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June 26 - July 5, 2009

(31) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, 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:

23

Tournaments:

211

Career Wins:

15

Career FIVB WT Wins:

13

Career Winnings:

US$777,745.86

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

15

Tournaments:

91

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$160,900.00

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

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	52	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	12	9	2	3	US$279,900.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Andris Krumins - 41st
2007	Martins Plavins - 17th	Did not play
2008	Martins Plavins - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	25, Q4	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	21	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	11	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	12	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	19	13th	180	US$3,900.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool G

Sebastian Dollinger / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (18)

Lost 17-21, 16-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	22	10	4	0.273	0	2	1	0
	1	10	4	2	0.200	0	1	1	0
	2	12	6	2	0.333	0	1	0	0
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	21	12	2	0.476	0	1	0	2
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	0	0	1
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	1	0	1

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool G

Jialu Li / Linyin Xu, China (7)

Won 26-24, 21-15

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	22	14	0	0.636	0	5	0	1
	1	12	7	0	0.583	0	3	0	1
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	2	0	0
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	22	16	3	0.591	0	1	6	5
	1	15	12	2	0.667	0	0	1	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	1	5	4

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool G

Ahren Cadieux / Martin Reader, Canada (42)

Won 21-23, 21-14, 15-12

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	37	21	2	0.514	0	9	0	0
	1	18	8	2	0.333	0	2	0	0
	2	10	8	0	0.800	0	5	0	0
	3	9	5	0	0.556	0	2	0	0
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	25	18	2	0.640	3	4	0	6
	1	7	5	1	0.571	1	0	0	4
	2	9	7	0	0.778	1	0	0	1
	3	9	6	1	0.556	1	4	0	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (12)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	16	9	0	0.563	0	9	1	1
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	4	0	1
	2	9	4	0	0.444	0	5	1	0
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	21	17	0	0.810	2	1	1	2
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	0	1	2
	2	11	9	0	0.818	2	1	0	0

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)

Lost 11-21, 11-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	17	7	7	0.000	0	7	1	0
	1	4	0	2	-0.500	0	2	1	0
	2	13	7	5	0.154	0	5	0	0
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	23	5	8	-0.130	1	0	1	4
	1	12	4	4	0.000	0	0	0	3
	2	11	1	4	-0.273	1	0	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	114	61	13	0.421	0	32	3	2
Ruslans Sorokins	112	68	15	0.473	6	7	8	19
Total	226	129	28	0.447	6	39	11	21
Opponents	228	142	31	0.487	13	49	9	27

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Martins Plavins - 37th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Janis Smedins - 9th	Toms Smedins - 37th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Martins Plavins - 17th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Janis Smedins - 9th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	31	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	38	17th	200	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	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	6	5	0	$150,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	5	5	4	0	$111,300.00
Total	52	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	12	9	0	$279,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Aleksandrs Samoilovs												Ruslans Sorokins
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$32,200.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,700.00
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	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	0	$86,350.00
104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	0	$234,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	0	$59,000.00
5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,925.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,100.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
211	15	8	8	6	26	63	44	23	0	$777,312.50	Total	91	0	4	0	0	5	23	18	14	0	$160,900.00

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
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,900.00	5	6	45.5 %
2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$17,250.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	$31,150.00	16	16	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Aleksandrs Samoilovs													Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
18	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	5	3	$31,400.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,950.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$8,625.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$8,625.00
51	2	0	0	0	6	13	9	11	10	$78,575.00	Total	Total	22	0	3	0	0	0	5	2	3	9	$20,425.00

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	68	70.8%	16	16.7%	12	12.5%	84-12	87.5%	22	19.3%	18	15.8%	74	64.9%	22-92	19.3%	68-74	47.9%	38-30	55.9%	1	0	107-104	50.7%
2008-2009	21	65.6%	7	21.9%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	4	15.4%	1	3.8%	21	80.8%	4-22	15.4%	21-21	50.0%	11-5	68.8%	0	0	32-26	55.2%
Against the Field	25	69.4%	7	19.4%	4	11.1%	32-4	88.9%	5	9.4%	8	15.1%	40	75.5%	5-48	9.4%	50-78	39.1%	24-24	50.0%	1	0	38-51	42.7%

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
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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	2	32	31	0	0	10	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	50
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	18	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	51	47
Total	0	0	17	5	37	35	0	0	29	42	1	0	0	0	0	1	107	104

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Sorokins trail the series against the field 5-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	21-11, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 7 Li/Xu, China 1-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	Li/Xu	7	26-24, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	Q65	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q33	21-12, 19-21, 15-8	0:43
Series tied with # 10 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	Araujo/Magalhaes	8, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:46
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	10	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	21-15, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 12 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	Maciel/Schmidt	12	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	17	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	21-15, 21-13	0:37
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Kais/Vesik	4	14-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 18 Dollinger/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Dollinger/Urbatzka	18	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 22 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 0-1
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Salema	14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 27 Boersma/Paulides, Netherlands 0-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Boersma/Paulides	24	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 28 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	21	21-14, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 29 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 42 Cadieux/Reader, Canada 1-0
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	Cadieux/Reader	42	21-23, 21-14, 15-12	0:58