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

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$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 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			0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília			0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema			0	US$0.00
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
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00

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	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%
2025-2026	22	71.0%	5	16.1%	4	12.9%	27-4	87.1%	2	8.7%	3	13.0%	18	78.3%	2-21	8.7%	22-18	55.0%	7-7	50.0%	0	0	29-25	53.7%
Against the Field	8	72.7%	3	27.3%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	21.4%	11	78.6%	0-14	0.0%	16-22	42.1%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	11-14	44.0%

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
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 trail the series against the field 11-14 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with 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 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 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
Lead the series against Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 1-0
8/12/23	FIVB	Futures Warsaw (Monta Club)	Winner 2	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Bedritis/Rinkevics	9	21-13, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against 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
Trail the series against 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
Trail the series against 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 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
Lead the series against 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 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 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 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 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
Trail the series against 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