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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Itapema
December 3 - 7, 2025

(2) Kristians Fokerots/Martins Plavins, Latvia

Kristians Fokerots
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

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$66,111.80

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

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:

196

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$462,193.30

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	20	2	1	2	2	5	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$126,226.96

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Did not play	Edgars Tocs - 9th
2022	Edgars Tocs - 33rd	Did not play

Recent 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
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

BPT Elite Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/3/2025	Pool B	Piotr Kantor / Filip Lejawa, Poland (23, Q10)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 17-15	0:50
Thu, 12/4/2025	Pool B	Alexander Horst / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (11)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:28
Sat, 12/6/2025	Winner 2	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:36
Sat, 12/6/2025	Winner 3	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (4)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:36
Sun, 12/7/2025	Semi-Finals	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)	Won 15-21, 30-28, 15-10	0:53
Sun, 12/7/2025	Gold Medal	Elouan Chouikh / Joadel Gardoque, France (16)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:31

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	12	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	$111,000.00
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	20	2	1	2	2	5	0	1	3	3	1	0	$125,800.00

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
13	0	1	1	2	4	3	2	0	0	$55,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	81	1	1	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$237,250.00
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
35	4	2	3	2	7	4	5	5	0	$64,800.00	Total	196	7	4	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$461,350.00

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	12	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	$98,000.00	29	25	53.7 %
Total	FIVB	20	2	1	2	2	5	0	1	3	3	1	0	$125,800.00	53	39	57.6 %

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
12	1	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	$49,000.00	2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	$49,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
37	5	2	3	2	7	4	5	6	3	$64,800.00	Total	Total	196	7	4	6	6	20	54	43	27	29	$461,350.00

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	37	67.3%	11	20.0%	7	12.7%	48-7	87.3%	4	11.1%	8	22.2%	24	66.7%	4-32	11.1%	37-24	60.7%	15-15	50.0%	1	0	53-39	57.6%
2024-2025	25	65.8%	7	18.4%	6	15.8%	32-6	84.2%	2	7.4%	5	18.5%	20	74.1%	2-25	7.4%	25-20	55.6%	9-11	45.0%	1	0	35-31	53.0%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	16-8	66.7%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	12-7	63.2%

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	14	13	0	0	11	10	1	3	1	2	0	1	27	29
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	25	17	0	1	16	13	3	4	2	2	2	1	53	39

Head to Head Results
Fokerots/Plavins lead the series against the field 12-7 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 2-4
12/7/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Semi-Finals	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Goncalves/Lanci	1	15-21, 30-28, 15-10	0:53
12/6/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 2	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Fokerots/Plavins	2	21-18, 21-18	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 4 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
12/6/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	21-18, 24-22	0:36
Lead the series against # 5 Barbosa/Rezende, Brazil 1-0
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool C	Fokerots/Plavins	22, Q14	Barbosa/Rezende	15, Q4	15-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Gavira/Huerta, Spain 1-0
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool C	Fokerots/Plavins	6	Gavira/Huerta	14, Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 10 Crabb/Crabb, United States 0-1
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool C	Crabb/Crabb	11	Fokerots/Plavins	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 11 Horst/Pristauz, Austria 2-0
12/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Horst/Pristauz	11	21-16, 21-14	0:28
8/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool A	Fokerots/Plavins	13	Horst/Pristauz	24, Q16	21-12, 21-11	0:26
Lead the series against # 14 De Paula/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
11/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Qualifier 1	Fokerots/Plavins	22, Q14	De Paula/Goncalves	Q19	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Sedlak/Sepka, Czech Republic 1-0
10/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	8	Sedlak/Sepka	10	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 16 Chouikh/Gardoque, France 0-1
12/7/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Gold Medal	Chouikh/Gardoque	16	Fokerots/Plavins	2	21-13, 21-19	0:31
Lead the series against # 19, Q3 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 2-0
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F	Fokerots/Plavins	7	Dos Santos/da Silva	6	21-16, 21-16	0:33
11/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	7	Dos Santos/da Silva	4	24-22, 16-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 23, Q10 Kantor/Lejawa, Poland 1-0
12/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Kantor/Lejawa	23, Q10	21-18, 18-21, 17-15	0:50