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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 7, 2021

(14) Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

184

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$412,724.80

Edgars Tocs
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1988 (35 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$116,357.68

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 Tokyo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	17	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	11	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2021	Sochi 4 Star	8	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	5	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	11	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/22-25/2019	Jurmala Three Star	1	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	12	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Espinho Four Star	12	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
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

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/26/2021

Pool B

Ondrej Perusic / David Schweiner, Czech Republic (11)

Won By Forfeit

Thu, 7/29/2021

Pool B

Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Oleg Stoyanovskiy, Russian Olympic Committee (2)

Won 13-21, 21-19, 15-11

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	44	27	4	0.523	1	6	1	2
	1	19	9	4	0.263	0	2	0	0
	2	17	12	0	0.706	1	4	0	2
	3	8	6	0	0.750	0	0	1	0
Edgars Tocs	Total	18	9	2	0.389	4	2	0	1
	1	2	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	1
	2	11	5	1	0.364	1	2	0	0
	3	5	2	1	0.200	3	0	0	0

Sat, 7/31/2021

Pool B

Josue Gaxiola / Jose Rubio, Mexico (23)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	30	14	9	0.167	0	5	0	0
	1	16	8	4	0.250	0	4	0	0
	2	14	6	5	0.071	0	1	0	0
Edgars Tocs	Total	15	6	5	0.067	6	1	0	0
	1	9	4	4	0.000	2	0	0	0
	2	6	2	1	0.167	4	1	0	0

Mon, 8/2/2021

Winner 1

Evandro Goncalves / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (8)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	40	21	6	0.375	0	18	1	1
	1	17	9	3	0.353	0	6	0	1
	2	23	12	3	0.391	0	12	1	0
Edgars Tocs	Total	11	7	0	0.636	0	3	0	2
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	0	0
	2	4	3	0	0.750	0	1	0	2

Wed, 8/4/2021

Winner 2

Alison Cerutti / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (4)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	33	15	7	0.242	0	7	2	0
	1	16	8	4	0.250	0	3	1	0
	2	17	7	3	0.235	0	4	1	0
Edgars Tocs	Total	12	8	1	0.583	4	4	0	0
	1	5	3	0	0.600	2	2	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	2	2	0	0

Thu, 8/5/2021

Semi-Finals

Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (1)

Lost 15-21, 16-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	12	5	4	0.083	0	6	0	1
	1	6	3	2	0.167	0	3	0	0
	2	6	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	1
Edgars Tocs	Total	32	17	9	0.250	2	0	0	0
	1	18	8	5	0.167	1	0	0	0
	2	14	9	4	0.357	1	0	0	0

Sat, 8/7/2021

Bronze Medal

Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (3)

Lost 12-21, 18-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	27	16	7	0.333	0	5	0	0
	1	17	8	6	0.118	0	4	0	0
	2	10	8	1	0.700	0	1	0	0
Edgars Tocs	Total	23	8	4	0.174	2	4	0	0
	1	7	2	1	0.143	1	2	0	0
	2	16	6	3	0.188	1	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	186	98	37	0.328	1	47	4	4
Edgars Tocs	111	55	21	0.306	18	14	0	3
Total	297	153	58	0.320	19	61	4	7
Opponents	286	172	42	0.455	35	59	6	22

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th	Did not play
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Lauris Iecelnieks - 37th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Janis Smedins - 4th	Did not play
2012	Olympic Games	London	Janis Smedins - 3rd	Did not play
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Janis Peda - 17th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Haralds Regza - 17th	Rihards Finsters - 17th
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Edgars Tocs - 5th	Martins Plavins - 5th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Martins Plavins - 9th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Martins Plavins - 9th
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Martins Plavins - 9th

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Tocs trail the series against the field 22-34 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-5
8/5/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Plavins/Tocs	14	21-15, 21-16	0:37
7/5/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Plavins/Tocs	23	22-20, 21-17	0:48
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	2	Plavins/Tocs	8	21-18, 21-14	0:30
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
Trail the series against # 2 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russian Olympic Committee 1-2
7/29/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool B	Plavins/Tocs	14	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	2	13-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
10/18/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool H	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	9	Plavins/Tocs	8	21-14, 23-21	0:35
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 3	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	4	Plavins/Tocs	6	21-11, 21-8	0:26
Trail the series against # 3 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-3
8/7/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Tijan/Younousse	3	Plavins/Tocs	14	21-12, 21-18	0:39
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
Series tied with # 4 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 1-1
8/4/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 2	Plavins/Tocs	14	Cerutti/Filho	4	21-16, 21-19	0:42
7/21/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Filho	10	Plavins/Tocs	12	21-19, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 1-5
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 1	Bryl/Fijalek	10	Plavins/Tocs	8	21-16, 21-15	0:41
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool B	Bryl/Fijalek	2	Plavins/Tocs	23	21-18, 18-21, 20-18	0:58
6/15/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Plavins/Tocs	15	Bryl/Fijalek	1	23-21, 21-18	0:40
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Bryl/Fijalek	2	Plavins/Tocs	7	21-18, 21-14	0:36
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Bryl/Fijalek	2	Plavins/Tocs	15	21-19, 21-18	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 8 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 2-0
8/2/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	14	Goncalves/Schmidt	8	21-19, 21-18	0:48
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Plavins/Tocs	12	Goncalves/Schmidt	1	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Series tied with # 9 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-2
6/3/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	22	Plavins/Tocs	11	22-20, 21-19	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 11 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 3-0
7/26/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool B	Plavins/Tocs	14	Perusic/Schweiner	11	By Forfeit
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 # 12 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 0-3
6/4/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool F	Leshukov/Semenov	6	Plavins/Tocs	11	21-12, 21-16	0:34
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool H	Leshukov/Semenov	9	Plavins/Tocs	8	21-7, 21-14	0:30
6/15/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 3	Leshukov/Semenov	5	Plavins/Tocs	15	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 13 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-5
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	12	Plavins/Tocs	5	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	23	Plavins/Tocs	11	24-22, 21-17	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 16 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
Series tied with # 17 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 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 3-2
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool F	Plavins/Tocs	11	Kantor/Losiak	22	21-18 Retired	0:26
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
Lead the series against # 20 Abicha/Elgraoui, Morocco 1-0
6/30/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool B	Plavins/Tocs	23	Abicha/Elgraoui	47	21-11, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 23 Gaxiola/Rubio, Mexico 0-1
7/31/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool B	Gaxiola/Rubio	23	Plavins/Tocs	14	21-18, 21-16	0:42