Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015
June 26 - July 5, 2015
(6) 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 The Hague Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2009 Did not play Ruslans Sorokins - 9th
2010 Janis Smedins - 17th Did not play
2011 Janis Smedins - 25th Ruslans Sorokins - 13th
2013 Janis Peda - 25th Janis Smedins - 2nd
2014 Aleksandrs Solovejs - 33rd Janis Smedins - 5th
Recent Results  Have not played together in the last year
Netherlands World Championships Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Sat, 6/27/2015 Pool F Dmitri Barsuk / Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia (43) Won 21-18, 24-22 0:38
Sun, 6/28/2015 Pool F Michiel van Dorsten / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (30) Won 21-17, 23-21 0:37
Tue, 6/30/2015 Pool F Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (19) Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-7 0:52
Wed, 7/1/2015 Winner 1 Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter, Canada (21) Lost 21-14, 16-21, 17-19 0:56
World Championships Results 
YearEventLocationPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2007World ChampionshipsGstaad Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th Martins Plavins - 37th
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
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 lead the series against the field 5-1 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Lead the series against # 7 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
5/25/07FIVBItalian Open Winner 3 Plavins/Samoilovs 24 Rego/Santos 1 21-14, 21-17 0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
6/30/15FIVBNetherlands World Championships Pool F Plavins/Samoilovs 6 Grimalt/Grimalt 19 19-21, 21-19, 15-7 0:52
Trail the series against # 21 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 0-1
7/1/15FIVBNetherlands World Championships Winner 1 Binstock/Schachter 21 Plavins/Samoilovs 6 14-21, 21-16, 19-17 0:56
Lead the series against # 28 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
9/11/05FIVB Age Group WCUnder 21 World Championships Gold Medal Plavins/Samoilovs 9 Henriquez/Villafane 22 21-15, 21-9 0:39
Lead the series against # 30 van de Velde/van Dorsten, Netherlands 1-0
6/28/15FIVBNetherlands World Championships Pool F Plavins/Samoilovs 6 van Dorsten/van de Velde 30 21-17, 23-21 0:37
Lead the series against # 43 Barsuk/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
6/27/15FIVBNetherlands World Championships Pool F Plavins/Samoilovs 6 Barsuk/Koshkarev 43 21-18, 24-22 0:38