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US$300,000 Espinho Four Star
July 17 - 21, 2019

(12) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th	Did not play
2018	Edgars Tocs - 5th	Martins Plavins - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	20, Q2	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	23	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	15	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	22	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	9	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/15-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	15	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/17-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	8	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/9-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	6	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/15-18/2018	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	7	5th	0	US$20,000.00
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

Espinho Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/19/2019	Pool E	Peng Gao / Yang Li, China (21)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:29
Fri, 7/19/2019	Pool E	Julius Thole / Clemens Wickler, Germany (5)	Lost 18-21, 21-14, 13-15	0:54
Sat, 7/20/2019	Winner 1	Vitor Felipe / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (19)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:39
Sat, 7/20/2019	Winner 2	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (11)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:33
Sat, 7/20/2019	Winner 3	Evandro Goncalves / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (1)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:33
Sun, 7/21/2019	Semi-Finals	Alison Cerutti / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (10)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:38
Sun, 7/21/2019	Bronze Medal	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (18)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:44

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 %
2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	$60,000.00	26	19	57.8 %
Total	FIVB	23	1	1	1	0	5	1	10	0	3	1	0	$166,000.00	59	40	59.6 %

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
10	0	0	1	0	2	6	1	0	0	$30,000.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	6	1	0	0	$30,000.00
158	5	3	3	3	14	47	32	23	28	$380,300.00	Total	Total	42	1	1	1	0	6	11	8	7	7	$97,400.00

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%
2018-2019	42	80.8%	5	9.6%	5	9.6%	47-5	90.4%	13	25.0%	13	25.0%	26	50.0%	13-39	25.0%	42-26	61.8%	18-18	50.0%	4	0	64-44	59.3%
Against the Field	14	73.7%	2	10.5%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	5	13.2%	9	23.7%	24	63.2%	5-33	13.2%	28-44	38.9%	14-24	36.8%	2	0	23-34	40.4%

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 19-21 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Plavins/Tocs	12	Goncalves/Schmidt	1	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
6/15/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 3	Leshukov/Semenov	5	Plavins/Tocs	15	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 3-0
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	15	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	By Forfeit
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool A	Plavins/Tocs	17	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	21-16, 21-18	0:39
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 5	Plavins/Tocs	11	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Thole/Wickler, Germany 0-4
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool E	Thole/Wickler	5	Plavins/Tocs	12	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:54
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Thole/Wickler	12	Plavins/Tocs	22	21-17, 21-13	0:32
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 # 6 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-2
7/12/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	14	Plavins/Tocs	20, Q2	26-24, 21-19	0:38
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	18	Tijan/Younousse	23, Q5	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool F	Tijan/Younousse	22	Plavins/Tocs	11	24-22, 24-22	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 2	Loyola/Wanderley	12	Plavins/Tocs	9	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 2-0
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 2	Plavins/Tocs	6	Perusic/Schweiner	9	21-19, 23-21	0:36
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool A	Plavins/Tocs	17	Perusic/Schweiner	16	17-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:50
Trail the series against # 10 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 0-1
7/21/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Filho	10	Plavins/Tocs	12	21-19, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-3
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Plavins/Tocs	12	Gavira/Herrera	11	21-17, 21-16	0:33
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	20, Q2	Gavira/Herrera	7	18-21, 25-23, 15-8	0:44
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	6	Plavins/Tocs	22	21-17, 23-21	0:37
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 # 13 Crabb/Gibb, United States 0-3
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool D	Crabb/Gibb	13	Plavins/Tocs	20, Q2	21-19, 20-22, 15-11	0:47
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Crabb/Gibb	10	Plavins/Tocs	15	22-20, 21-17	0:35
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 3	Crabb/Gibb	21	Plavins/Tocs	18	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 14, Q1 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 1-0
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Plavins/Tocs	15	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	18	18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:50
Series tied with # 15 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 1-1
10/11/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool F	Pedlow/Schachter	11	Plavins/Tocs	6	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:42
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool F	Plavins/Tocs	6	Pedlow/Schachter	11	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 16 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
Series tied with # 18 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-1
7/21/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Bronze Medal	Plavins/Tocs	12	Grimalt/Grimalt	18	21-13, 21-18	0:44
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	20, Q1	Plavins/Tocs	11	21-18, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 19 Felipe/Solberg, Brazil 2-0
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	12	Felipe/Solberg	19	21-17, 21-18	0:39
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	23	Felipe/Solberg	24	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 20 Brunner/Priddy, United States 0-1
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool B	Brunner/Priddy	18	Plavins/Tocs	15	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 21 Gao/Li, China 2-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool E	Plavins/Tocs	12	Gao/Li	21	21-13, 21-19	0:29
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool H	Plavins/Tocs	9	Gao/Li	8	15-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:48
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 Durant/Schumann, Australia 1-0
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	6	Durant/Schumann	21, Q1	21-17, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 24 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool G	Varenhorst/van de Velde	26	Plavins/Tocs	7	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # Q6 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool D	Plavins/Tocs	13	Ermacora/Pristauz	29, Q16	23-21, 21-11	0:34