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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(15) 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:

22

Tournaments:

195

Career Wins:

7

Career FIVB WT Wins:

5

Career Winnings:

US$450,693.30

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:

22

Tournaments:

170

Career Wins:

14

Career Winnings:

US$695,109.35

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
FIVB	33	1	1	1	1	2	0	9	2	10	2	1	3	US$242,300.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Janis Smedins - 41st	Martins Plavins - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	8	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	7	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	6	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	20, Q7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	18, Q8	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	8	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
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

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool J

Yury Bogatov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (39)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	38	19	7	0.316	1	8	0	2
	1	19	9	3	0.316	1	2	0	1
	2	19	10	4	0.316	0	6	0	1
Janis Smedins	Total	10	8	0	0.800	5	4	3	6
	1	5	3	0	0.600	2	3	1	3
	2	5	5	0	1.000	3	1	2	3

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool J

Karl Jaani / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (34)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	32	19	2	0.531	0	8	2	2
	1	17	10	2	0.471	0	4	1	1
	2	15	9	0	0.600	0	4	1	1
Janis Smedins	Total	9	6	1	0.556	4	2	2	2
	1	4	2	1	0.250	2	0	2	2
	2	5	4	0	0.800	2	2	0	0

Thu, 6/16/2011

Pool J

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (10)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	21	12	3	0.429	2	9	0	2
	1	10	5	2	0.300	2	5	0	1
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	4	0	1
Janis Smedins	Total	21	17	2	0.714	2	5	0	5
	1	8	7	1	0.750	1	3	0	2
	2	13	10	1	0.692	1	2	0	3

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Thiago Barbosa / Harley Marques, Brazil (18)

Won 21-15, 21-12

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	22	11	2	0.409	2	5	2	0
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	2	1	0
	2	9	4	0	0.444	2	3	1	0
Janis Smedins	Total	15	8	2	0.400	2	4	1	2
	1	4	3	1	0.500	1	0	1	2
	2	11	5	1	0.364	1	4	0	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 2

Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (20)

Won 21-17, 16-21, 19-17

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	30	18	5	0.433	0	10	1	0
	1	15	10	2	0.533	0	4	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	1	0	0
	3	10	6	2	0.400	0	5	1	0
Janis Smedins	Total	34	18	5	0.382	3	6	2	4
	1	6	4	0	0.667	1	3	1	2
	2	13	8	3	0.385	1	1	1	2
	3	15	6	2	0.267	1	2	0	0

Sat, 6/18/2011

Winner 3

Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (23)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	28	16	4	0.429	0	10	0	1
	1	13	7	3	0.308	0	4	0	1
	2	15	9	1	0.533	0	6	0	0
Janis Smedins	Total	22	12	3	0.409	1	6	0	4
	1	13	8	2	0.462	1	3	0	1
	2	9	4	1	0.333	0	3	0	3

Sat, 6/18/2011

Semi-Finals

Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)

Lost 20-22, 16-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	24	15	2	0.542	0	6	0	3
	1	12	7	0	0.583	0	3	0	1
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	3	0	2
Janis Smedins	Total	28	9	8	0.036	3	3	0	4
	1	12	6	3	0.250	2	1	0	3
	2	16	3	5	-0.125	1	2	0	1

Sun, 6/19/2011

Bronze Medal

Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)

Lost 20-22, 21-18, 11-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	29	15	3	0.414	2	10	1	2
	1	7	5	0	0.714	2	2	0	1
	2	14	7	3	0.286	0	6	1	1
	3	8	3	0	0.375	0	2	0	0
Janis Smedins	Total	34	19	7	0.353	4	4	0	6
	1	16	7	5	0.125	2	3	0	3
	2	10	6	1	0.500	1	1	0	3
	3	8	6	1	0.625	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	224	125	28	0.433	7	66	6	12
Janis Smedins	173	97	28	0.399	24	34	8	33
Total	397	222	56	0.418	31	100	14	45
Opponents	400	201	73	0.320	13	88	13	38

World Championships Results

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

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	15	4th	700	US$28,000.00

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	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
Total	33	1	1	1	1	2	0	9	2	10	2	0	$242,300.00

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
195	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$449,850.00	Total	170	14	7	10	8	19	48	32	9	0	$695,062.50

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
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,100.00	4	5	44.4 %
2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	4	$57,500.00	28	17	62.2 %
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$42,200.00	13	6	68.4 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	5	1	4	$108,800.00	45	28	61.6 %

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
											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	1	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	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
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
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
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
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
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$21,100.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$21,100.00
63	2	1	0	1	8	14	13	11	13	$127,150.00	Total	Total	45	0	2	1	2	4	5	7	5	19	$62,125.00

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	62	75.6%	10	12.2%	10	12.2%	72-10	87.8%	16	23.9%	11	16.4%	40	59.7%	16-51	23.9%	62-40	60.8%	26-21	55.3%	0	0	88-61	59.1%
2010-2011	39	76.5%	8	15.7%	4	7.8%	47-4	92.2%	7	17.5%	8	20.0%	25	62.5%	7-33	17.5%	39-25	60.9%	15-12	55.6%	0	0	54-37	59.3%
Against the Field	32	65.3%	8	16.3%	9	18.4%	40-9	81.6%	15	30.0%	8	16.0%	27	54.0%	15-35	30.0%	64-54	54.2%	46-34	57.5%	0	0	55-44	55.6%

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
Total	0	0	13	5	39	21	0	0	21	24	2	2	1	1	1	1	88	61

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Smedins lead the series against the field 26-19 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 1-3
6/18/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Santos	3	Plavins/Smedins	15	22-20, 21-16	0:40
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Plavins/Smedins	14	Araujo/Santos	3	21-19, 21-16	0:37
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Plavins/Smedins	6	21-17, 21-16	0:43
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Plavins/Smedins	22, Q10	30-28, 21-18	0:54
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/19/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Plavins/Smedins	15	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:59
Trail the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 0-3
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Wu/Xu	4	Plavins/Smedins	6	21-16, 18-21, 15-7	0:48
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Wu/Xu	2	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/25/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Gold Medal	Wu/Xu	2	Plavins/Smedins	8	21-15, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 3-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Insfran/Schmidt	13	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:03
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 4	Plavins/Smedins	8	Insfran/Schmidt	4	21-19, 21-19	0:50
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Plavins/Smedins	8	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-18, 21-16	0:34
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Plavins/Smedins	8	Gavira/Herrera	1	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:51
Series tied with # 10 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Plavins/Smedins	15	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	21-15, 21-19	0:33
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Plavins/Smedins	14	21-17, 18-21, 20-18	0:57
Trail the series against # 11 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	9	Plavins/Smedins	8	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 17 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	9	Plavins/Smedins	7	24-22, 21-14	0:30
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Nummerdor/Schuil	15	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	22-20, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 18 Barbosa/Marques, Brazil 1-0
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	15	Barbosa/Marques	18	21-15, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 20 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 2-1
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	15	Erdmann/Matysik	20	21-17, 16-21, 19-17	0:58
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Plavins/Smedins	8	Erdmann/Matysik	15	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:51
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Erdmann/Matysik	29, Q12	Plavins/Smedins	Q21	22-20, 12-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 21 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Plavins/Smedins	14	21-16, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Boersma/Spijkers	10	Plavins/Smedins	7	14-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 23 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 3-0
6/18/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 3	Plavins/Smedins	15	Hoyer/Soderberg	23	21-19, 21-17	0:40
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q11	21-17, 21-16	0:41
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Plavins/Smedins	31, Q21	Hoyer/Soderberg	18	25-23, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 24 Jennings/Wong, United States 1-0
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Plavins/Smedins	6	Jennings/Wong	24, Q1	21-19, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 25 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Ces/Ces	Q1	23-21, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 27 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q10	21-23, 21-18, 16-14	1:05
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 29 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 6	Chevallier/Heyer	29, Q9	Plavins/Smedins	8	23-21, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 30 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Fijalek/Prudel	4	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 31 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	Plavins/Smedins	Q16	21-18, 23-21	0:46
Lead the series against # 34 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Plavins/Smedins	15	Jaani/Vesik	34	21-16, 21-15	0:38
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Jaani/Vesik	23	21-12, 21-18	0:34
Series tied with # 35 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	8	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	26, Q10	21-10, 21-16	0:31
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q15	Plavins/Smedins	Q18	21-16, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 36 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Plavins/Smedins	6	Dollinger/Windscheif	20	21-13, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 39 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Plavins/Smedins	15	Bogatov/Prokopiev	39	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Series tied with # 41 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	6	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	22, Q5	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:54
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	31, Q22	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	29-27, 24-22	0:58
Lead the series against # 42 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	Boehm/Kapa	Q25	21-18, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 44 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	8	Doppler/Mellitzer	25	21-19, 13-21, 15-12	0:53