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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Itapema
April 6 - 9, 2023

(Q11) 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 Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Janis Smedins - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2019	Janis Smedins - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	Q6	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	Q6	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-17/2022	Espinho Challenge	13	3rd	720	US$7,000.00
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

Challenge Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/6/2023	Qualifier 1	Lukas Pfretzschner / Robin Sowa, Germany (Q22)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:40

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 %
2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	102	13	5	8	6	15	0	30	2	18	3	2	$1,127,675.00	334	162	67.3 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00
198	15	6	8	6	26	61	40	21	15	$770,887.50	Total	Total	164	14	7	10	8	19	46	30	9	21	$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%
2022-2023	11	64.7%	4	23.5%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	3	12.0%	3	12.0%	19	76.0%	3-22	12.0%	11-19	36.7%	7-5	58.3%	0	0	18-24	42.9%
Against the Field	11	68.8%	2	12.5%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	6	24.0%	4	16.0%	15	60.0%	6-19	24.0%	22-30	42.3%	16-14	53.3%	0	0	19-22	46.3%

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
Series tied against the field 17-17 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 2-5
7/7/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	21	Loyola/Wanderley	5	21-17, 17-21, 15-9	0:46
6/13/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool E	Loyola/Wanderley	5	Samoilovs/Smedins	20	21-15, 21-16	0:38
3/24/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool C	Loyola/Wanderley	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	24-22, 21-8	0:40
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	Loyola/Wanderley	14	23-21, 21-13	0:38
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 1	Loyola/Wanderley	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	39-37, 14-21, 16-14	1:10
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool F	Loyola/Wanderley	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	22, Q3	21-15, 22-20	0:37
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Loyola/Wanderley	17	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	17-21, 21-15, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 8-6
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	16	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-13, 21-19	0:35
6/3/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	16	Gavira/Herrera	17	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:55
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	18	Gavira/Herrera	13	21-19, 21-16	0:36
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	21-17, 14-21, 15-10	0:41
5/6/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	22-20, 21-17	0:42
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 5	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Gavira/Herrera	12	12-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:41
7/10/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-14, 34-32	0:51
6/18/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Gavira/Herrera	4	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:47
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	5	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:48
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	21-16, 21-17	0:37
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 # 9 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-0
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	Berntsen/Mol	27, Q10	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
Series tied with # 10 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 1-1
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool E	Felipe/Lima	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	21	21-19, 21-17	0:43
3/20/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Felipe/Lima	12, Q1	22-20, 21-12	0:39
Series tied with # 16 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
Series tied with # 19 Burnett/McHugh, Australia 1-1
2/1/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Qualifier 2	Burnett/McHugh	13, Q3	Samoilovs/Smedins	Q6	21-18, 21-16	0:35
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Burnett/McHugh	12	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 21, Q9 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
Lead the series against # Q14 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
Series tied with # Q15 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 1-1
3/19/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Semi-Finals	Aravena/Droguett	21, Q13	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:59
3/17/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Aravena/Droguett	21, Q13	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # Q22 Pfretzschner/Sowa, Germany 0-1
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 1	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q22	Samoilovs/Smedins	Q11	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # Q29 Alves/Dos Reis, Brazil 0-1
3/16/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Qualifier 2	Alves/Dos Reis	24, Q22	Samoilovs/Smedins	Q6	21-19, 21-15	0:31