 24-22	0:45
Thu, 7/13/2017	Pool C	Jose Cardenas / Josue Gaxiola, Mexico (3)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:37
Thu, 7/13/2017	Pool C	Alejandro Huerta / Oscar Jimenez, Spain (30, Q3)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 20-18	0:54
Fri, 7/14/2017	Winner 2	Alireza Aghajani / Javad Firouzpourbandpei, Iran (20)	Won 12-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:35
Sat, 7/15/2017	Winner 3	Alejandro Huerta / Oscar Jimenez, Spain (30, Q3)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:36
Sat, 7/15/2017	Semi-Finals	Adrielson Dos Santos / Renato Lima, Brazil (2)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:35
Sun, 7/16/2017	Bronze Medal	Moritz Kindl / Marian Klaffinger, Austria (32, Q1)	Won 21-17, 21-17	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$)
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 %
2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	14	3	82.4 %

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	2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total	2	0	0	2	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%
2016-2017	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%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	10-4	71.4%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	7-2	77.8%

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 7-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dos Santos/Lima, Brazil 0-1
7/15/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Dos Santos/Lima	2	Samoilovs/Smits	19	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 3 Cardenas/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
7/13/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smits	19	Cardenas/Gaxiola	3	22-20, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 14 Mend/Sorra, Canada 1-0
7/12/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smits	19	Mend/Sorra	14	21-12, 24-22	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Aghajani/Firouzpourbandpei, Iran 1-0
7/14/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smits	19	Aghajani/Firouzpourbandpei	20	12-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:35
Lead the series against # 30, Q3 Huerta/Jimenez, Spain 3-0
7/15/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smits	19	Huerta/Jimenez	30, Q3	22-20, 21-16	0:36
7/13/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smits	19	Huerta/Jimenez	30, Q3	21-17, 17-21, 20-18	0:54
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 # 32, Q1 Kindl/Klaffinger, Austria 1-0
7/16/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smits	19	Kindl/Klaffinger	32, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:37