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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
November 14 - 23, 2025

(17) Kristians Fokerots/Martins Plavins, Latvia

Kristians Fokerots
Latvia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$54,611.80

Martins Plavins
Latvia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

195

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$450,693.30

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	19	2	0	2	2	5	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$103,226.96

Previous Adelaide Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	4	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	13	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	Futures Jurmala	1	1st	400	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	7	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	7	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	4	13th	460	US$4,500.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool H	Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (32)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:36
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool H	Koffi Kotoka / Kuamivi Samani, Togo (41)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:27
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool H	Ondrej Perusic / David Schweiner, Czech Republic (8)	Lost 19-21, 12-21	0:33
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (14)	Lost 20-22, 13-21	0:32

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Lauris Iecelnieks - 37th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 4th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Janis Peda - 17th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Haralds Regza - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Edgars Tocs - 9th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Martins Plavins - 17th	Kristians Fokerots - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	17	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	$88,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,800.00
Total	19	2	0	2	2	5	0	1	3	3	1	0	$102,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kristians Fokerots												Martins Plavins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
12	0	0	1	2	4	3	2	0	0	$44,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	80	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$225,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	$2,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00
9	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
34	4	1	3	2	7	4	5	5	0	$53,300.00	Total	195	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$449,850.00

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
2023	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,800.00	18	8	69.2 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	6	6	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	11	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	$75,000.00	25	23	52.1 %
Total	FIVB	19	2	0	2	2	5	0	1	3	3	1	0	$102,800.00	49	37	57.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kristians Fokerots													Martins Plavins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
											2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00
											2008	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00
											2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00
											2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
											2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00
											2012	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00
											2013	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00
											2014	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	$14,850.00
											2016	FIVB	17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$13,250.00
											2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00
											2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$8,750.00
10	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	2	$900.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	$1,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	$2,900.00	2023	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	$3,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
5	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
11	1	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	$37,500.00	2025	FIVB	11	1	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	$37,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
36	5	1	3	2	7	4	5	6	3	$53,300.00	Total	Total	195	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	29	$449,850.00

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	35	67.3%	10	19.2%	7	13.5%	45-7	86.5%	3	9.1%	8	24.2%	22	66.7%	3-30	9.1%	35-22	61.4%	13-15	46.4%	1	0	49-37	57.0%
2024-2025	23	65.7%	6	17.1%	6	17.1%	29-6	82.9%	1	4.2%	5	20.8%	18	75.0%	1-23	4.2%	23-18	56.1%	7-11	38.9%	1	0	31-29	51.7%
Against the Field	11	55.0%	5	25.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	0	0.0%	4	17.4%	19	82.6%	0-23	0.0%	22-38	36.7%	10-16	38.5%	0	0	16-27	37.2%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	12	13	0	0	10	9	0	3	1	2	0	0	23	27
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	17	3
Total	0	0	5	1	23	17	0	1	15	12	2	4	2	2	2	0	49	37

Head to Head Results
Fokerots/Plavins trail the series against the field 16-27 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 1-5
8/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Fokerots/Plavins	13	21-12, 21-16	0:31
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Fokerots/Plavins	12	21-12, 21-15	0:27
4/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-16, 21-16	0:32
11/10/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Bronze Medal	Fokerots/Plavins	7	Mol/Sorum	2	21-18, 13-21, 15-11	0:42
11/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-17, 21-12	0:27
10/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	3	Fokerots/Plavins	8	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-3
9/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Bronze Medal	Boermans/de Groot	2	Fokerots/Plavins	4	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:42
8/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Bronze Medal	Boermans/de Groot	2	Fokerots/Plavins	13	21-16, 21-10	0:31
7/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Boermans/de Groot	2	Fokerots/Plavins	14	21-19, 22-20	0:33
Series tied with # 3 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-1
5/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 3	Ahman/Hellvig	4	Fokerots/Plavins	12	21-7, 21-12	0:23
11/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Fokerots/Plavins	7	Ahman/Hellvig	1	23-21, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-3
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool C	Goncalves/Lanci	3	Fokerots/Plavins	6	21-17, 26-24	0:40
9/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Goncalves/Lanci	6	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-18, 21-14	0:31
5/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 2	Fokerots/Plavins	12	Goncalves/Lanci	11	22-20, 21-17	0:35
4/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 2	Goncalves/Lanci	15	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-14, 17-21, 31-29	1:01
Trail the series against # 5 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-1
3/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 1	Bryl/Losiak	3	Fokerots/Plavins	4	24-22, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 6 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 1-0
8/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Winner 2	Fokerots/Plavins	13	Alayo/Diaz	8	27-25, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 0-1
7/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	Fokerots/Plavins	14	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-1
11/17/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Perusic/Schweiner	8	Fokerots/Plavins	17	21-19, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 10 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-3
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	1	Fokerots/Plavins	6	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:45
9/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	3	Fokerots/Plavins	4	21-19, 21-17	0:36
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	3	Fokerots/Plavins	4	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # 11 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 0-1
11/10/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Semi-Finals	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	5	Fokerots/Plavins	7	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 12 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 2-1
9/25/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool D	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	21-11, 21-19	0:28
5/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool A	Fokerots/Plavins	12	Carracher/Nicolaidis	13	21-14, 15-21, 16-14	0:39
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19, Q6	Fokerots/Plavins	24, Q15	21-15, 27-25	0:35
Trail the series against # 13 Aye/Bassereau, France 0-1
4/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F	Aye/Bassereau	18, Q3	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-18, 11-21, 15-11	0:42
Series tied with # 14 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 1-1
11/19/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	14	Fokerots/Plavins	17	22-20, 21-13	0:32
8/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	13	Ehlers/Wickler	6	21-19, 15-21, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # 15 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 0-1
9/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Berger/Hammarberg	18, Q2	Fokerots/Plavins	7	28-26, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 Budinger/Evans, United States 2-0
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Budinger/Evans	13	21-14, 25-23	0:36
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool F	Fokerots/Plavins	7	Budinger/Evans	19, Q7	21-16, 15-21, 17-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 18 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 0-1
8/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool A	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	12	Fokerots/Plavins	13	21-13, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 2-1
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	12	Campos/Pedrosa	18, Q5	34-32, 21-13	0:41
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool F	Fokerots/Plavins	7	Campos/Pedrosa	18, Q4	21-18, 21-19	0:37
10/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Campos/Pedrosa	16, Q4	Fokerots/Plavins	8	24-22, 14-21, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 23 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-2
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	9	Fokerots/Plavins	4	21-18, 21-18	0:30
10/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Berntsen/Mol	9	Fokerots/Plavins	8	21-15, 32-34, 16-14	1:01
Lead the series against # 31 Bello/Bello, England 1-0
8/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	13	Bello/Bello	14	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 32 Benesh/Partain, United States 3-0
11/15/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Fokerots/Plavins	17	Benesh/Partain	32	22-20, 21-17	0:36
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	6	Benesh/Partain	4	24-22, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	14	Benesh/Partain	11	22-20, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 41 Kotoka/Samani, Togo 1-0
11/16/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Fokerots/Plavins	17	Kotoka/Samani	41	21-13, 21-11	0:27