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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals presented by Vodafone
August 15 - 18, 2018

(7) Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, 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:

195

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$450,693.30

Edgars Tocs
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madona

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB The Hague 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$116,651.38

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	32	1	1	1	1	5	1	13	0	6	3	US$199,500.00

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Haralds Regza - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2018	Moscow Four Star	11	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/5/2018	Vienna Major	17	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/9-14/2018	Gstaad Major	18	5th	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2018	Espinho Four Star	10	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	11	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	13	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	11	7th	440	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	6	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2018	Doha Four Star	6	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	8	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	2/20-24/2018	Kish Island Three Star	2	2nd	540	US$11,000.00
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	17	1st	800	US$20,000.00

2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/15/2018	Pool B	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (6)	Won 34-32, 17-21, 15-12	0:59
Thu, 8/16/2018	Pool B	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (3)	Won 21-23, 21-19, 15-13	0:50
Thu, 8/16/2018	Pool B	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (2)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 12-15	0:43
Fri, 8/17/2018	Pool B	Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (9)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 9-15	0:48
Fri, 8/17/2018	Winner 1	Julius Thole / Clemens Wickler, Germany (1)	Lost 20-22, 21-15, 13-15	0:53

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$35,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	$42,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	0	1	0	3	1	6	0	5	3	0	$98,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	32	1	1	1	1	5	1	13	0	6	3	0	$199,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Edgars Tocs
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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
80	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$225,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	0	$27,000.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	44	1	0	1	0	4	7	9	13	0	$53,400.00
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	1	2	0	4	2	2	0	0	$9,150.00
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
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
195	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$449,850.00	Total	74	1	1	3	1	10	15	14	16	0	$116,300.00

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
2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	3	1	4	0	2	1	0	$106,000.00	33	21	61.1 %
Total	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	3	1	4	0	2	1	0	$106,000.00	33	21	61.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Edgars Tocs
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	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
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
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
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB
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
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00	2010	FIVB
10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00	2011	FIVB
11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00	2013	FIVB
10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00	2014	FIVB
11	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	$14,850.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	3	$9,400.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$13,250.00	2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$5,000.00
13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00	2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00
148	5	3	2	3	12	41	31	23	28	$350,300.00	Total	Total	32	1	1	0	0	4	5	7	7	7	$67,400.00

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	45	78.9%	6	10.5%	6	10.5%	51-6	89.5%	14	20.9%	14	20.9%	39	58.2%	14-53	20.9%	45-39	53.6%	20-20	50.0%	5	0	70-59	54.3%
2017-2018	21	75.0%	4	14.3%	3	10.7%	25-3	89.3%	6	25.0%	9	37.5%	9	37.5%	6-18	25.0%	21-9	70.0%	10-12	45.5%	2	0	33-21	61.1%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	7.4%	8	29.6%	17	63.0%	2-25	7.4%	10-32	23.8%	6-20	23.1%	1	0	9-26	25.7%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	6	4	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	20	18	0	0	15	15	1	1	1	0	1	0	41	35
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
Total	0	0	1	0	38	30	0	0	24	24	2	2	1	1	1	1	70	59

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Tocs trail the series against the field 5-12 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Thole/Wickler, Germany 0-2
8/17/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Winner 1	Thole/Wickler	1	Plavins/Tocs	7	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	0:53
6/23/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Thole/Wickler	30, Q19	Plavins/Tocs	13	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 2 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-2
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Plavins/Tocs	7	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:43
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	15	Plavins/Tocs	18	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-1
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Plavins/Tocs	7	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	21-23, 21-19, 15-13	0:50
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Plavins/Tocs	11	21-18, 21-19	0:37
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool A	Plavins/Tocs	17	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 4 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-2
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Plavins/Tocs	18	Kantor/Losiak	3	21-19, 21-18	0:33
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	2	Plavins/Tocs	6	21-18, 21-17	0:34
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	3	Plavins/Tocs	8	21-16, 21-16	0:29
1/7/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Gold Medal	Plavins/Tocs	17	Kantor/Losiak	2	21-14, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 5 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Plavins/Tocs	11	21-14, 21-16	0:30
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Plavins/Tocs	10	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-2
8/15/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Plavins/Tocs	7	Gavira/Herrera	6	34-32, 17-21, 15-12	0:59
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	6	Plavins/Tocs	11	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	0:42
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	11	Plavins/Tocs	6	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 9 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 0-1
8/17/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Bryl/Fijalek	9	Plavins/Tocs	7	21-19, 17-21, 15-9	0:48