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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
April 25 - 28, 2024

(Q13) Janis Smedins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia

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

Edgars Tocs
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madona

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB The Hague 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$116,651.38

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	25	33	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	US$1,000.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th	Did not play
2015	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 3rd	Did not play
2016	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 5th	Rihards Finsters - 25th
2017	Did not play	Rihards Finsters - 17th
2018	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th	Martins Plavins - 17th
2019	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 5th	Martins Plavins - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	24, Q22	19th	300	US$1,000.00

Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/25/2024	Qualifier 1	Calvin Aye / Quincy Aye, France (24, Q20)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Janis Smedins												Edgars Tocs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$32,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
66	5	5	4	2	8	21	17	2	0	$465,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	0	$27,000.00
79	8	1	4	3	8	19	9	6	0	$173,087.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	44	1	0	1	0	4	7	9	13	0	$53,400.00
4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	1	2	0	4	2	2	0	0	$9,150.00
6	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$4,725.00	Challenger
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
170	14	7	10	8	19	48	32	9	0	$695,062.50	Total	74	1	1	3	1	10	15	14	16	0	$116,300.00

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
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,000.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Janis Smedins													Edgars Tocs
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2007	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2008	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,550.00	2009	FIVB
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00	2010	FIVB
10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00	2011	FIVB
10	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	$47,975.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	3	2	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	$98,650.00	2013	FIVB
12	1	2	0	2	5	1	0	1	0	$116,750.00	2014	FIVB
9	2	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	$61,500.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
15	3	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	$129,437.50	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	3	$9,400.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	$20,000.00	2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$5,000.00
13	2	0	2	1	1	6	1	0	0	$61,250.00	2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00
13	2	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$37,500.00	2019	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00	2020	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	$17,000.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$8,750.00
8	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	$18,250.00	2022	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	5	2	$900.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	$1,850.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	3	$550.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00
170	14	7	10	8	19	48	32	9	23	$695,062.50	Total	Total	72	1	1	3	1	9	14	14	16	13	$116,100.00

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	0	2-3	40.0%
2023-2024	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Total	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 14, Q1 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 1-0
4/11/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Tocs	24, Q22	Aravena/Droguett	Q6	22-24, 21-12, 17-15	0:54
Trail the series against # 24, Q20 Aye/Aye, France 0-1
4/25/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Qualifier 1	Aye/Aye	24, Q20	Smedins/Tocs	Q13	21-18, 21-15	0:37