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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 12,000 CEV Challenger Novi Sad
July 16 - 19, 2009

(13) Artis Caics/Toms Smedins, Latvia

Artis Caics
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 13, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valmiera

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$10,308.87

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 C&S Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$46,748.44

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	US$9,501.33
CEV C&S	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$9,978.80
CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	15	2	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	US$19,480.13

Previous Novi Sad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

CEV Challenger Novi Sad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/17/2009	Winner 1	Stefan Basta / Igor Tesic, Serbia (20)	Won 21-10, 21-19	0:33
Fri, 7/17/2009	Winner 2	Jody Gooding / Luke Sheaf, England (4)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:35
Sat, 7/18/2009	Winner 3	Marco Daalmeijer / Frank van den Outenaar, Netherlands (5)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:31
Sat, 7/18/2009	Winner 4	Milen Stoyanov / Boris Yankov, Bulgaria (16, Q12)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:43
Sun, 7/19/2009	Semi-Finals	Anssi Hakala / Lauri Hakala, Finland (23, Q9)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:44
Sun, 7/19/2009	Gold Medal	Michal Litva / Peter Varga, Slovakia (1)	Won 20-22, 21-18, 15-13	0:57

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
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Artis Caics												Toms Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$11,050.00
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$13,800.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00
											Challenger	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$3,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$1,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$750.00	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
2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2009	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,920.00	6	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,920.00	6	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Artis Caics													Toms Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age	2	1	1	0	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
											2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2005	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,225.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
											2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00
											2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$3,650.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$960.00	2009	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$960.00
5	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$960.00	Total	Total	44	3	2	0	1	7	5	5	5	16	$11,485.00

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	13	68.4%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4-3	57.1%	13-2	86.7%	8-3	72.7%	0	0	21-5	80.8%
2008-2009	8	80.0%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	8-1	88.9%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	12-1	92.3%
Against the Field	8	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	16-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	11-0	100.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Total	0	0	2	4	3	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11

Head to Head Results
Caics/Smedins lead the series against the field 6-0 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Litva/Varga, Slovakia 1-0
7/19/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	Gold Medal	Caics/Smedins	13	Litva/Varga	1	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 4 Gooding/Sheaf, England 1-0
7/17/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	Winner 2	Caics/Smedins	13	Gooding/Sheaf	4	21-15, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 5 Daalmeijer/van den Outenaar, Netherlands 1-0
7/18/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	Winner 3	Caics/Smedins	13	Daalmeijer/van den Outenaar	5	21-14, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 16, Q12 Stoyanov/Yankov, Bulgaria 1-0
7/18/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	Winner 4	Caics/Smedins	13	Stoyanov/Yankov	16, Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 20 Basta/Tesic, Serbia 1-0
7/17/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	Winner 1	Caics/Smedins	13	Basta/Tesic	20	21-10, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 23, Q9 Hakala/Hakala, Finland 1-0
7/19/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	Semi-Finals	Caics/Smedins	13	Hakala/Hakala	23, Q9	21-19, 21-18	0:44