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€ 200,000 CEV European Championship Final 2010 Berlin powered by Smart
August 12 - 15, 2010

(21) 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 CEV Best:

4th (Niechorze 2011)

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 Best:

4th (Niechorze 2011)

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 Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q24	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV C&S	7/21-25/2010	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	8	1st	100	€ 1,920.00
CEV C&S	7/14-18/2010	CEV Challenger Varna	12, Q6	5th	120	€ 1,200.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/12/2010	Pool D	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (4)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 9-15	0:53
Thu, 8/12/2010	Pool D	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (9)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:43
Fri, 8/13/2010	Pool D	Mykola Babich / Oleksandr Ioisher, Ukraine (16)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:42

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 %
2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2010	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,120.00	8	2	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,990.00	20	3	87.0 %

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
											2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,400.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,560.00	2010	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,560.00
11	2	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	2	$3,995.00	Total	Total	52	4	2	1	1	8	6	7	5	18	$18,920.00

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	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	6	54.5%	2-9	18.2%	7-6	53.8%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	10-10	50.0%
2009-2010	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-2	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
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 trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
8/12/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Fijalek/Prudel	4	Caics/Smedins	21	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
8/12/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Samoilovs/Sorokins	9	Caics/Smedins	21	21-19, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 12 Lario/Mesa, Spain 0-1
7/17/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 3	Lario/Mesa	1	Caics/Smedins	12, Q6	21-17, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 13 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 0-1
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Doppler/Mellitzer	30, Q8	Caics/Smedins	Q24	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:03
Series tied with # 16 Babich/Ioisher, Ukraine 1-1
8/13/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Babich/Ioisher	16	Caics/Smedins	21	21-19, 21-17	0:42
7/24/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	Winner 3	Caics/Smedins	8	Babich/Ioisher	1	21-13, 21-23, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 18 Kaczmarek/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/25/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	Semi-Finals	Caics/Smedins	8	Kaczmarek/Schneider	3	28-26, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 23 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
7/16/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 2	Caics/Smedins	12, Q6	Dumek/Tichy	13, Q7	21-18, 21-19	0:42