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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 15,000 CEV Challenger Varna
July 23 - 26, 2009

(4, Q1) 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 Varna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	7/16-19/2009	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	13	1st	80	€ 1,920.00

CEV Challenger Varna Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2009	Qualifier 2	Karl Jaani / Rain Raud, Estonia (14, Q8)	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:48
Fri, 7/24/2009	Winner 1	Stefan Kohler / Nils Rohde, Germany (13, Q7)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:34
Fri, 7/24/2009	Contender 1	Timo Haavisto / Toni Vahela, Finland (12, Q6)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:44
Sat, 7/25/2009	Contender 2	Guido Mopman / Sven Vismans, Netherlands (10)	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:45
Sat, 7/25/2009	Contender 3	Svetozar Dimov / Teodor Marinov, Bulgaria (9)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:39
Sat, 7/25/2009	Contender 4	Marcel Gscheidle / Andreas Sutter, Switzerland (8)	Won 21-15, 24-26, 15-9	0:57
Sun, 7/26/2009	Semi-Finals	Fernando Magalhaes / Bruno de Paula, Brazil (15)	16-21, 19-21	0:44
Sun, 7/26/2009	Bronze Medal	Milen Stoyanov / Boris Yankov, Bulgaria (5)	Won 14-21, 21-17, 27-25	1:05

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	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,870.00	12	1	92.3 %
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	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,870.00	12	1	92.3 %

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
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,935.00	2009	CEV C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,935.00
6	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$1,935.00	Total	Total	45	3	2	1	1	7	5	5	5	16	$12,460.00

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	7	77.8%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	14-2	87.5%	10-0	100.0%	0	0	12-1	92.3%

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 10-1 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 1 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 # 3 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 # 5 Stoyanov/Yankov, Bulgaria 2-0
7/26/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Bronze Medal	Caics/Smedins	4, Q1	Stoyanov/Yankov	5	14-21, 21-17, 27-25	1:05
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 # 8 Gscheidle/Sutter, Switzerland 1-0
7/25/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Contender 4	Caics/Smedins	4, Q1	Gscheidle/Sutter	8	21-15, 24-26, 15-9	0:57
Lead the series against # 9 Dimov/Marinov, Bulgaria 1-0
7/25/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Contender 3	Caics/Smedins	4, Q1	Dimov/Marinov	9	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Mopman/Vismans, Netherlands 1-0
7/25/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Contender 2	Caics/Smedins	4, Q1	Mopman/Vismans	10	21-12, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 12, Q6 Haavisto/Vahela, Finland 1-0
7/24/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Contender 1	Caics/Smedins	4, Q1	Haavisto/Vahela	12, Q6	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 13, Q7 Kohler/Rohde, Germany 0-1
7/24/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 1	Kohler/Rohde	13, Q7	Caics/Smedins	4, Q1	21-12, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 14, Q8 Jaani/Raud, Estonia 1-0
7/23/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Qualifier 2	Caics/Smedins	4, Q1	Jaani/Raud	14, Q8	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # Q2 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