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€ 200,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
June 3 - 8, 2014

(15) Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia

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:

227

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$500,594.77

Aleksandrs Solovejs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

108 kg (238 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jurmala 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$42,637.91

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$1,363.90
CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,442.42
FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	6	US$57,500.00
Overall	16	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	6	US$61,306.32

Previous Cagliari Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB C&S 2006	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	2	1st	500	US$11,000.00
CEV C&S	5/6-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	2	1st	280	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	18	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2013	Durban Open	14	2nd	450	US$16,000.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	160	US$0.00

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/3/2014	Pool B	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (2)	Lost 15-21, 21-15, 12-15	0:49
Wed, 6/4/2014	Pool B	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (18)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:41
Thu, 6/5/2014	Pool B	Oivind Hordvik / Morten Kvamsdal, Norway (31)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 6/6/2014	Winner 1	Matteo Cecchini / Matteo Martino, Italy (32)	Lost 15-21, 21-17, 12-15	0:50

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$28,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	$58,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Aleksandrs Solovejs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00	World Tour Finals
80	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$225,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$14,250.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$16,250.00
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1	0	$7,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
13	1	0	2	0	2	5	2	1	0	$28,000.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$1,000.00
208	8	3	8	6	22	59	45	28	0	$477,850.00	Total	45	1	1	0	1	4	3	8	7	0	$38,750.00

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
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2013	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$16,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
2014	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$13,000.00	10	3	76.9 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2014	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	6	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$32,500.00	17	8	68.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	6	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Aleksandrs Solovejs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV
17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00	2008	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00	2009	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2010	CEV
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2010	CEV C&S
											2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2011	CEV
											2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV
9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00	2013	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$8,750.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$187.50	2013	CEV C&S
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$6,500.00	2014	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$6,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2014	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
109	7	2	3	3	10	26	23	18	17	$232,087.50	Total	Total	13	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	3	$18,100.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1	0	2-2	50.0%
2013-2014	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	1	0	2-2	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	6	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	15	4
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	4	6	13	11	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	26	22

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Solovejs lead the series against the field 9-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Plavins/Solovejs	14	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:51
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Plavins/Solovejs	14	21-15, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Plavins/Solovejs	15	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Plavins/Solovejs	25	17-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:53
Lead the series against # 6 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
6/1/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Gold Medal	Plavins/Solovejs	2	Krasilnikov/Semenov	1	21-16, 24-26, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 8 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
5/10/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Gold Medal	Plavins/Solovejs	2	Doppler/Horst	1	3-1	0:48
Series tied with # 9 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 1-1
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Solovejs	14	Ranghieri/Tomatis	5	21-16, 24-22	0:39
8/21/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	27, Q8	Plavins/Solovejs	Q9	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 11 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Plavins/Solovejs	18	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 18 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-1
6/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Plavins/Solovejs	15	Eithun/Horrem	18	21-18, 21-18	0:41
4/29/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Eithun/Horrem	26, Q6	Plavins/Solovejs	Q11	21-13, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 22 Chevallier/Strasser, Switzerland 2-0
6/1/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Semi-Finals	Plavins/Solovejs	2	Chevallier/Strasser	3	21-17, 21-14	0:33
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool B	Plavins/Solovejs	18	Chevallier/Strasser	15	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 27 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Semi-Finals	Plavins/Solovejs	14	Dumek/Kubala	16	21-18, 21-14
Lead the series against # 28 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
5/10/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 4	Plavins/Solovejs	2	Mullner/Wutzl	3	3-1	0:53
Lead the series against # 31 Hordvik/Kvamsdal, Norway 1-0
6/5/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Plavins/Solovejs	15	Hordvik/Kvamsdal	31	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 32 Cecchini/Martino, Italy 0-1
6/6/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Cecchini/Martino	32	Plavins/Solovejs	15	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:50