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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Russian Masters
May 31 - June 3, 2007

(16) 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:

227

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$500,594.77

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:

239

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$864,001.88

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	21	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	US$1,753.44
CEV Under Age	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	8	0	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	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,600.00
Overall	48	4	0	1	0	4	2	5	5	8	2	9	4	1	3	US$134,753.44

Previous Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV Under Age	8/10-13/2006	CEV U23 European Championships		3rd	160	€ 0.00
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
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

Russian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/1/2007	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (1)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:48
Fri, 6/1/2007	Contender 1	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (9)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:42

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
13	1	0	2	0	2	5	2	1	0	$28,000.00	Confederation Championship	14	1	4	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	$50,750.00
208	8	3	8	6	22	59	45	28	0	$477,850.00	Total	225	16	12	8	6	28	68	46	23	0	$828,062.50

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 %
2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00	7	4	63.6 %
2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	$23,000.00	15	12	55.6 %
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 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,300.00	3	4	42.9 %

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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	CEV Under Age
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,250.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00
21	4	0	1	1	4	5	2	2	2	$14,950.00	Total	Total	24	4	0	1	0	5	4	3	3	4	$15,950.00

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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	3-3	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
2006-2007	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	3-3	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-0		0	0	1-2	33.3%

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
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
Series tied against the field 5-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Plavins/Samoilovs	16	22-20, 21-18	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 4	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	12	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 7 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	31	Doppler/Gartmayer	16	9-21, 28-26, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 8 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
Series tied with # 9 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-1
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 1	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Plavins/Samoilovs	16	21-19, 21-16	0:42
5/17/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs		Babich/Nikolaev		25-23, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Amore/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	Amore/Tomatis	9	21-17, 23-21	0:43
Lead the series against 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 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
6/18/05	FIVB C&S	Finland Satellite	Winner 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q11	Gabathuler/Wenger	3	21-18, 21-18	0:31