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US$800,000 Stavanger Grand Slam
June 25 - 29, 2014

(3) 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:

211

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$777,745.86

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:

170

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$695,109.35

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
FIVB	105	13	5	8	6	15	0	31	2	16	2	1	3	3	US$1,131,175.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Martins Plavins - 17th	Did not play
2008	Martins Plavins - 33rd	Did not play
2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Did not play
2010	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Martins Plavins - 9th
2011	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Martins Plavins - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	2	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	2	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	3	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	5	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2013	Durban Open	3	1st	500	US$21,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	4	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	3	3rd	640	US$16,500.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	3	1st	800	US$33,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	3	9th	400	US$5,500.00
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

Stavanger Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/26/2014	Pool C	Armin Dollinger / Clemens Wickler, Germany (30)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:31
Thu, 6/26/2014	Pool C	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (14)	Lost 21-17, 15-21, 13-15	0:50
Fri, 6/27/2014	Pool C	Alexander Walkenhorst / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (19, Q2)	Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:52
Sat, 6/28/2014	Winner 1	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (25)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:28
Sat, 6/28/2014	Winner 2	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (12)	Lost 18-21, 22-20, 18-20	0:56

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
Total	105	13	5	8	6	15	0	31	2	19	3	0	$1,131,175.00

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
211	15	8	8	6	26	63	44	23	0	$777,312.50	Total	170	14	7	10	8	19	48	32	9	0	$695,062.50

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	13	3	2	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	$197,300.00	61	14	81.3 %
2014	FIVB	6	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$103,500.00	28	8	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	19	4	3	1	1	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	$300,800.00	89	22	80.2 %

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	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
13	3	2	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	$98,650.00	2013	FIVB	13	3	2	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	$98,650.00
6	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$51,750.00	2014	FIVB	6	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$51,750.00
113	6	4	1	1	15	34	21	18	13	$353,350.00	Total	Total	81	5	5	3	3	8	19	13	6	19	$279,275.00

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	234	70.9%	47	14.2%	49	14.8%	281-49	85.2%	53	31.4%	31	18.3%	85	50.3%	53-116	31.4%	234-85	73.4%	100-80	55.6%	3	2	337-167	66.9%
2013-2014	86	82.7%	8	7.7%	10	9.6%	94-10	90.4%	16	41.0%	11	28.2%	12	30.8%	16-23	41.0%	86-12	87.8%	24-21	53.3%	1	1	111-34	76.6%
Against the Field	82	73.9%	11	9.9%	18	16.2%	93-18	83.8%	29	39.7%	12	16.4%	32	43.8%	29-44	39.7%	164-60	73.2%	80-60	57.1%	0	2	122-62	66.3%

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	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
Total	0	0	8	6	178	76	0	0	112	60	18	14	8	6	13	5	337	167

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smedins lead the series against the field 46-15 (Lead 22 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
6/23/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-3
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	24-26, 21-18, 15-12	0:56
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	24-22, 25-23	0:45
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
Trail the series against # 4 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	13-21, 23-21, 15-7	0:53
Series tied with # 5 Rego/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Rego/Solberg	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-18, 22-20	0:42
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Rego/Solberg	4	21-14, 21-19	0:35
Series tied with # 6 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-1
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Krasilnikov/Semenov	9	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	21-18, 21-15	0:37
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Krasilnikov/Semenov	14	21-11, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 7 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Erdmann/Matysik	11	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Series tied with # 8 Gibb/Patterson, United States 1-1
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gibb/Patterson	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-15, 21-16	0:34
5/26/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Gibb/Patterson	7	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
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 # 12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-1
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-18, 20-22, 20-18	0:56
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Gavira/Herrera	3	23-25, 21-17, 16-14	0:55
10/12/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-14, 21-12	0:29
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 # 13 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	0:57
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 14 Filho/Santos, Brazil 2-1
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Filho/Santos	14	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:50
8/25/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Filho/Santos	4	21-14, 21-19	0:40
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Filho/Santos	9	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 15 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-2
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Bronze Medal	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	17-21, 26-24, 16-14	0:56
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	21-17, 21-16	0:37
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool D	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 3-0
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	19	21-17, 21-19	0:35
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	18	21-19, 21-19	0:38
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	16	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 18 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	15-21, 27-25, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 19, Q2 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 2-0
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	19, Q2	19-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:52
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	21	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 21 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 2-0
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Bockermann/Urbatzka	19	16-21, 21-10, 15-13	0:46
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Bockermann/Urbatzka	19	23-25, 21-16, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 24 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 2-1
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Saxton/Schalk	14	21-19, 24-22	0:40
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	40	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-15, 21-18	0:34
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Saxton/Schalk	27, Q9	21-11, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 25 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 3-0
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kantor/Losiak	25	21-12, 21-15	0:28
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kantor/Losiak	19	21-16, 21-16	0:34
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kantor/Losiak	19	21-18, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 3-0
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	13	21-12, 21-15	0:36
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	14	16-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:52
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	11	15-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 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 # 28, Q9 Plavins/Solovejs, Latvia 2-0
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Plavins/Solovejs	14	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:51
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Plavins/Solovejs	14	21-15, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # 30 Dollinger/Wickler, Germany 1-0
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Dollinger/Wickler	30	21-14, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # Q7 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
7/24/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Ontiveros/Virgen	19	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # Q8 Hatch/Redmann, Canada 1-0
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Hatch/Redmann	26, Q7	21-18, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q12 Garcia/Marco, Spain 3-0
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	21-19, 21-12	0:32
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Garcia/Marco	10	21-19, 21-18	0:44
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Garcia/Marco	21	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # Q13 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-0
5/10/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	14	21-19, 21-15	0:44
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	13	15-21, 21-18, 15-6	1:06
Lead the series against # Q17 Azaad/Bianchi, Argentina 1-0
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Azaad/Bianchi	15	22-20, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # Q18 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kissling/Kovatsch	19, Q3	21-15, 21-16	0:34