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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Dubai 1st Challenge
October 22 - 25, 2022

(24) 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:

195

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$450,693.30

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 Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Dubai 1st Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 10/23/2022	Pool A	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Youssef Krou, France (1)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:35
Sun, 10/23/2022	Pool A	Hasan Mermer / Safa Urlu, Türkiye (12)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:34

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
80	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$225,750.00	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
195	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$449,850.00	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	0	2	0.0 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
168	5	3	3	4	14	50	36	25	28	$397,550.00	Total	Total	22	0	0	2	1	2	4	7	1	5	$4,150.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	2-10	16.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-6	14.3%

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 0-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 12 Mermer/Urlu, Türkiye 0-1
10/23/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Pool A	Mermer/Urlu	12	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	21-13, 21-19	0:34