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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Torquay Challenge
November 23 - 27, 2022

(21, Q6) Martins Plavins/Mihails Samoilovs, 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:

196

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$462,193.30

Mihails Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 20, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jurmala

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$10,283.16

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	US$2,836.75

Previous Torquay Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/1-4/2022	Sohar Futures	Q2	17th	100	US$0.00
FIVB	10/27-30/2022	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Q21	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	10/22-25/2022	Dubai 1st Challenge	24	19th	300	US$1,000.00

Torquay Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/23/2022	Qualifier 2	Garang Anyang / Justin Schumann, Australia (Q11)	Won 21-14, 21-11	0:29
Thu, 11/24/2022	Pool D	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (4)	Lost 19-21, 12-21	0:30
Fri, 11/25/2022	Pool D	Timothy Brewster / Kyle Friend, United States (16, Q3)	Lost 17-21, 24-22, 22-24	0:57

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$2,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	$2,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Mihails Samoilovs
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
81	1	1	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$237,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	$5,500.00
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	2	1	1	4	4	7	0	0	$3,975.00
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
196	7	4	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$461,350.00	Total	41	0	2	3	1	4	5	15	3	0	$9,475.00

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
2022	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$2,000.00	2	6	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$2,000.00	2	6	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Mihails Samoilovs
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
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
17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00	2016	FIVB
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$13,250.00	2017	FIVB
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00	2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	$400.00
13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	4	$3,200.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$8,750.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$50.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$1,000.00	2022	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$1,000.00
171	5	3	3	4	14	50	38	25	29	$398,050.00	Total	Total	25	0	0	2	1	2	4	9	1	6	$4,650.00

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	8	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	7.7%	3	23.1%	9	69.2%	1-12	7.7%	8-9	47.1%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	9-12	42.9%
2021-2022	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	1-8	11.1%	5-5	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	6-8	42.9%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%

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	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	4
Total	0	0	3	5	3	5	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	12

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Samoilovs trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
11/24/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Pool D	Carambula/Ranghieri	4	Plavins/Samoilovs	21, Q6	21-19, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # 6 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 0-1
10/23/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Pool A	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	1	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	21-12, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 16, Q3 Brewster/Friend, United States 0-1
11/25/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Pool D	Brewster/Friend	16, Q3	Plavins/Samoilovs	21, Q6	21-17, 22-24, 24-22	0:57
Lead the series against # Q11 Anyang/Schumann, Australia 1-0
11/23/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	21, Q6	Anyang/Schumann	Q11	21-14, 21-11	0:29