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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Recife
March 21 - 24, 2024

(23, Q17) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Mihails Samoilovs, Latvia

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

Mihails Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 20, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jurmala

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$10,283.16

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	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	US$6,741.58

Previous Recife Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	20, Q5	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	Q8	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	18, Q10	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2023	Futures Mallorca	1	2nd	360	€ 700.00

Challenge Recife Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/21/2024	Qualifier 1	Calvin Aye / Quincy Aye, France (Q16)	Won 21-17, 11-21, 15-13	0:53
Thu, 3/21/2024	Qualifier 2	Alejandro Huerta / Javier Huerta, Spain (Q32)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:38
Fri, 3/22/2024	Pool B	Theo Brunner / Trevor Crabb, United States (2)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:34
Fri, 3/22/2024	Pool B	Moritz Pristauz / Robin Seidl, Austria (14)	Lost 17-21, 28-26, 13-15	1:00

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$6,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$700.00
Total	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$6,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Aleksandrs Samoilovs												Mihails 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	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$32,200.00	World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals
81	4	5	4	2	11	23	19	8	0	$487,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	0	$234,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	$5,500.00
5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,925.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	2	1	1	4	4	7	0	0	$3,975.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
211	15	8	8	6	26	63	44	23	0	$777,312.50	Total	41	0	2	3	1	4	5	15	3	0	$9,475.00

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
2023	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$4,700.00	8	6	57.1 %
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$5,700.00	10	8	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Aleksandrs Samoilovs													Mihails 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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
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
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	$4,250.00	2006	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB
18	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	5	3	$31,400.00	2008	FIVB
11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00	2009	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00	2010	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00	2011	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00	2012	FIVB
13	3	2	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	$98,650.00	2013	FIVB
13	1	2	0	2	5	1	1	1	0	$117,350.00	2014	FIVB
10	2	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	$65,000.00	2015	FIVB
15	3	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	$129,437.50	2016	FIVB
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	$20,000.00	2017	FIVB
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	2	0	2	1	1	6	1	0	0	$61,250.00	2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	$400.00
13	2	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$37,500.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	4	$3,200.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00	2020	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	$17,000.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$50.00
8	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	$18,250.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	$1,250.00
10	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	3	$4,100.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
206	15	7	8	6	26	63	43	21	17	$775,487.50	Total	Total	35	0	1	3	1	3	5	13	2	7	$7,900.00

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	9	64.3%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	0	0.0%	4	36.4%	7	63.6%	0-11	0.0%	9-7	56.3%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	13-12	52.0%
2023-2024	9	64.3%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	0	0.0%	4	36.4%	7	63.6%	0-11	0.0%	9-7	56.3%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	13-12	52.0%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	42.9%	4	57.1%	0-7	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	5-7	41.7%

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	7	3	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Total	0	0	7	3	4	6	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	12

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brunner/Crabb, United States 0-1
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool B	Brunner/Crabb	2	Samoilovs/Samoilovs	23, Q17	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Bello/Bello, England 0-2
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool E	Bello/Bello	5	Samoilovs/Samoilovs	20, Q5	23-21, 24-26, 15-10	1:09
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool F	Bello/Bello	7	Samoilovs/Samoilovs	18, Q10	21-16, 18-21, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 13 Dearing/Schachter, Canada 1-0
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool E	Samoilovs/Samoilovs	20, Q5	Dearing/Schachter	8	21-19, 30-28	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Pristauz/Seidl, Austria 0-1
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool B	Pristauz/Seidl	14	Samoilovs/Samoilovs	23, Q17	21-17, 26-28, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # Q16 Aye/Aye, France 1-0
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Samoilovs	23, Q17	Aye/Aye	Q16	21-17, 11-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q32 Huerta/Huerta, Spain 2-0
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 2	Samoilovs/Samoilovs	23, Q17	Huerta/Huerta	Q32	23-21, 21-17	0:38
10/29/23	FIVB	Futures Mallorca	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Samoilovs	1	Huerta/Huerta	4	21-18, 16-21, 15-12	0:52