Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship powered by 1 to 1 Energy
July 24 - 29, 2007
(34) Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia
 
Martins Plavins
Latvia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: May 8, 1985 (39 yrs old)
Home Town: Riga
Height: 190 cm (6'3")
Weight: 87 kg (191 lb)
Seasons: 21
Tournaments: 184
Career Wins: 6
Career FIVB WT Wins: 4
Career Winnings: US$412,724.80
Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Apr 6, 1985 (39 yrs old)
Home Town: Riga
Height: 196 cm (6'5")
Weight: 96 kg (211 lb)
Seasons: 22
Tournaments: 209
Career Wins: 15
Career FIVB WT Wins: 13
Career Winnings: US$776,151.48
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725333741Money
FIVB360000214489413 US$127,400.00
FIVB Age Group WC21000100000000 US$0.00
FIVB C&S41000111000000 US$5,600.00
Overall422000425489413 US$133,000.00
Previous Gstaad Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/18-22/2007 Marseille Open 15 25th 60 US$2,000.00
FIVB 7/10-15/2007 Berlin Grand Slam 22 17th 160 US$5,100.00
FIVB 6/27-7/1/2007 Stavanger Grand Slam 23, Q5 17th 160 US$5,100.00
FIVB 6/20-24/2007 Paris Grand Slam 22, Q9 17th 160 US$5,100.00
FIVB 6/13-17/2007 Espinho Open 21 17th 120 US$3,000.00
FIVB 6/5-10/2007 Zagreb Open Q6 33rd 30 US$0.00
FIVB 5/23-27/2007 Italian Open 24 5th 360 US$10,000.00
FIVB 5/1-5/2007 Shanghai Open 27, Q8 13th 180 US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S 9/1-3/2006 Cagliari Challenger 8 7th 40 US$1,200.00
FIVB 8/2-6/2006 Austria Grand Slam Q25 41st 24 US$0.00
Gstaad World Championships Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 7/24/2007 Pool W Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (15) Lost 21-18, 13-21, 13-15 0:52
Wed, 7/25/2007 Pool W Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger, United States (10) Lost 17-21, 21-19, 10-15 0:52
Thu, 7/26/2007 Pool W Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (39) Lost 21-19, 17-21, 13-15 1:00
World Championships Results 
YearEventLocationPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2009World ChampionshipsStavanger Lauris Iecelnieks - 37th Ruslans Sorokins - 9th
2011World ChampionshipsRome Janis Smedins - 4th Ruslans Sorokins - 17th
2013World ChampionshipsStare Jablonki Janis Peda - 17th Janis Smedins - 9th
2015World ChampionshipsThe Hague Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th Martins Plavins - 17th
2017World ChampionshipsVienna Haralds Regza - 17th Janis Smedins - 9th
2019World ChampionshipsHamburg Edgars Tocs - 9th Janis Smedins - 17th
2022World ChampionshipsRome Did not play Janis Smedins - 17th
World Championships Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/24-29/2007 Gstaad World Championships 34 37th 40 US$3,400.00
FIVB 6/26-7/5/2015 Netherlands World Championships 6 17th 400 US$7,000.00
Head to Head Results
Plavins/Samoilovs trail the series against the field 12-21 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Lead the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
5/25/07FIVBItalian Open Winner 3 Plavins/Samoilovs 24 Rego/Santos 1 21-14, 21-17 0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
5/26/07FIVBItalian Open Contender 6 Araujo/Magalhaes 3 Plavins/Samoilovs 24 21-17, 21-13 0:44
7/13/06FIVBCanada Open Winner 1 Araujo/Magalhaes 2 Plavins/Samoilovs 31 21-15, 21-18 0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
6/21/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool F Brink/Dieckmann 6 Plavins/Samoilovs 22, Q9 21-19, 21-16 0:51
Trail the series against # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-4
7/13/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool F Barsuk/Kolodinsky 6 Plavins/Samoilovs 22 21-15, 24-26, 16-14 0:58
6/28/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool G Barsuk/Kolodinsky 7 Plavins/Samoilovs 23, Q5 21-18, 14-21, 15-11 0:52
6/14/07FIVBEspinho Open Winner 2 Barsuk/Kolodinsky 5 Plavins/Samoilovs 21 26-24, 21-12 0:42
5/25/07FIVBItalian Open Winner 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky 12 Plavins/Samoilovs 24 21-16, 21-14 0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
6/30/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Winner 1 Heuscher/Heyer 4 Plavins/Samoilovs 23, Q5 21-14, 22-20 0:40
6/21/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool F Heuscher/Heyer 11 Plavins/Samoilovs 22, Q9 21-11, 21-17 0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/12/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool F Marques/Solberg 11, Q1 Plavins/Samoilovs 22 23-25, 21-18, 19-17 1:03
Trail the series against # 9 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
6/22/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Winner 1 Wu/Xu 8 Plavins/Samoilovs 22, Q9 33-31, 21-17 0:53
Trail the series against # 10 Lambert/Metzger, United States 0-1
7/25/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Pool W Lambert/Metzger 10 Plavins/Samoilovs 34 21-17, 19-21, 15-10 0:52
Trail the series against # 12 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
5/2/07FIVBShanghai Open Winner 1 Baracetti/Conde 6 Plavins/Samoilovs 27, Q8 25-23, 29-27 0:53
Lead the series against # 13 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
7/13/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool F Plavins/Samoilovs 22 Laciga/Laciga 27 21-18, 22-20 0:42
Series tied with # 15 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-1
7/24/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Pool W Reckermann/Urbatzka 15 Plavins/Samoilovs 34 18-21, 21-13, 15-13 0:52
5/3/07FIVBShanghai Open Contender 2 Plavins/Samoilovs 27, Q8 Reckermann/Urbatzka 12 21-18, 21-15 0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/14/07FIVBEspinho Open Winner 1 Plavins/Samoilovs 21 Schacht/Slack 12 21-14, 21-16 0:43
Lead the series against # 17 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
6/20/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Plavins/Samoilovs 22, Q9 Klemperer/Koreng Q8 21-18, 23-21 0:49
Lead the series against # 20 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
7/14/06FIVBCanada Open Contender 2 Plavins/Samoilovs 31 Doppler/Gartmayer 16 9-21, 28-26, 18-16 0:58
Trail the series against # 21 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
8/2/06FIVBAustria Grand Slam Qualifier 2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro Q8 Plavins/Samoilovs Q25 21-13, 21-16 0:42
Trail the series against # 27 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
7/19/07FIVBMarseille Open Winner 1 Asahi/Shiratori 18 Plavins/Samoilovs 15 17-21, 26-24, 15-8 1:00
Trail the series against # 31 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
5/3/07FIVBShanghai Open Contender 3 Leinemann/VanHuizen 20 Plavins/Samoilovs 27, Q8 21-18, 21-18 0:40
Lead the series against # 33 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
7/19/06FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Qualifier 3 Plavins/Samoilovs 28, Q7 Li/Zhou Q10 23-21, 21-17 0:37
Trail the series against # 36 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-2
6/15/07FIVBEspinho Open Contender 2 Kjemperud/Skarlund 11 Plavins/Samoilovs 21 21-13, 21-19 0:33
7/21/05FIVBPoland Open Contender 1 Kjemperud/Skarlund 19 Plavins/Samoilovs 30, Q52 21-16, 21-18 0:34
Trail the series against # 39 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-2
7/26/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Pool W Horrem/Maaseide 39 Plavins/Samoilovs 34 19-21, 21-17, 15-13 1:00
6/28/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool G Horrem/Maaseide 10 Plavins/Samoilovs 23, Q5 21-19, 23-25, 15-13 1:04
6/22/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool F Plavins/Samoilovs 22, Q9 Horrem/Maaseide 27 21-17, 21-17 0:43
Lead the series against # 40 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 2-0
6/29/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool G Plavins/Samoilovs 23, Q5 Deulofeu/Salvetti 26 21-15, 22-20 0:45
5/27/06FIVB C&SCzech Republic Challenger Contender 3 Plavins/Samoilovs 15, Q4 Deulofeu/Salvetti 4 21-17, 21-19 0:41
Lead the series against # 43 Biza/Lebl, Czech Republic 1-0
6/6/07FIVBZagreb Open Qualifier 2 Plavins/Samoilovs Q6 Biza/Lebl Q27 18-21, 21-16, 15-10 0:48
Lead the series against # 45 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
6/18/05FIVB C&SFinland Satellite Winner 3 Plavins/Samoilovs 15, Q11 Gabathuler/Wenger 3 21-18, 21-18 0:31