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US$300,000 Katara Beach Volleyball Cup
March 8 - 12, 2021

(5) 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 (37 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 Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Haralds Regza - 9th	Rihards Finsters - 9th
2016	Haralds Regza - 9th	Did not play
2018	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Martins Plavins - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Doha 4-star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/9/2021	Pool E	Jasper Bouter / Ruben Penninga, Netherlands (28, Q20)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 10-15	0:48
Wed, 3/10/2021	Pool E	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (12)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 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$)
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	13	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	0	2	0	0	$76,000.00	31	23	57.4 %
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	1	1	1	0	5	1	12	0	4	2	0	$184,000.00	64	46	58.2 %

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
13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00	2019	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
162	5	3	3	3	14	49	33	24	28	$389,300.00	Total	Total	46	1	1	1	0	6	13	9	8	7	$106,400.00

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%
2020-2021	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	6.7%	1	6.7%	13	86.7%	1-14	6.7%	3-13	18.8%	2-2	50.0%	1	0	6-15	28.6%
Against the Field	18	78.3%	3	13.0%	2	8.7%	21-2	91.3%	6	14.3%	8	19.0%	28	66.7%	6-36	14.3%	36-48	42.9%	18-20	47.4%	4	0	31-34	47.7%

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
Series tied against the field 26-26 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russia 0-2
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 # 2 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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 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
Trail the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 12 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 # 14 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 # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 19 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 2-0
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	8	O'Gorman/Saxton	13	21-18, 21-19	0:33
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Plavins/Tocs	17	O'Gorman/Saxton	11	21-15, 22-20	0:33
Series tied with # 20 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 # 21 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
Lead the series against # 22 Doppler/Horst, Austria 2-0
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool G	Plavins/Tocs	7	Doppler/Horst	10	21-16, 21-14	0:30
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 4	Plavins/Tocs	11	Doppler/Horst	3	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 28, Q20 Bouter/Penninga, Netherlands 0-1
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool E	Bouter/Penninga	28, Q20	Plavins/Tocs	5	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against Bourne/Crabb, United States 1-0
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool F	Plavins/Tocs	22	Bourne/Crabb	11	21-13, 21-12	0:27
Lead the series against Evans/Kolinske, United States 1-0
10/18/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool H	Plavins/Tocs	8	Evans/Kolinske	25, Q4	19-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # Q4 Budinger/Patterson, United States 1-0
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool D	Plavins/Tocs	20, Q2	Budinger/Patterson	29, Q9	25-23, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q7 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 2-1
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Tocs	20, Q2	Ontiveros/Virgen	Q18	21-13, 21-10	0:29
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	7	Ontiveros/Virgen	27, Q5	19-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:41
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool D	Ontiveros/Virgen	20	Plavins/Tocs	13	13-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:52
Lead the series against # Q8 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-0
2/21/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Pool B	Plavins/Tocs	2	Berntsen/Mol	18	21-18, 21-13	0:30