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€ 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 (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

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (38 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

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

Best Hitter 2013, 2014
Best Offensive Player 2013, 2016
Best Setter 2013, 2018
Sportsperson 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs), 2014 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs), 2014 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs)

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

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$36,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$22,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	46	4	5	4	2	8	0	11	2	8	1	0	$776,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	48	8	0	4	3	6	0	16	0	7	2	0	$280,675.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00
Confederation Championship	11	1	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	$93,250.00
Total	116	14	9	8	6	16	0	35	2	20	3	0	$1,224,425.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Aleksandrs Samoilovs												Janis Smedins
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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$32,200.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$32,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00
81	4	5	4	2	11	23	19	8	0	$487,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	66	5	5	4	2	8	21	17	2	0	$465,900.00
104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	0	$234,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	8	1	4	3	8	19	9	6	0	$173,087.50
5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,925.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,100.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	6	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$4,725.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
14	1	4	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	$50,750.00	Confederation Championship	14	1	4	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$54,875.00
225	16	12	8	6	28	68	46	23	0	$828,062.50	Total	184	15	11	11	8	21	53	33	9	0	$749,937.50

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
2013	FIVB	8	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$115,800.00	36	9	80.0 %
2013	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$115,800.00	36	9	80.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Aleksandrs Samoilovs													Janis Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	$4,250.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
18	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	5	3	$31,400.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV
											2009	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00	2012	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	$47,975.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
8	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$57,900.00	2013	FIVB	8	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$57,900.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,875.00	2013	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
116	5	4	1	0	15	35	25	18	13	$273,875.00	Total	Total	85	3	6	3	3	11	18	16	6	19	$203,675.00

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	38	77.6%	8	16.3%	3	6.1%	46-3	93.9%	10	38.5%	3	11.5%	13	50.0%	10-16	38.5%	38-13	74.5%	18-6	75.0%	0	0	56-19	74.7%
2012-2013	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	3-2	60.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	4	33.3%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	3-4	42.9%	16-6	72.7%	14-2	87.5%	0	0	15-4	78.9%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	88	36	0	0	54	25	9	6	4	2	4	5	163	77
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	3	72	29	0	0	51	28	8	7	4	3	8	0	146	70
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	12	4
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	22	7	0	0	15	6	5	0	0	0	1	4	43	17
Total	0	0	8	6	200	83	0	0	127	66	23	14	8	6	14	9	380	184

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