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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Mazuri Orlen Grand Slam
August 14 - 19, 2012

(5) 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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Andris Krumins - 57th
2005	Martins Plavins - 25th	Andris Krumins - 41st
2007	Martins Plavins - 7th	Did not play
2008	Martins Plavins - 33rd	Did not play
2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2010	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2011	Ruslans Sorokins - 25th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/9/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	16	9th	0	US$0.00
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

Stare Jablonki Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/16/2012	Pool N	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (21)	Lost 21-23, 16-21	0:46
Thu, 8/16/2012	Pool N	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (12)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:39
Fri, 8/17/2012	Pool N	Daniel Mullner / Jorg Wutzl, Austria (28, Q7)	Lost 17-21, 20-22	0:40

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	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	1	2	0	$88,800.00	32	26	55.2 %
Total	FIVB	52	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	12	9	5	$279,900.00	107	104	50.7 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00	2012	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00
94	2	1	0	0	11	29	20	18	13	$202,950.00	Total	Total	65	0	4	0	0	5	21	13	10	12	$144,800.00

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	20	64.5%	6	19.4%	5	16.1%	26-5	83.9%	9	22.0%	3	7.3%	29	70.7%	9-32	22.0%	40-58	40.8%	30-16	65.2%	0	0	35-37	48.6%

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 35-37 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 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 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 # 3 Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool O	Araujo/Solberg	6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 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
Series tied with # 6 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 2-2
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	21-13, 11-21, 15-13	0:50
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	21-19, 21-15	0:37
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	13-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:46
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 7 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 2-1
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:50
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	Dollinger/Windscheif	18	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:56
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	21	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	21-14, 17-21, 18-16	1:06
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 10 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 3-1
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	28, Q14	21-18, 21-15	0:34
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	22	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:54
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	27	21-19, 17-21, 15-9	0:52
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:03
Trail the series against # 12 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-2
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Plavins/Smedins	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	21-18, 21-15	0:39
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 # 13 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 2-1
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	21	19-21, 27-25, 15-11	1:01
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	25	21-19, 21-19	0:37
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	22, Q5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 18 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 5-0
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22, Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:39
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q14	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:51
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	23, Q10	21-16, 21-17	0:38
5/27/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q13	21-16, 21-19	0:40
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22, Q7	21-13, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 21 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Kantor/Losiak	21	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	23-21, 21-16	0:46
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 # 25 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q9 Lario/Mesa, Spain 4-1
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Lario/Mesa	29, Q13	21-15, 21-11	0:34
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool L	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Lario/Mesa	30, Q6	21-16, 21-18	0:45
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	Lario/Mesa	27, Q3	21-17, 24-22	0:48
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Lario/Mesa	13	21-18, 21-19	0:42
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Lario/Mesa	18	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	23-21, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 27, Q2 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 3-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	20, Q3	21-16, 21-16	0:40
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	20, Q12	22-20, 21-17	0:33
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	9	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-18, 21-11	0:36
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	35	21-16, 23-21	0:40
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 0-1
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Mullner/Wutzl	28, Q7	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	21-17, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # Q8 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Samoilovs/Sorokins	15	Bockermann/Urbatzka	31, Q25	21-17, 23-21	0:39