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€ 50,000 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters
September 1 - 4, 2016

(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 Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2014	Janis Smedins - 1st	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 1st
2015	Janis Smedins - 3rd	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	2	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	8/6-18/2016	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	9	19th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	1	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2016	Gstaad Major	6	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2016	Porec Major	5	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	6	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2016	Major Hamburg	13	9th	360	US$11,000.00
CEV	6/1-5/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	4	5th	300	€ 4,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	9	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	4	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	4	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	4	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	2	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	7	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	1	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	1	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	2	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/2-6/2015	Rio Open	3	1st	500	US$11,000.00

CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool A	Youssef Krou / Maxime Thiercy, France (9)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:29
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool A	Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (8)	Won 21-15, 23-21	0:35
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool A	Jan Pokersnik / Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia (16, Q15)	Won 13-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:45
Sat, 9/3/2016	Winner 2	Oleksii Denin / Sergiy Popov, Ukraine (11, Q5)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:34
Sun, 9/4/2016	Semi-Finals	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (5)	Won 21-17, 21-14	1:33
Sun, 9/4/2016	Gold Medal	Ruslan Bykanov / Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia (7)	Won 18-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:42

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	9	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$123,000.00	40	14	74.1 %
2015	CEV	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,625.00	12	1	92.3 %
2016	FIVB	14	3	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	$249,875.00	59	22	72.8 %
2016	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	10	2	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	48	9	5	4	4	9	0	12	0	4	1	0	$803,675.00	210	70	75.0 %
Total	CEV	6	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$62,625.00	33	6	84.6 %
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
10	2	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	$65,000.00	2015	FIVB	9	2	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	$61,500.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,312.50	2015	CEV	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,312.50
14	3	0	2	2	1	3	3	0	0	$124,937.50	2016	FIVB	14	3	0	2	2	1	3	3	0	0	$124,937.50
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2016	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
164	16	8	6	4	23	45	30	19	13	$647,375.00	Total	Total	131	14	10	8	7	19	28	19	7	19	$573,075.00

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%
2015-2016	16	84.2%	2	10.5%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4-2	66.7%	16-1	94.1%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	22-3	88.0%
Against the Field	9	90.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	18-4	81.8%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	12-2	85.7%

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 23-2 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 3-1
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool A	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	16	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:38
6/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	19	21-19, 21-16	0:29
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	7	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	26, Q2	21-18, 21-18	0:31
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	18	21-15, 29-27	0:40
Lead the series against # 3 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 3-0
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Plavins/Regza	17	21-9, 21-15	0:27
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Plavins/Regza	16	21-18, 21-12	0:35
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Plavins/Regza	9	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 4 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 2-0
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Dressler/Kunert	20	21-10, 18-21, 15-9	0:47
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Dressler/Kunert	13, Q4	21-16, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 5 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 2-0
9/4/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	21-17, 21-14	1:33
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Koekelkoren/van Walle	30, Q10	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # 7 Bykanov/Koshkarev, Russia 1-1
9/4/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Bykanov/Koshkarev	7	18-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:42
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool F	Bykanov/Koshkarev	27, Q3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	23-25, 24-22, 19-17	1:02
Lead the series against # 8 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Faiga/Hilman	8	21-15, 23-21	0:35
Lead the series against # 9 Krou/Thiercy, France 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Krou/Thiercy	9	21-14, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 11, Q5 Denin/Popov, Ukraine 1-0
9/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Denin/Popov	11, Q5	21-17, 22-20	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 16, Q15 Pokersnik/Zemljak, Slovenia 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	16, Q15	13-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # Q1 Babich/Gordieiev, Ukraine 1-0
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Babich/Gordieiev	31, Q9	21-14, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # Q2 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 5-0
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	29, Q8	21-14, 21-18	0:34
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	17	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:46
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 # Q7 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Gregory/Sheaf	15	21-8, 21-14	0:33