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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
July 29 - August 2, 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$134,668.05

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:

227

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$561,211.75

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
CEV	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	US$28,654.00
FIVB	27	3	1	5	2	5	0	3	3	2	1	1	US$226,626.96
Overall	30	4	1	5	2	5	0	5	3	2	1	1	US$255,280.96

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2005	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 1st
2016	Did not play	Haralds Regza - 33rd
2024	Martins Plavins - 3rd	Kristians Fokerots - 3rd
2025	Martins Plavins - 4th	Kristians Fokerots - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	2	9th	600	US$6,200.00
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

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool B	Joao Elbert / Lucas Sampaio, Brazil (23, Q13)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:35
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (14)	Won 21-17, 38-36	0:43
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool B	Thomas Hodges / Ben Hood, Australia (11)	Won 17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Kevin Cuzmiciov / Eylon Elazar, Israel (7)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:32
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 2	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (6)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:27
Sun, 8/2/2026	Semi-Finals	Tim Berger / Timo Hammarberg, Austria (13)	Won 21-16, 28-26	0:39
Sun, 8/2/2026	Gold Medal	Calvin Aye / Remi Daubas, France (3)	Won 21-17, 21-11	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	19	1	1	4	2	4	0	2	3	1	0	0	$211,400.00
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	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00
Total	30	4	1	5	2	5	0	5	3	3	1	0	$251,200.00

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
20	1	1	4	2	4	5	2	0	0	$105,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	88	2	1	4	2	5	23	22	13	15	$287,450.00
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
3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$12,500.00	Confederation Championship	14	1	0	2	0	2	6	2	1	0	$29,250.00
47	7	2	6	2	7	8	5	6	3	$127,500.00	Total	217	9	4	11	6	22	62	45	28	29	$540,800.00

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	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$86,400.00	24	5	82.8 %
Total	FIVB	25	3	1	4	2	5	0	3	3	3	1	0	$212,200.00	77	44	63.6 %
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
5	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	$43,200.00	2026	FIVB	5	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	$43,200.00
44	7	2	5	2	7	7	5	6	3	$119,250.00	Total	Total	224	10	4	11	7	23	64	47	28	30	$536,543.75

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	57	71.3%	13	16.3%	10	12.5%	70-10	87.5%	10	22.2%	8	17.8%	27	60.0%	10-35	22.2%	57-27	67.9%	23-18	56.1%	2	0	82-45	64.6%
2025-2026	42	75.0%	7	12.5%	7	12.5%	49-7	87.5%	8	25.0%	3	9.4%	21	65.6%	8-24	25.0%	42-21	66.7%	15-10	60.0%	1	0	58-31	65.2%
Against the Field	18	75.0%	3	12.5%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	6	40.0%	3	20.0%	6	40.0%	6-9	40.0%	36-12	75.0%	18-12	60.0%	0	0	27-12	69.2%

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	31	14	0	0	18	12	2	6	4	2	1	1	56	35
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	6	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	3
Total	0	0	5	1	48	19	0	1	26	17	5	7	5	2	4	1	93	48

Head to Head Results
Fokerots/Plavins lead the series against the field 27-13 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 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
Series tied with # 3 Aye/Daubas, France 2-2
8/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Gold Medal	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Aye/Daubas	3	21-17, 21-11	0:31
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
Series tied with # 4 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 2-2
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F	Fokerots/Plavins	6	Berntsen/Mol	7	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:46
7/31/25	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2025	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	3	Berntsen/Mol	4	20-22, 21-19, 15-9	0:42
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 # 6 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 2-1
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	6	21-18, 21-11	0:27
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
Series tied with # 7 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 1-1
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	7	21-13, 21-19	0:32
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	15	Fokerots/Plavins	2	20-22, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 Hodges/Hood, Australia 1-0
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Hodges/Hood	11	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 2-1
8/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Semi-Finals	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Berger/Hammarberg	13	21-16, 28-26	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 14 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 2-0
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	21-17, 38-36	0:43
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 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 # 19, Q3 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 4-0
5/28/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool C	Fokerots/Plavins	3	Dos Santos/da Silva	22, Q8	21-12, 21-15	0:27
4/8/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F	Fokerots/Plavins	6	Dos Santos/da Silva	19, Q5	21-19, 21-14	0:31
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 # 21, Q10 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 # 23, Q13 Elbert/Sampaio, Brazil 1-0
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Elbert/Sampaio	23, Q13	21-12, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 24, Q6 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 # Q4 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