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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Orco Challenger
May 25 - 28, 2006

(15, Q4) Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia

Martins Plavins
Latvia

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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 C&S Wins:

1 (Turku 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$450,693.30

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

211

Career Wins:

Career FIVB C&S Wins:

1 (Turku 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$777,745.86

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Awards

Team of the Year 2013 (with Janis Smedins), 2014 (with Janis Smedins)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Janis Smedins), 2014 (with Janis Smedins)
Sportsperson 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	8	9	4	1	3	US$127,400.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,600.00
Overall	42	2	0	0	0	4	2	5	4	8	9	4	1	3	US$133,000.00

Previous Brno Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	9/7-11/2005	Under 21 World Championships	9	1st	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	15, Q2	9th	24	US$900.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	30, Q52	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	6/17-19/2005	Finland Satellite	15, Q11	1st	20	US$2,000.00

Czech Republic Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/24/2006	Qualifier 1	Esa Ikaheimonen / Juha Tahjanjoki, Finland (Q29)	Won 21-13, 21-9	0:28
Thu, 5/25/2006	Qualifier 2	Georgios Knapek / Panagiotis Mourtzios, Greece (Q13)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:34
Fri, 5/26/2006	Winner 1	Karl Jaani / Martin Ruul, Estonia (18)	Won 23-21, 21-14	0:36
Fri, 5/26/2006	Winner 2	Fabio Galli / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (2)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:47
Sat, 5/27/2006	Winner 3	Josef Benes / Petr Benes, Czech Republic (23)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 12-15	0:51
Sat, 5/27/2006	Contender 3	Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (4)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:41
Sat, 5/27/2006	Contender 4	Damian Lisiecki / Marcin Nowak, Poland (22, Q18)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 5/27/2006	Contender 5	Simon Dahl / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (24, Q32)	Lost By Forfeit

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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	0	$48,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	2	7	0	$68,500.00
Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	42	2	0	0	0	4	2	5	4	8	9	0	$133,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Aleksandrs 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	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$32,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00
80	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$225,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	81	4	5	4	2	11	23	19	8	0	$487,550.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	0	$234,587.50
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,925.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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	211	15	8	8	6	26	63	44	23	0	$777,312.50

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
2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00	9	2	81.8 %
2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,400.00	15	4	78.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	11	1	91.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Aleksandrs 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
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
7	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$3,200.00	Total	Total	7	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$3,200.00

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	15	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	15-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1-5	16.7%	15-2	88.2%	1-3	25.0%	1	1	17-6	73.9%
2005-2006	15	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	15-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1-5	16.7%	15-2	88.2%	1-3	25.0%	1	1	17-6	73.9%
Against the Field	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	12-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	1	8-2	80.0%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	2	8	19	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	28
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	17	6	0	0	0	0	12	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	40
Challenger	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6
Satellite	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	1
Total	1	0	32	8	19	23	0	0	25	30	1	0	0	0	2	0	93	81

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Samoilovs lead the series against the field 7-2 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	Galli/Raffaelli	2	21-18, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 4 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	Deulofeu/Salvetti	4	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 18 Jaani/Ruul, Estonia 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	Jaani/Ruul	18	23-21, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 22, Q18 Lisiecki/Nowak, Poland 1-0
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 4	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	Lisiecki/Nowak	22, Q18	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 23 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 0-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 3	Benes/Benes	23	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 24, Q32 Dahl/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 5	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q2 Krumins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
6/19/05	FIVB C&S	Finland Satellite	Gold Medal	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q11	Krumins/Sorokins	7, Q1	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # Q13 Knapek/Mourtzios, Greece 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	Knapek/Mourtzios	Q13	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # Q29 Ikaheimonen/Tahjanjoki, Finland 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	Ikaheimonen/Tahjanjoki	Q29	21-13, 21-9	0:28