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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 21 World Championships
August 23 - 27, 2006

(7) Janis Smedins/Toms Smedins, Latvia

Janis Smedins
Latvia

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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 FIVB Age Group WC Best:

3rd (Termoli 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$695,109.35

Toms Smedins
Latvia

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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:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB Age Group WC Best:

2nd (Porto Santo 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$33,414.46

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	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	18	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	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,850.00
Overall	25	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	4	6	8	1	US$10,850.00

Previous Myslowice Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	Q18	41st	18	US$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
FIVB Age Group WC	9/7-11/2005	Under 21 World Championships	Q4	25th	0	US$0.00

Under 21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/24/2006	Pool F	Hen Meir / Ohad Redco, Israel (18)	Won 21-19, 21-11	0:27
Fri, 8/25/2006	Pool F	Filipe Miguel Catarino / Miguel Coelho, Portugal (19)	Won 21-18, 21-10	0:27
Fri, 8/25/2006	Pool F	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (6)	Lost 25-27, 24-22, 18-20	1:09
Sat, 8/26/2006	Winner 1	Sebastian Chevallier / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (4)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:31
Sat, 8/26/2006	Winner 2	Thomas Kaczmarek / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (3)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:39
Sat, 8/26/2006	Semi-Finals	Bruno Schmidt / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:39
Sun, 8/27/2006	Bronze Medal	Piotr Marciniak / Krzysztof Orman, Poland (23, Q12)	Lost 21-13, 17-21, 13-15	0:56

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
170	14	7	10	8	19	48	32	9	0	$695,062.50	Total	73	0	2	2	1	8	8	7	9	0	$32,700.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,000.00	8	8	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	5	5	50.0 %

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
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	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
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
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$750.00
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
13	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	6	$1,750.00	Total	Total	14	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	7	$1,750.00

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	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	5-3	62.5%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
2005-2006	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	5-2	71.4%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	4-4	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	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 trail the series against the field 4-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Sinczak/Szternel, Poland 0-1
8/27/03	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 18 World Championships	Qualifier 1	Sinczak/Szternel	9, Q5	Smedins/Smedins	Q4	23-21, 21-18
Trail the series against # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
8/26/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Schmidt/Solberg	2	Smedins/Smedins	7	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 3 Kaczmarek/Uhmann, Germany 1-0
8/26/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Smedins/Smedins	7	Kaczmarek/Uhmann	3	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Chevallier/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
8/26/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Smedins/Smedins	7	Chevallier/Weingart	4	21-11, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
8/25/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Smedins/Smedins	7	27-25, 22-24, 20-18	1:09
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 18 Meir/Redco, Israel 1-0
8/24/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool F	Smedins/Smedins	7	Meir/Redco	18	21-19, 21-11	0:27
Lead the series against # 19 Catarino/Coelho, Portugal 1-0
8/25/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool F	Smedins/Smedins	7	Catarino/Coelho	19	21-18, 21-10	0:27
Trail the series against # 23, Q12 Marciniak/Orman, Poland 0-1
8/27/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Bronze Medal	Marciniak/Orman	23, Q12	Smedins/Smedins	7	13-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:56