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€ 50,000 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters
September 1 - 4, 2016

(15, Q16) Toms Smedins/Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia

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

Aleksandrs Solovejs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

108 kg (238 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jurmala 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$42,637.91

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	US$1,424.88
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	US$141.89
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	US$0.00
Overall	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	3	2	US$1,566.76

Previous Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2014	Viktors Korzenevics - Country Quota	Martins Plavins - 7th
2015	Viktors Korzenevics - 33rd	Ruslans Sorokins - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Q25	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2016	Gstaad Major	Q24	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	80	US$0.00

CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/1/2016	Qualifier 1	Mykola Babich / Iaroslav Gordieiev, Ukraine (Q1)	Won 21-11, 20-22, 15-11	0:41
Thu, 9/1/2016	Qualifier 2	Maxim Sivolap / Igor Velichko, Russia (Q9)	Won 23-21, 17-21, 15-12	0:47
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool B	Ruslan Bykanov / Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia (7)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:33
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool B	Bennet Poniewaz / David Poniewaz, Germany (10)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:49
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool B	Oleg Stoyanovskiy / Artem Yarzutkin, Russia (2)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:30
Sat, 9/3/2016	Winner 1	Youssef Krou / Maxime Thiercy, France (9)	Lost 16-21, 27-25, 12-15	0:52

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Toms Smedins												Aleksandrs Solovejs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$11,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$14,250.00
29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$13,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$16,250.00
9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1	0	$7,250.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$3,375.00	Challenger
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$1,500.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$1,000.00
78	0	2	2	1	8	8	8	13	0	$34,200.00	Total	45	1	1	0	1	4	3	8	7	0	$38,750.00

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
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Toms Smedins													Aleksandrs Solovejs
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,225.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2006	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2007	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2007	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$3,650.00	2008	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00	2008	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,400.00	2009	FIVB
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,935.00	2009	CEV C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2010	CEV
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,560.00	2010	CEV C&S
											2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2011	FIVB
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$2,875.00	2011	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	$13,500.00	2013	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$8,750.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$625.00	2013	CEV
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2014	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$593.75
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV C&S
88	4	2	1	2	8	12	13	12	34	$38,695.00	Total	Total	33	2	1	0	1	2	5	2	4	16	$31,868.75

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%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	0-4	0.0%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	3-7	30.0%
2015-2016	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	0-6	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	1	0	3	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8

Head to Head Results
Smedins/Solovejs lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 0-1
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool B	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	2	Smedins/Solovejs	15, Q16	21-18, 21-14	0:30
Trail the series against # 7 Bykanov/Koshkarev, Russia 0-1
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool B	Bykanov/Koshkarev	7	Smedins/Solovejs	15, Q16	21-18, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 8 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Qualifier 1	Smedins/Solovejs	Q25	Faiga/Hilman	Q8	22-20, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 9 Krou/Thiercy, France 0-1
9/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Winner 1	Krou/Thiercy	9	Smedins/Solovejs	15, Q16	21-16, 25-27, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 10 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool B	Smedins/Solovejs	15, Q16	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	10	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # Q1 Babich/Gordieiev, Ukraine 1-0
9/1/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Qualifier 1	Smedins/Solovejs	15, Q16	Babich/Gordieiev	Q1	21-11, 20-22, 15-11	0:41
Lead the series against # Q9 Sivolap/Velichko, Russia 1-0
9/1/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Solovejs	15, Q16	Sivolap/Velichko	Q9	23-21, 17-21, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # Q14 Appelgren/Boman, Sweden 1-0
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Smedins/Solovejs	Q16	Appelgren/Boman	Q17	21-17, 21-16	0:31