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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 9, 2012

(16) 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:

211

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

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:

Tournaments:

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 London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	5	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	6	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	11	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	13	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	13	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	17, Q3	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	17	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	18	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	11	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	17	13th	180	US$4,250.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/28/2012

Pool D

Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (9)

Won 12-21, 21-15, 15-12

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	30	15	0	0.500	2	11	0	1
	1	30	15	0	0.500	2	11	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	29	20	0	0.690	3	4	2	4
	1	29	20	0	0.690	3	4	2	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 7/30/2012

Pool D

Freedom Chiya / Grant Goldschmidt, South Africa (21)

Won 21-13, 21-10

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	22	16	0	0.727	1	10	2	0
	1	22	16	0	0.727	1	10	2	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	13	11	0	0.846	2	4	1	3
	1	13	11	0	0.846	2	4	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/1/2012

Pool D

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (4)

Lost 10-21, 16-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	17	6	0	0.353	0	4	0	2
	1	17	6	0	0.353	0	4	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	22	9	0	0.409	2	3	1	3
	1	22	9	0	0.409	2	3	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/4/2012

Winner 1

Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (3)

Lost 12-21, 17-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	15	6	0	0.400	0	8	1	4
	1	15	6	0	0.400	0	8	1	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	24	14	0	0.583	2	3	0	2
	1	24	14	0	0.583	2	3	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	84	43	0	0.512	3	33	3	7
Ruslans Sorokins	88	54	0	0.614	9	14	4	12
Total	172	97	0	0.564	12	47	7	19
Opponents	170	93	0	0.547	7	39	8	13

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Martins Plavins - 37th	Did not play
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Martins Plavins - 9th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2012	Olympic Games	London	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Janis Smedins - 9th	Toms Smedins - 37th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Martins Plavins - 17th	Did not play
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Janis Smedins - 19th	Did not play
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Janis Smedins - 5th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Janis Smedins - 9th	Did not play
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Janis Smedins - 9th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play

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	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	1	$65,350.00	27	20	57.4 %
2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	0	$53,300.00	18	23	43.9 %
2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	1	2	$58,550.00	21	25	45.7 %
2012	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	1	1	0	$85,300.00	32	23	58.2 %
Total	FIVB	51	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	12	8	5	$276,400.00	107	101	51.4 %

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
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
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
12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00
11	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	1	0	$42,650.00	2012	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	1	0	$42,650.00
93	2	1	0	0	11	29	20	17	13	$201,200.00	Total	Total	64	0	4	0	0	5	21	13	9	12	$143,050.00

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%
2011-2012	31	75.6%	6	14.6%	4	9.8%	37-4	90.2%	15	24.2%	8	12.9%	39	62.9%	15-47	24.2%	31-39	44.3%	21-12	63.6%	1	0	53-51	51.0%
Against the Field	18	69.2%	5	19.2%	3	11.5%	23-3	88.5%	7	12.7%	7	12.7%	41	74.5%	7-48	12.7%	36-80	31.0%	24-20	54.5%	1	0	31-50	38.3%

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 31-49 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-4
5/26/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 6	Cerutti/Rego	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	21-13, 21-13	0:34
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 4	Cerutti/Rego	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:52
7/9/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Rego	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q2	21-17, 21-12	0:33
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Cerutti/Rego	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-9
7/7/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	21-19, 21-19	0:45
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	22-20, 21-17	0:42
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool J	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-14, 21-17	0:37
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool J	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-12, 21-12	0:36
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	15	21-17, 21-13	0:39
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-12, 21-9	0:34
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	21-15, 21-14	0:40
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	29	21-15, 21-19	0:44
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20, Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:45
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	21-11, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 1-3
8/4/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	21-12, 21-17	0:40
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Brink/Reckermann	4	21-19, 21-19	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-3
8/1/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool D	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	21-10, 21-16	0:36
6/16/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:54
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	21-10, 23-21	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-6
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	21-16, 21-17	0:38
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 # 6 Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski, England 1-1
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q30	21-15, 23-21	0:40
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cunha/Santos	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 3-2
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Erdmann/Matysik	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	14-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:58
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
Lead the series against # 9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-0
7/28/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool D	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	Fijalek/Prudel	9	12-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
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
Trail the series against # 10 Wu/Xu, China 2-3
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Wu/Xu	21	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	24-22, 21-18	0:43
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Wu/Xu	10	15-21, 21-14, 20-18	0:56
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	15	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:49
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	Wu/Xu	6	21-18, 24-26, 15-12	0:56
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Wu/Xu	8	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-9, 20-22, 15-11	0:42
Series tied with # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-3
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-15, 21-18	0:33
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 4	Gavira/Herrera	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-16, 21-19	0:37
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	21-14, 21-12	0:32
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q2	Gavira/Herrera	6	By Forfeit
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	21-17, 21-15	0:39
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool L	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Gavira/Herrera	3	23-21, 17-21, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-3
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	21-16, 21-17	0:39
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	21-16, 21-17	0:35
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Lupo/Nicolai	15	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:52
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-18, 21-11	0:29
Trail the series against # 14 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-6
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	21-19, 21-12	0:32
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
Lead the series against # 15 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 2-1
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Chevallier/Heyer	17	21-17, 21-17	0:40
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
Series tied with # 17 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	Plavins/Smedins	12	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:51
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	21-15, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 6-2
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Skarlund/Spinnangr	22	21-15, 30-28	0:46
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-18, 21-15	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 20 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 4-0
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Hernandez/Villafane	27, Q26	21-18, 21-17	0:36
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool J	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Hernandez/Villafane	32	21-14, 21-15	0:34
6/16/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	Hernandez/Villafane	Q19	21-15, 21-17	0:33
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	Hernandez/Villafane	23, Q5	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 21 Chiya/Goldschmidt, South Africa 1-0
7/30/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool D	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	Chiya/Goldschmidt	21	21-13, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 Prokopiev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Prokopiev/Semenov	21, Q4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 24 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	Doppler/Horst	29	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48