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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 40,000 CEV Challenger Varna
July 14 - 18, 2010

(2) Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, 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 C&S Wins:

1 (Antalya 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$500,594.77

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

199

Career Wins:

Career CEV C&S Wins:

1 (Jurmala 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$787,055.81

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Awards

Best Hitter 2013, 2014
Best Offensive Player 2013, 2016
Best Setter 2013, 2018
Sportsperson 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs), 2014 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs), 2014 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$21,626.35
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,332.26
FIVB	33	1	1	1	1	2	0	9	2	10	2	1	3	US$242,300.00
Overall	37	1	1	2	2	3	0	10	2	10	2	1	3	US$266,258.61

Previous Varna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	22, Q10	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	26, Q16	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	Q21	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	34, Q14	17th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	31, Q21	17th	160	US$5,100.00

CEV Challenger Varna Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/16/2010	Winner 1	Nikolay Kolev / Andrey Nikolov, Bulgaria (15)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:35
Fri, 7/16/2010	Winner 2	Sergiy Popov / Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine (7, Q1)	Won 21-7, 21-17	0:34
Sat, 7/17/2010	Winner 3	Mykola Babich / Oleksandr Ioisher, Ukraine (3)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:47
Sun, 7/18/2010	Semi-Finals	Konstantin Mitev / Neven Neshev, Bulgaria (16)	Lost 21-16, 17-21, 8-15	0:56
Sun, 7/18/2010	Bronze Medal	Jan Dumek / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (13, Q7)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:41

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	9	1	0	$155,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	$58,500.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,500.00
Total	36	1	1	2	1	3	0	10	2	10	2	0	$258,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Janis Smedins
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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$32,000.00
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	66	5	5	4	2	8	21	17	2	0	$465,900.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	8	1	4	3	8	19	9	6	0	$173,087.50
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,100.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	6	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$4,725.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
13	1	0	2	0	2	5	2	1	0	$28,000.00	Confederation Championship	14	1	4	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$54,875.00
208	8	3	8	6	22	59	45	28	0	$477,850.00	Total	184	15	11	11	8	21	53	33	9	0	$749,937.50

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
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,100.00	4	5	44.4 %
2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	$13,100.00	11	8	57.9 %
2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	$22,200.00	15	13	53.6 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Janis Smedins
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	1	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	2	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	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
											2009	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$6,550.00	2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$6,550.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
64	4	0	1	2	6	14	13	10	14	$85,400.00	Total	Total	48	1	2	1	2	6	5	8	4	19	$19,975.00

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%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2009-2010	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	2	33	21	0	0	6	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	51	40
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	10	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	18
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	8
Total	0	0	13	5	43	26	0	0	26	26	2	3	2	1	1	1	98	69

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Smedins lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Babich/Ioisher, Ukraine 1-0
7/17/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 3	Plavins/Smedins	2	Babich/Ioisher	3	21-13, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 7, Q1 Popov/Samoday, Ukraine 1-0
7/16/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	2	Popov/Samoday	7, Q1	21-7, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 13, Q7 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 0-1
7/18/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Bronze Medal	Dumek/Tichy	13, Q7	Plavins/Smedins	2	21-16, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 15 Kolev/Nikolov, Bulgaria 1-0
7/16/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	2	Kolev/Nikolov	15	21-17, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 16 Mitev/Neshev, Bulgaria 0-1
7/18/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Semi-Finals	Mitev/Neshev	16	Plavins/Smedins	2	16-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:56