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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Austrian Masters
May 17 - 20, 2007

Janis Smedins/Toms Smedins, 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:

199

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$787,055.81

Toms Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 25, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

4th (Niechorze 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$46,748.44

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	21	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	US$672.85
CEV Under Age	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	8	1	US$6,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,850.00
Overall	33	1	1	0	1	1	4	2	0	2	2	4	6	8	1	US$11,522.85

Previous St. Pölten Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	32, Q16	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	9/1-3/2006	Cagliari Challenger	13	9th	32	US$950.00
FIVB Age Group WC	8/23-27/2006	Under 21 World Championships	7	4th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB C&S	7/26-30/2006	Cyprus Challenger	9	7th	40	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	30, Q25	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	Q26	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q61	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q55	57th	6	US$0.00

Austrian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/17/2007	Qualifier 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:58
Thu, 5/17/2007	Qualifier 2	Christian Garcia / Inocencio Lario, Spain	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:41
Thu, 5/17/2007	Qualifier 3	Agustin Correa / Javier Luna, Spain	Won 21-16, 16-21, 15-11
Thu, 5/17/2007	Qualifier 4	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (11)	Lost 23-25, 17-21	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	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00
Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$4,850.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	25	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	4	0	$10,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Janis Smedins												Toms Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$32,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
66	5	5	4	2	8	21	17	2	0	$465,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$11,050.00
79	8	1	4	3	8	19	9	6	0	$173,087.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$13,800.00
4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00
6	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$4,725.00	Challenger	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$3,375.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
14	1	4	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$54,875.00	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$1,500.00
184	15	11	11	8	21	53	33	9	0	$749,937.50	Total	78	0	2	2	1	8	8	8	13	0	$34,200.00

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
2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00	7	7	50.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,450.00	5	4	55.6 %
2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	3	57.1 %
2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$4,000.00	10	10	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,450.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Janis Smedins													Toms Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2002	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00	2006	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,225.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
21	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	3	6	$3,475.00	Total	Total	24	2	2	0	1	4	1	4	3	7	$3,725.00

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	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	3-1	75.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
2006-2007	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	3-1	75.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	22
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	4
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	21	18	2	1	0	0	6	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	33	35

Head to Head Results
Smedins/Smedins lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 11 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 4	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	11	Smedins/Smedins		25-23, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 12 Amore/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Amore/Tomatis	16	Smedins/Smedins	32, Q16	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-0
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 1	Smedins/Smedins		"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro		16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:58
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Smedins/Smedins	32, Q16	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q1	8-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against Correa/Luna, Spain 1-0
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Smedins/Smedins		Correa/Luna		21-16, 16-21, 15-11
Lead the series against Garcia/Lario, Spain 1-0
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Smedins		Garcia/Lario		21-19, 21-14	0:41
Trail the series against Gavira/Marco, Spain 0-1
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Winner 2	Gavira/Marco	16, Q13	Smedins/Smedins	9	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against Kolar/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Winner 1	Smedins/Smedins	9	Kolar/Tichy	8, Q1	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
9/7/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Qualifier 2	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	23, Q5	Smedins/Smedins	Q4	21-18, 21-19	0:34