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(31) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

22

Tournaments:

209

Career Wins:

15

Career FIVB WT Wins:

13

Career Winnings:

US$776,151.48

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (42 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

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
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

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