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€ 25,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters
May 20 - 24, 2015

(2) 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 Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2014	Janis Smedins - 1st	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	2	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$17,000.00
CEV C&S	8/28-31/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	1	1st	280	€ 3,300.00
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	5	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/3/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	4	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	5	5th	480	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	5	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	3	9th	360	US$11,000.00
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
CEV	6/3-8/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	1	2nd	450	€ 15,000.00

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/22/2015	Pool B	Jonas Kissling / Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland (18, Q7)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 5/22/2015	Pool B	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (15)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:33
Sat, 5/23/2015	Winner 1	Georgios Kotsilianos / Nikos Zoupani, Greece (7)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:33
Sat, 5/23/2015	Winner 2	Hermans Egleskalns / Martins Plavins, Latvia (23)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
Sun, 5/24/2015	Semi-Finals	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (11)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:41
Sun, 5/24/2015	Bronze Medal	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (1)	Won 23-21, 21-9	0:37

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	13	3	2	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	$197,300.00	61	14	81.3 %
2013	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2014	FIVB	12	1	2	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	$233,500.00	50	20	71.4 %
2014	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
2014	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00	5	0	100.0 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2015	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,625.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	26	4	4	1	2	7	0	6	0	1	1	0	$432,800.00	113	37	75.3 %
Total	CEV	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$32,625.00	16	4	80.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00	5	0	100.0 %

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
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
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
13	1	2	0	2	5	1	1	1	0	$117,350.00	2014	FIVB	12	1	2	0	2	5	1	0	1	0	$116,750.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2014	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	2014	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,312.50	2015	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,312.50
138	9	7	3	2	20	39	26	19	13	$443,437.50	Total	Total	106	7	9	5	5	16	22	16	7	19	$372,637.50

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%
2014-2015	12	80.0%	3	20.0%	0	0.0%	15-0	100.0%	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3-2	60.0%	12-1	92.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0	18-2	90.0%
Against the Field	11	73.3%	3	20.0%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	22-6	78.6%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	16-4	80.0%

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 33-3 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 5-0
5/24/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Fijalek/Prudel	1	23-21, 21-9	0:37
8/23/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Fijalek/Prudel	1	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	0:57
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
Lead the series against # 3 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 4-0
8/23/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	13	21-14, 21-19	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 5, Q1 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 4-1
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kantor/Losiak	16	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	1:15
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Kantor/Losiak	21	21-14, 21-14	0:32
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 # 6 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 # 7 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 1-0
5/23/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 9 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 # 11 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-1
5/24/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Semi-Finals	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	21-19, 21-18	0:41
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 # 15 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 3-0
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	15	21-15, 21-15	0:33
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	20, Q2	21-17, 21-17	0:33
8/31/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	3	3-0	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Kollo/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Kollo/Vesik	28, Q7	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 18, Q7 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 2-0
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Kissling/Kovatsch	18, Q7	21-15, 21-16	0:34
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kissling/Kovatsch	19, Q3	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 20, Q11 Dumek/Kufa, Czech Republic 1-0
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Dumek/Kufa	29, Q12	21-17, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 23 Egleskalns/Plavins, Latvia 1-0
5/23/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Egleskalns/Plavins	23	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
8/30/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Finsters/Tocs	16	3-0	0:31
Lead the series against # Q12 Armands/Regza, Latvia 1-0
8/31/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Armands/Regza	14, Q7	3-1	0:41