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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 Ljubljana One Star
August 3 - 5, 2018

(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 Best:

2nd (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 FIVB WT Best:

4th (Porec 2018)

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 Ljubljana 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

Ljubljana One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 8/4/2018	Pool C	Peter Eglseer / Thomas Kunert, Austria (11, Q2)	Lost 11-21, 18-21	0:32
Sat, 8/4/2018	Pool C	Sergej Drobnic / Gasper Plahutnik, Slovenia (14)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:29
Sat, 8/4/2018	Winner 1	Oleksii Denin / Denys Denysenko, Ukraine (8)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:29

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 %
2018	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$600.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$600.00	5	7	41.7 %
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
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	$300.00	2018	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	2	$2,400.00
6	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	$300.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	2	1	0	3	2	0	2	$2,400.00

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	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	2-7	22.2%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	6-9	40.0%
2017-2018	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	2-7	22.2%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	6-9	40.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%

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 trail the series against the field 2-5 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Iemelianchyk/Popov, Ukraine 0-1
7/8/18	FIVB	Porec One Star	Semi-Finals	Iemelianchyk/Popov	9	Samoilovs/Smits	5	21-16, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 Denin/Denysenko, Ukraine 0-1
8/4/18	FIVB	Ljubljana One Star	Winner 1	Denin/Denysenko	8	Samoilovs/Smits	6	21-18, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 11, Q2 Eglseer/Kunert, Austria 0-1
8/4/18	FIVB	Ljubljana One Star	Pool C	Eglseer/Kunert	11, Q2	Samoilovs/Smits	6	21-11, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 14 Drobnic/Plahutnik, Slovenia 1-0
8/4/18	FIVB	Ljubljana One Star	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smits	6	Drobnic/Plahutnik	14	21-15, 21-18	0:29
Series tied with # Q9 Pribanic/Silic, Croatia 1-1
7/7/18	FIVB	Porec One Star	Pool D	Pribanic/Silic	4	Samoilovs/Smits	5	17-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:47
6/14/18	FIVB	Baden One Star	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Smits	Q3	Pribanic/Silic	Q14	21-18, 24-22	0:35