CEV Under Age
U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship
July 26 - 29, 2018
(1) Mihails Samoilovs/Kristaps Smits, Latvia
 
Mihails Samoilovs
Latvia
Photo: CEV
Personal Info
Birth Date: Feb 20, 1998 (26 yrs old)
Home Town: Jurmala
Height: 201 cm (6'7")
Weight: 86 kg (189 lb)
Seasons: 10
Tournaments: 49
Career Wins: 1 (CEV Under Age Jurmala 2018)
Career Winnings: US$10,319.88
Kristaps Smits
Latvia
Photo: CEV
Personal Info
Birth Date: Mar 31, 1998 (26 yrs old)
Home Town: Kuldiga
Height: 184 cm (6'0")
Weight: 82 kg (180 lb)
Seasons: 5
Tournaments: 22
Career Wins: 1 (CEV Under Age Jurmala 2018)
Career Winnings: US$2,860.83
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317212541Money
CEV C&S1000000000100 US$0.00
CEV Under Age5100000301000 US$0.00
FIVB5000100201001 US$894.48
FIVB Age Group WC2002000000000 US$0.00
Overall13102100502101 US$894.48
Previous Jurmala Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/4-8/2018 Porec One Star 5 4th 140 € 400.00
FIVB 6/20-24/2018 Ostrava Four Star Q25 41st 40 US$0.00
FIVB 6/14-17/2018 Baden One Star Q3 17th 80 € 0.00
CEV Under Age 9/7-10/2017 U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship 6 9th 48 € 0.00
CEV C&S 8/10-13/2017 CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Yantarny Q6 21st 0 € 0.00
U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Thu, 7/26/2018 Pool A Emil Ofstaas / Christian Ruud, Norway (32) Lost 20-22, 21-14, 14-16 0:52
Thu, 7/26/2018 Pool A Viliam Cizmazia / Patrik Pokopec, Slovakia (17) Won 21-16, 21-10 0:34
Fri, 7/27/2018 Pool A Maxim Korsakov / Maxim Voleanin, Moldova (16) Won 21-6, 21-9 0:24
Sat, 7/28/2018 Winner 2 Milosz Kruk / Maciej Lewicki, Poland (6) Won 21-17, 21-13 0:34
Sat, 7/28/2018 Winner 3 Florian Breer / Yves Haussener, Switzerland (8) Won 16-21, 21-18, 21-19 0:54
Sun, 7/29/2018 Semi-Finals Denis Shekunov / Dmitrii Veretiuk, Russia (28) Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-11 0:47
Sun, 7/29/2018 Gold Medal Alejandro Huerta / Javier Huerta, Spain (7) Won 21-13, 21-19 0:36
Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smits lead the series against the field 7-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Lead the series against # 4 Kindl/Klaffinger, Austria 1-0
7/16/17FIVB Age Group WCU21 World Championships Bronze Medal Samoilovs/Smits 19 Kindl/Klaffinger 32, Q1 21-17, 21-17 0:37
Lead the series against # 6 Kruk/Lewicki, Poland 1-0
7/28/18CEV Under AgeU22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Winner 2 Samoilovs/Smits 1 Kruk/Lewicki 6 21-17, 21-13 0:34
Lead the series against # 7 Huerta/Huerta, Spain 1-0
7/29/18CEV Under AgeU22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Gold Medal Samoilovs/Smits 1 Huerta/Huerta 7 21-13, 21-19 0:36
Series tied with # 8 Breer/Haussener, Switzerland 1-1
7/28/18CEV Under AgeU22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Winner 3 Samoilovs/Smits 1 Breer/Haussener 8 16-21, 21-18, 21-19 0:54
7/31/16FIVB Age Group WCUnder 19 World Championships Semi-Finals Breer/Haussener 26 Samoilovs/Smits 29, Q2 22-20, 21-11 0:30
Lead the series against # 16 Korsakov/Voleanin, Moldova 1-0
7/27/18CEV Under AgeU22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Pool A Samoilovs/Smits 1 Korsakov/Voleanin 16 21-6, 21-9 0:24
Lead the series against # 17 Cizmazia/Pokopec, Slovakia 1-0
7/26/18CEV Under AgeU22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Pool A Samoilovs/Smits 1 Cizmazia/Pokopec 17 21-16, 21-10 0:34
Lead the series against # 28 Shekunov/Veretiuk, Russia 1-0
7/29/18CEV Under AgeU22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Semi-Finals Samoilovs/Smits 1 Shekunov/Veretiuk 28 21-19, 16-21, 15-11 0:47
Trail the series against # 32 Ofstaas/Ruud, Norway 0-1
7/26/18CEV Under AgeU22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Pool A Ofstaas/Ruud 32 Samoilovs/Smits 1 22-20, 14-21, 16-14 0:52