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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Cagliari Challenger
September 1 - 3, 2006

(8) 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 Cagliari Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q25	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	28, Q7	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	31	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	5/25-28/2006	Czech Republic Challenger	15, Q4	5th	48	US$1,500.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/7-11/2005	Under 21 World Championships	9	1st	0	US$0.00

Cagliari Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/2/2006	Winner 2	Andrea Ghiurghi / Gianni Mascagna, Italy (24)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:37
Sat, 9/2/2006	Winner 3	Eugenio Amore / Matteo Varnier, Italy (1)	Lost 19-21, 26-28	0:42
Sat, 9/2/2006	Contender 3	Pavel Kolar / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (12)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:40
Sun, 9/3/2006	Contender 4	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (5)	Lost 20-22, 22-20, 12-15	0:58

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$6,500.00	4	6	40.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	8	4	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	$8,500.00	8	8	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00	17	6	73.9 %
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	$4,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
12	2	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	2	$7,050.00	Total	Total	15	2	0	0	0	3	2	1	3	4	$8,050.00

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Amore/Varnier, Italy 0-1
9/2/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Winner 3	Amore/Varnier	1	Plavins/Samoilovs	8	21-19, 28-26	0:42
Trail the series against # 5 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 0-1
9/3/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Contender 4	Berg/Brinkborg	5	Plavins/Samoilovs	8	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 12 Kolar/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
9/2/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Contender 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	8	Kolar/Tichy	12	21-15, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 17 Correa/Ruiz Nunez, Spain 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	Correa/Ruiz Nunez	Q36	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 24 Ghiurghi/Mascagna, Italy 1-0
9/2/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	8	Ghiurghi/Mascagna	24	21-17, 21-16	0:37