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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 World Series 13
July 15 - 20, 2008

(11) Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs 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

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

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 WT Wins:

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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 41st	Martins Plavins - 41st
2007	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th	Martins Plavins - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	25, Q6	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q2	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	31, Q8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	29, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	28, Q1	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	29, Q2	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	27	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	14	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	21, Q2	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	20	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	23, Q1	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	Q2	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	26	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	26	13th	150	US$3,800.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	28, Q4	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	34	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	15	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/17/2008	Winner 1	Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (22)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:45
Thu, 7/17/2008	Winner 2	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (27, Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:45
Fri, 7/18/2008	Winner 3	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (19)	Lost 21-14, 17-21, 16-18	1:03
Fri, 7/18/2008	Contender 4	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (8)	Lost 21-13, 15-21, 15-17	1:00

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 %
2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	5	2	3	$61,000.00	27	33	45.0 %
2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	3	$40,700.00	23	24	48.9 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	4	5	9	8	$110,200.00	58	65	47.2 %
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
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	3	$20,350.00	2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	3	$20,350.00
39	2	0	0	0	6	9	5	9	8	$57,900.00	Total	Total	42	2	0	0	0	6	8	6	10	10	$58,900.00

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	53	70.7%	8	10.7%	14	18.7%	61-14	81.3%	4	6.3%	14	21.9%	46	71.9%	4-60	6.3%	53-46	53.5%	12-28	30.0%	0	0	65-74	46.8%
2007-2008	44	69.8%	8	12.7%	11	17.5%	52-11	82.5%	2	3.6%	14	25.0%	40	71.4%	2-54	3.6%	44-40	52.4%	10-25	28.6%	0	0	54-65	45.4%
Against the Field	16	64.0%	3	12.0%	6	24.0%	19-6	76.0%	1	3.6%	3	10.7%	24	85.7%	1-27	3.6%	32-48	40.0%	8-18	30.8%	0	0	20-33	37.7%

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 trail the series against the field 20-30 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Wu/Xu, China 0-5
7/5/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	4	Plavins/Samoilovs	25, Q6	22-20, 21-18	0:46
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Wu/Xu	4	Plavins/Samoilovs	29, Q5	21-15, 21-15	0:35
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Wu/Xu	1	Plavins/Samoilovs	26	23-25, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Wu/Xu	5	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q4	21-11, 21-14	0:35
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	8	Plavins/Samoilovs	22, Q9	33-31, 21-17	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Marques/Solberg	11, Q1	Plavins/Samoilovs	22	23-25, 21-18, 19-17	1:03
Lead the series against # 3 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	20	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-2
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	21-11, 21-17	0:54
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q4	21-17, 18-21, 15-9	0:56
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q8	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q25	21-13, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-3
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	7	Plavins/Samoilovs	26	21-17, 20-22, 15-4	0:50
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	26	Baracetti/Conde	7	21-17, 21-17	0:43
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Baracetti/Conde	12	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q4	29-27, 21-16	0:49
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	6	Plavins/Samoilovs	27, Q8	25-23, 29-27	0:53
Trail the series against # 7 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-4
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	6	Plavins/Samoilovs	27	23-21, 21-19	0:49
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q1	21-16, 21-19	0:41
5/26/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 6	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	21-17, 21-13	0:44
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Plavins/Samoilovs	31	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-4
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	8	Plavins/Samoilovs	11	13-21, 21-15, 17-15	1:00
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Kjemperud/Skarlund	20	Plavins/Samoilovs	29, Q5	21-6, 21-18	0:31
5/31/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 5	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	21-16, 21-17	0:39
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	Plavins/Samoilovs	21	21-13, 21-19	0:33
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 0-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Dugrip/Gagliano	19	Plavins/Samoilovs	14	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 10 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 4-0
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q1	Deulofeu/Salvetti	12	21-18, 21-18	0:40
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	26	Deulofeu/Salvetti	24, Q3	21-17, 24-22	0:44
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q5	Deulofeu/Salvetti	26	21-15, 22-20	0:45
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 # 13 Gavira/Lario, Spain 2-0
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Plavins/Samoilovs	25, Q6	Gavira/Lario	24	13-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:58
3/26/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	21, Q2	Gavira/Lario	Q18	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 2-3
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	29, Q5	Berg/Brinkborg	Q12	21-11, 21-18	0:42
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q1	Berg/Brinkborg	12	21-11, 21-15	0:44
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 1	Berg/Brinkborg	20	Plavins/Samoilovs	29, Q2	21-13, 21-15	0:32
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Berg/Brinkborg	19	Plavins/Samoilovs	20	21-17, 21-17	0:40
9/3/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Contender 4	Berg/Brinkborg	5	Plavins/Samoilovs	8	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	0:58
Series tied with # 15, Q3 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q2	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q20	21-15, 25-23	0:43
Series tied with # 18 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-1
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	31, Q8	Asahi/Shiratori	Q9	21-14, 14-21, 15-9	0:52
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Plavins/Samoilovs	15	17-21, 26-24, 15-8	1:00
Trail the series against # 19 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 0-3
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Matysik/Uhmann	19	Plavins/Samoilovs	11	14-21, 21-17, 18-16	1:03
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Matysik/Uhmann	28, Q14	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q3	21-18, 21-18	0:46
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Matysik/Uhmann	32, Q25	Plavins/Samoilovs	22	21-15, 14-21, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 21 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	25, Q6	Ces/Ces	Q11	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 22 Li/Zhou, China 2-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	11	Li/Zhou	22	22-20, 21-19	0:45
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Li/Zhou	15	Plavins/Samoilovs	26	21-17, 21-19	0:41
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q7	Li/Zhou	Q10	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 24, Q5 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Maciel/Schmidt	31, Q16	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q1	21-18, 24-22	0:44
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 2-0
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	29, Q2	Miramontes/Virgen	Q15	21-11, 10-21, 15-13	0:50
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q27	21-16, 18-21, 15-6	0:46
Lead the series against # 27, Q1 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	11	Pedrosa/Rosas	27, Q1	21-16, 21-15	0:45