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European Championship Tour
€ 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 (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 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

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