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August 10 - 14, 2011

(18) 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:

Tournaments:

239

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$864,001.88

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$170,619.63

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
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$11,561.20
FIVB	52	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	12	9	2	3	US$279,900.00
Overall	57	0	1	0	0	6	0	17	5	14	9	2	3	US$291,461.20

Previous Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2007	Martins Plavins - 13th	Did not play
FIVB 2008	Ruslans Sorokins - 13th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 13th
FIVB 2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 2nd	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	22	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	15	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	6	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	Q1	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	26, Q2	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	25	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	38	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	28	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	20	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	Q1	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	11	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/12-15/2010	European Championship Final	9	5th	480	€ 4,750.00

CEV European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/10/2011	Pool K	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czechia (15)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:36
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool K	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (2)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:34
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool K	Murat Giginoglu / Nuri Sahin, Türkiye (31)	Won 21-18, 21-10	0:32
Fri, 8/12/2011	Winner 1	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (14)	Lost 21-18, 20-22, 11-15	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$)
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
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,250.00
Total	55	0	1	0	0	6	0	16	5	13	9	0	$288,150.00

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
14	1	4	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	$50,750.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$4,375.00
225	16	12	8	6	28	68	46	23	0	$828,062.50	Total	95	0	4	0	0	6	24	19	15	0	$165,275.00

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	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	1	$65,350.00	27	20	57.4 %
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	0	$53,300.00	18	23	43.9 %
2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00	3	2	60.0 %
2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	1	2	$50,050.00	17	21	44.7 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	38	0	1	0	0	1	0	10	3	11	7	5	$182,600.00	71	74	49.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,750.00	6	6	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$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2001	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
											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
											2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											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
											2004	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV
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
11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00	2009	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	2	$25,025.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	2	$25,025.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
90	4	1	1	0	9	23	23	16	13	$157,825.00	Total	Total	60	0	4	0	0	4	17	15	8	12	$99,650.00

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	46.2%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	6-5	54.5%	4-3	57.1%	0	1	10-9	52.6%
2010-2011	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	4-5	44.4%
Against the Field	4	44.4%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	8-6	57.1%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	6-6	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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Total	0	0	17	5	43	38	0	0	30	45	1	0	0	0	0	1	114	110

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Sorokins trail the series against the field 23-26 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 1-2
8/14/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	9	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-18, 21-17	0:59
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-18, 22-20	0:54
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Series tied with # 2 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-2
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool K	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-17, 21-16	0:34
8/13/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Fijalek/Prudel	4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	9	19-21, 23-21, 16-14	1:03
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-15, 21-13	0:34
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	Fijalek/Prudel	17	16-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 4 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 3-1
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Erdmann/Matysik	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-14, 21-11	0:34
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	Erdmann/Matysik	18	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool P	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	Erdmann/Matysik	26	21-13, 21-16	0:48
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Erdmann/Matysik	19	21-13, 25-23	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-5
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	16	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	21-15, 21-16	0:36
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	21-18, 21-18	0:39
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	21-17, 11-21, 15-12	0:51
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool O	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-15, 21-17	0:36
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 # 8 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Chevallier/Heyer	10	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q2	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Chevallier/Heyer	24	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 13 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 5-1
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	14-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	Skarlund/Spinnangr	14	21-18, 13-21, 15-12	0:51
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-14, 24-22	0:44
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-15, 18-21, 15-8	0:49
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-17, 21-16	0:37
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-3
8/12/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	18-21, 22-20, 15-11	1:00
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q2	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	0:50
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	Klemperer/Koreng	5	24-22, 21-14	0:44
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Klemperer/Koreng	19	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Benes/Kubala, Czechia 1-6
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	15	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-15, 21-15	0:36
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	18	Samoilovs/Sorokins	15	21-17, 21-12	0:32
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	21-19, 21-16	0:41
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Benes/Kubala	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	21-18, 21-18	0:42
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	23	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:56
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	Benes/Kubala	9	21-16, 21-18	0:39
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Benes/Kubala	24, Q14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q3	21-18, 26-24	0:44
Trail the series against # 19 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-18, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 20 Babich/Ioisher, Ukraine 1-0
8/12/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Samoilovs/Sorokins	9	Babich/Ioisher	16	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 22 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-2
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	27, Q1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	18-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:53
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	21-15, 21-10	0:34
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	24, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-18, 21-23, 15-7	1:00
Lead the series against # 24 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	35	21-16, 23-21	0:40
Lead the series against # 26 Caics/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/12/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Samoilovs/Sorokins	9	Caics/Smedins	21	21-19, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 29 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	Hoyer/Soderberg	21	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:53
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q30	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q3	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:53
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 # 31 Giginoglu/Sahin, Türkiye 1-0
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool K	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Giginoglu/Sahin	31	21-18, 21-10	0:32
Lead the series against # 32 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 2-1
8/14/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Doppler/Mellitzer	13	Samoilovs/Sorokins	9	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:16
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Doppler/Mellitzer	30, Q8	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Doppler/Mellitzer	28, Q10	21-16, 21-15	0:35