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€ 200,000 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 31 - August 4, 2013

(16) Toms Smedins/Ruslans Sorokins, 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

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$170,619.63

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	US$1,638.65
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	2	1	US$29,000.00
Overall	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	4	2	1	US$30,638.65

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2009	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
FIVB 2010	Artis Caics - 41st	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
FIVB 2011	Artis Caics - 33rd	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
FIVB 2012	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-27/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	17	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	26, Q5	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	30	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	25, Q5	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	25, Q6	17th	320	US$3,700.00
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	8	9th	160	€ 750.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	22	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	19	25th	150	US$1,500.00

2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/31/2013	Pool J	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (1)	Lost 20-22, 21-18, 8-15	0:54
Thu, 8/1/2013	Pool J	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (17)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:42
Fri, 8/2/2013	Pool J	Thomas Kunert / Lorenz Petutschnig, Austria (32)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:38

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	$22,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	0	$29,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Toms Smedins												Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,700.00
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	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	0	$86,350.00
29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$13,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	0	$59,000.00
9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$3,375.00	Challenger	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,100.00
											Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
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	1	1	1	1	0	$4,375.00
78	0	2	2	1	8	8	8	13	0	$34,200.00	Total	95	0	4	0	0	6	24	19	15	0	$165,275.00

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
2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	$23,300.00	10	20	33.3 %
2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	$23,300.00	10	20	33.3 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00	1	5	16.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Toms Smedins													Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2001	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	CEV Under Age
											2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
											2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
											2004	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,225.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,950.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
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	11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00
											2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,560.00	2010	CEV C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$2,875.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2011	CEV C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$11,650.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$11,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$625.00	2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$625.00
71	4	2	1	2	8	10	10	10	24	$34,220.00	Total	Total	86	0	4	0	0	8	28	18	14	14	$162,200.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0-5	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%
2012-2013	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0-5	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	0-4	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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	2	6	12	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	5	2	9	21	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	28

Head to Head Results
Smedins/Sorokins trail the series against the field 1-14 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool J	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Smedins/Sorokins	16	22-20, 18-21, 15-8	0:54
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Smedins/Sorokins	30	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	21-18, 24-22	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-2
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	11	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:54
5/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 2	Doppler/Horst	3	Smedins/Sorokins	8	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-2
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Smedins/Sorokins	26, Q5	21-15, 21-10	0:35
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Smedins/Sorokins	22	21-11, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	28-26, 22-20	0:46
Trail the series against # 10 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	Smedins/Sorokins	22	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 11 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Koshkarev/Semenov	24	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	21-12, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 15 Hadrava/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-1
7/23/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Hadrava/Kufa	16	Smedins/Sorokins	17	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 17 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-1
8/1/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool J	Eithun/Horrem	17	Smedins/Sorokins	16	21-14, 21-16	0:42
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	Eithun/Horrem	24, Q4	21-14, 11-21, 15-9	0:43
Trail the series against # 22 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 0-1
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Mullner/Wutzl	43	Smedins/Sorokins	30	17-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 32 Kunert/Petutschnig, Austria 0-1
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool J	Kunert/Petutschnig	32	Smedins/Sorokins	16	21-13, 21-19	0:38