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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 (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 The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - 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

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
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

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th	Martins Plavins - 37th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Lauris Iecelnieks - 37th	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Janis Smedins - 4th	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Janis Peda - 17th	Janis Smedins - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th	Martins Plavins - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Haralds Regza - 17th	Janis Smedins - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Janis Smedins - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Kristians Fokerots - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

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	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	5	3	$50,900.00	27	32	45.8 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	8	9	8	$127,400.00	65	74	46.8 %
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
17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00	2008	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	5	3	$31,400.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00	2009	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00
10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00
11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00	2012	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00
9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00	2013	FIVB	13	3	2	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	$98,650.00
10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00	2014	FIVB	13	1	2	0	2	5	1	1	1	0	$117,350.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	$4,100.00	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$10,000.00
106	4	2	1	1	8	25	23	18	24	$237,600.00	Total	Total	123	6	5	1	2	18	36	23	19	13	$428,950.00

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	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%
2014-2015	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-1	75.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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 5-1 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 7 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian 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
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands 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
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands 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
9/11/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 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
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands 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
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool F	Plavins/Samoilovs	6	Barsuk/Koshkarev	43	21-18, 24-22	0:38