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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 (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 Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
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

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 %
2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$400.00	4	5	44.4 %
2018	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$400.00	4	5	44.4 %
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	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$0.00	14	6	70.0 %

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
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
3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	$200.00	2018	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	$2,300.00
											2018	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	1	0	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	$200.00	Total	Total	17	1	0	2	2	0	6	4	0	2	$2,350.00

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%
2017-2018	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	10-1	90.9%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	12-4	75.0%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	8-0	100.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	6-1	85.7%

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 7-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 6 Kruk/Lewicki, Poland 1-0
7/28/18	CEV Under Age	U22 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
7/29/18	CEV Under Age	U22 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
7/28/18	CEV Under Age	U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smits	1	Breer/Haussener	8	16-21, 21-18, 21-19	0:54
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 # 16 Korsakov/Voleanin, Moldova 1-0
7/27/18	CEV Under Age	U22 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
7/26/18	CEV Under Age	U22 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
7/29/18	CEV Under Age	U22 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
7/26/18	CEV Under Age	U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool A	Ofstaas/Ruud	32	Samoilovs/Smits	1	22-20, 14-21, 16-14	0:52