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CEV Under Age
CEV U23 European Championships
August 16 - 19, 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 Under Age Wins:

1 (Tel Aviv 2005)

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 Under Age Wins:

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 Paralimni Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	Q14	33rd	26	US$0.00
CEV	7/5-8/2007	Swiss Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB C&S	6/28-7/1/2007	Brno Challenger	3	7th	40	US$1,200.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q22	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters		17th	120	€ 500.00
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

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,000.00	6	6	50.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2	2	50.0 %
2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	$4,000.00	14	14	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$3,650.00	7	6	53.8 %
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$500.00	5	3	62.5 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
29	1	2	1	1	5	2	4	3	10	$6,375.00	Total	Total	31	2	2	0	1	6	1	5	3	11	$4,325.00

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	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2006-2007	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0

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
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against 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 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 2-1
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 3	Kolar/Tichy	6	Smedins/Smedins	3	21-14, 15-21, 15-13	0:58
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Smedins	Q15	Kolar/Tichy	Q18	21-19, 21-18	0:42
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
Lead the series against 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
Trail the series against 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