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CEV Under Age
U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship
September 7 - 10, 2017

(6) 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 Vulcano Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	8/10-13/2017	CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Yantarny	Q6	21st	0	€ 0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	7/11-16/2017	U21 World Championships	19	3rd	120	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	6/15-18/2017	U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	16	9th	48	€ 0.00

U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/7/2017	Pool F	Ilya Abramenka / Uladzislau Davyskiba, Belarus (27)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:34
Fri, 9/8/2017	Pool F	Wout Nuyttens / Christophe Witvrouwen, Belgium (22)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:37
Fri, 9/8/2017	Pool F	David Ahman / August Borna, Sweden (11)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:33
Sat, 9/9/2017	Winner 2	Moritz Kindl / Lauris Ochaya, Austria (16)	Lost 22-20, 22-24, 13-15	0:50

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 %
2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2017	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2017	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	14	3	82.4 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	CEV Under Age	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$0.00	8	5	61.5 %

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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	2	0	1	3	2	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	2	1	0	3	2	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%
2016-2017	8	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	8-3	72.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	8-5	61.5%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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 6-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 11 Ahman/Borna, Sweden 1-0
9/8/17	CEV Under Age	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smits	6	Ahman/Borna	11	21-18, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 16 Kindl/Ochaya, Austria 0-1
9/9/17	CEV Under Age	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 2	Kindl/Ochaya	16	Samoilovs/Smits	6	20-22, 24-22, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 22 Nuyttens/Witvrouwen, Belgium 1-0
9/8/17	CEV Under Age	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smits	6	Nuyttens/Witvrouwen	22	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 27 Abramenka/Davyskiba, Belarus 1-0
9/7/17	CEV Under Age	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smits	6	Abramenka/Davyskiba	27	21-15, 21-17	0:34