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US$150,000 Espinho Challenge
July 14 - 17, 2022

(13) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Ruslans Sorokins - 25th	Toms Smedins - 41st
2007	Martins Plavins - 17th	Toms Smedins - 41st
2018	Janis Smedins - 1st	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 1st
2019	Janis Smedins - 9th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	21	17th	400	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	20	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	Q5	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	4	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	4	3rd	720	US$7,000.00

Espinho Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/15/2022	Pool A	Paul Burnett / Christopher McHugh, Australia (12)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 7/15/2022	Pool A	Christiaan Varenhorst / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (1)	Lost 21-23, 18-21	0:39
Sat, 7/16/2022	Winner 1	Leon Luini / Ruben Penninga, Netherlands (11)	Won 14-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:46
Sat, 7/16/2022	Winner 2	Adrian Carambula / Enrico Rossi, Italy (2)	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:50
Sun, 7/17/2022	Semi-Finals	Michal Bryl / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (3)	Lost 21-14, 18-21, 9-15	0:52
Sun, 7/17/2022	Bronze Medal	Piotr Kantor / Maciej Rudol, Poland (9)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:38

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	12	1	2	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	$233,500.00	50	20	71.4 %
2015	FIVB	9	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$123,000.00	40	14	74.1 %
2016	FIVB	15	3	0	2	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	$258,875.00	61	23	72.6 %
2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	$40,000.00	16	15	51.6 %
2018	FIVB	13	2	0	2	1	1	0	6	0	1	0	0	$122,500.00	40	20	66.7 %
2019	FIVB	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5	1	1	$75,000.00	31	21	59.6 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$34,000.00	17	12	58.6 %
2022	FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$36,500.00	13	16	44.8 %
Total	FIVB	99	13	5	8	6	15	0	30	2	17	2	1	$1,127,675.00	332	159	67.6 %

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
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
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
15	3	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	$129,437.50	2016	FIVB	15	3	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	$129,437.50
7	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	$20,000.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	$20,000.00
13	2	0	2	1	1	6	1	0	0	$61,250.00	2018	FIVB	13	2	0	2	1	1	6	1	0	0	$61,250.00
13	2	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$37,500.00	2019	FIVB	13	2	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$37,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	$17,000.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	$17,000.00
8	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	$18,250.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	$18,250.00
195	15	6	8	6	26	61	39	20	14	$770,887.50	Total	Total	161	14	7	10	8	19	46	29	8	20	$692,712.50

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	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%
2021-2022	19	63.3%	7	23.3%	4	13.3%	26-4	86.7%	4	14.3%	3	10.7%	21	75.0%	4-24	14.3%	19-21	47.5%	11-7	61.1%	0	0	30-28	51.7%
Against the Field	5	55.6%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	8	72.7%	1-10	9.1%	10-16	38.5%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	7-13	35.0%

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
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 trail the series against the field 7-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-3
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool A	Varenhorst/van de Velde	1	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	23-21, 21-18	0:39
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool D	Varenhorst/van de Velde	5	Samoilovs/Smedins	12	21-17, 21-16	0:33
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	15	Varenhorst/van de Velde	18	22-20, 21-11	0:35
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	31, Q12	Samoilovs/Smedins	Q5	21-19, 16-21, 16-14	0:49
Series tied with # 2 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 1-1
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Carambula/Rossi	2	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:50
3/25/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool C	Carambula/Rossi	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 3 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-1
7/17/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Semi-Finals	Bryl/Losiak	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	14-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:52
Trail the series against # 4 Bourne/Crabb, United States 0-2
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool F	Bourne/Crabb	22	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	17-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:56
3/13/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	Bourne/Crabb	19	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Boermans/Immers, Netherlands 0-1
7/7/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 1	Boermans/Immers	9	Samoilovs/Smedins	21	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 0-1
4/19/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 3	Ermacora/Pristauz	23, Q2	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	14-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 9 Kantor/Rudol, Poland 1-0
7/17/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Kantor/Rudol	9	21-17, 21-14	0:38
Series tied with # 10 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-1
5/25/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Breer/Krattiger	Q12	Samoilovs/Smedins	Q5	21-17, 21-14	0:36
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Breer/Krattiger	7	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 11 Luini/Penninga, Netherlands 1-0
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Luini/Penninga	11	14-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 12 Burnett/McHugh, Australia 1-0
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Burnett/McHugh	12	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 23 Mermer/Urlu, Türkiye 1-0
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Mermer/Urlu	29	21-17, 25-23	0:41