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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 31 - August 4, 2013

(1) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

237

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$862,407.49

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

199

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$787,055.81

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
CEV	14	2	4	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$121,149.93
CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,351.05
FIVB	105	13	5	8	6	15	0	31	2	16	2	1	3	3	US$1,131,175.00
Overall	120	16	9	9	6	17	0	35	2	17	2	1	3	3	US$1,256,675.98

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2006	Martins Plavins - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2007	Martins Plavins - 25th	Did not play
FIVB 2008	Martins Plavins - 17th	Did not play
FIVB 2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Did not play
FIVB 2010	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Martins Plavins - 25th
FIVB 2011	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Martins Plavins - 9th
FIVB 2012	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Martins Plavins - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-27/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	6	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	6	2nd	720	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	10	2nd	720	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	9	1st	800	US$33,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	6	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	6	17th	200	US$2,300.00

2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/31/2013	Pool J	Toms Smedins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (16)	Won 22-20, 18-21, 15-8	0:54
Thu, 8/1/2013	Pool J	Thomas Kunert / Lorenz Petutschnig, Austria (32)	Won 21-18, 21-10	0:31
Fri, 8/2/2013	Pool J	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (17)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:40
Sat, 8/3/2013	Winner 2	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (27)	Won 28-26, 21-14	0:42
Sat, 8/3/2013	Winner 3	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (17)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:35
Sun, 8/4/2013	Semi-Finals	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (5)	Won 15-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:49
Sun, 8/4/2013	Gold Medal	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (7)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:44

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smedins lead the series against the field 24-5 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 0 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 3 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:50
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Lupo/Nicolai	1	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # 4 Doppler/Horst, Austria 2-1
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Doppler/Horst	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-18, 21-18	0:38
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Doppler/Horst	18	21-19, 21-17	0:38
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Doppler/Horst	16, Q1	21-18, 29-27	0:47
Lead the series against # 5 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
8/4/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Fijalek/Prudel	5	15-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:49
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
8/4/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Gavira/Herrera	7	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	21-19, 21-17	0:44
7/25/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Gavira/Herrera	14	21-19, 26-24	0:45
Lead the series against # 8 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-0
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Huber/Seidl	17	22-20, 21-12	0:37
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	21-12, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 10 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 4-1
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Dollinger/Windscheif	11	22-20, 27-25	0:46
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:50
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	21-9, 21-13	0:31
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Dollinger/Windscheif	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-14, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 14 Gabathuler/Weingart, Switzerland 3-0
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Gabathuler/Weingart	22, Q3	21-15, 21-10	0:33
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Gabathuler/Weingart	26	21-18, 21-14	0:37
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool H	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Gabathuler/Weingart	25, Q7	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 2-0
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool J	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Smedins/Sorokins	16	22-20, 18-21, 15-8	0:54
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Smedins/Sorokins	30	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 17 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 2-1
8/3/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Eithun/Horrem	17	21-15, 21-13	0:35
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool J	Eithun/Horrem	17	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	21-19, 21-15	0:40
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool H	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Eithun/Horrem	24	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 19 Chevallier/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Chevallier/Kovatsch	22	21-15, 18-21, 20-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 20 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Mullner/Wutzl	43	21-23, 22-20, 21-19	1:04
Lead the series against # 27 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
8/3/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	27	28-26, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 32 Kunert/Petutschnig, Austria 1-0
8/1/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool J	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Kunert/Petutschnig	32	21-18, 21-10	0:31