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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
July 1 - 5, 2026

(2) Kristians Fokerots/Martins Plavins, Latvia

Kristians Fokerots
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$105,832.43

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

223

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$532,376.12

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$25,904.00
FIVB	24	2	1	4	2	5	0	3	3	2	1	1	US$172,626.96
Overall	26	3	1	4	2	5	0	4	3	2	1	1	US$198,530.96

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th
2008	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2010	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 17th
2011	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 17th
2012	Did not play	Aleksandrs Solovejs - 25th
2013	Did not play	Janis Peda - 25th
2014	Did not play	Aleksandrs Solovejs - 33rd
2015	Did not play	Hermans Egleskalns - 33rd
2016	Did not play	Haralds Regza - 17th
2017	Did not play	Haralds Regza - 25th
2018	Did not play	Edgars Tocs - 5th
2019	Did not play	Edgars Tocs - 9th
2021	Did not play	Edgars Tocs - 17th
2025	Martins Plavins - 13th	Kristians Fokerots - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	3	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	6	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
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
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	3	9th	460	€ 2,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool B	Joppe Van Langendonck / Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium (23, Q14)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:36
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (14)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:47
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool B	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (11)	Won 21-18, 15-21, 15-11	0:45
Fri, 7/3/2026	Winner 1	Kevin Cuzmiciov / Eylon Elazar, Israel (15)	Lost 22-20, 18-21, 12-15	0:48

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	16	0	1	3	2	4	0	2	3	1	0	0	$157,400.00
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
Confederation Championship	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Total	26	3	1	4	2	5	0	4	3	3	1	0	$194,700.00

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	2	$36,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
17	0	1	3	2	4	5	2	0	0	$78,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	85	1	1	3	2	5	23	22	13	15	$260,450.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	3	$2,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	12	$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
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	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
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	Confederation Championship	13	1	0	2	0	2	5	2	1	0	$28,000.00
43	6	2	5	2	7	7	5	6	3	$99,250.00	Total	213	8	4	10	6	22	61	45	28	29	$512,550.00

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 %
2024	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	$98,000.00	29	25	53.7 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$46,400.00	17	5	77.3 %
Total	FIVB	24	2	1	4	2	5	0	3	3	3	1	0	$172,200.00	70	44	61.4 %
Total	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	9	2	81.8 %

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
											2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00
											2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00
											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
											2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
											2010	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00
											2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2012	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											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
											2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	$14,850.00
											2015	CEV	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$1,843.75
											2016	FIVB	17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00
											2016	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$13,250.00
											2017	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00
											2018	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00
											2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$8,750.00
											2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2024	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
4	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	$23,200.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	$23,200.00
43	6	2	5	2	7	7	5	6	3	$99,250.00	Total	Total	223	9	4	11	7	23	64	47	28	30	$516,543.75

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	47	68.1%	13	18.8%	9	13.0%	60-9	87.0%	9	20.5%	8	18.2%	27	61.4%	9-35	20.5%	47-27	63.5%	22-17	56.4%	1	0	70-44	61.4%
2025-2026	32	71.1%	7	15.6%	6	13.3%	39-6	86.7%	7	22.6%	3	9.7%	21	67.7%	7-24	22.6%	32-21	60.4%	14-9	60.9%	0	0	46-30	60.5%
Against the Field	13	68.4%	3	15.8%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	4	26.7%	2	13.3%	9	60.0%	4-11	26.7%	26-18	59.1%	14-10	58.3%	0	0	20-14	58.8%

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	25	14	0	0	15	12	1	5	3	2	0	1	44	34
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	2
Total	0	0	5	1	40	19	0	1	23	16	4	6	4	2	3	1	79	46

Head to Head Results
Fokerots/Plavins lead the series against the field 21-15 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 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 # 3 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 # 4 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 1-2
5/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Bronze Medal	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	21-19, 21-16	0:30
8/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool A	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	12	Fokerots/Plavins	13	21-13, 21-17	0:35
7/31/25	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2025	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	14	Fokerots/Plavins	3	21-19, 20-22, 15-10	0:43
Trail the series against # 5 Aye/Daubas, France 1-2
5/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 1	Aye/Daubas	7	Fokerots/Plavins	3	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:46
4/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Bronze Medal	Fokerots/Plavins	6	Aye/Daubas	4	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
4/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F	Aye/Daubas	18, Q3	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-18, 11-21, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Boermans/Brouwer, Netherlands 1-0
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool C	Fokerots/Plavins	3	Boermans/Brouwer	10	12-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:41
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 11 Lima/Loyola, Brazil 2-0
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Lima/Loyola	11	21-18, 15-21, 15-11	0:45
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	6	Lima/Loyola	14	17-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:42
Series tied with # 12 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 1-1
5/28/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool C	Fokerots/Plavins	3	Berger/Hammarberg	15	21-14, 21-19	0:31
9/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Berger/Hammarberg	18, Q2	Fokerots/Plavins	7	28-26, 21-14	0:35
Series tied with # 13 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-1
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool D	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	16	21-17, 21-17	0:31
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 # 14 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 1-0
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # 15 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 0-1
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	15	Fokerots/Plavins	2	20-22, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 16 Friedli/Jordan, Switzerland 1-0
4/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool D	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Friedli/Jordan	21, Q9	21-15, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 17, Q2 Pristauz/Waller, Austria 0-1
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F	Pristauz/Waller	18, Q3	Fokerots/Plavins	6	29-27, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 20, Q9 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
Lead the series against # 22, Q13 Sedlak/Sepka, Czechia 2-0
7/30/25	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2025	Pool C	Fokerots/Plavins	3	Sedlak/Sepka	30	21-17, 21-15	0:31
10/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	8	Sedlak/Sepka	10	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 23, Q14 Van Langendonck/Vercauteren, Belgium 1-0
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Van Langendonck/Vercauteren	23, Q14	23-21, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q1 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 # Q4 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 # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q12 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 1-0
9/24/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool D	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	21, Q10	21-18, 21-16	0:29