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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open Kristiansand
August 26 - 31, 2008

(18) Martins Plavins/Toms 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:

195

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$450,693.30

Toms Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 25, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Göteborg 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$33,414.46

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	US$16,100.00

Previous Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 13th	Janis Smedins - 33rd

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/28/2008	Winner 1	Petr Benes / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (15)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:39
Thu, 8/28/2008	Winner 2	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (31)	Won 21-13, 22-20	0:39
Fri, 8/29/2008	Winner 3	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (7)	Lost 18-21, 22-24	0:42
Sat, 8/30/2008	Contender 4	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (22, Q2)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:37

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$16,100.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$16,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Toms 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
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
80	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$225,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$11,050.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$13,800.00
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$3,375.00
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	3	0	1	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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
195	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$449,850.00	Total	73	0	2	2	1	8	8	7	9	0	$32,700.00

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
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Toms 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	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											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	1	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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$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	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00
16	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	5	3	$28,200.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$2,750.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00
43	2	0	0	0	6	11	7	9	8	$65,750.00	Total	Total	31	0	1	0	1	3	5	1	4	16	$9,125.00

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	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	6-6	50.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	9-8	52.9%
2007-2008	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-8	33.3%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	8
Total	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	8

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Herrera/Mesa	7	Plavins/Smedins	18	21-18, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # 15 Benes/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	18	Benes/Tichy	15	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
8/30/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q2	Plavins/Smedins	18	21-19, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 31 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	18	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	31	21-13, 22-20	0:39