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August 10 - 14, 2011

(26) 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 Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2007	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 33rd
FIVB 2008	Did not play	Martins Plavins - 9th
FIVB 2009	Did not play	Martins Plavins - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q26	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q29	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	7/19-24/2011	CEV Polish Masters	14, Q4	4th	420	€ 3,750.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	22, Q16	9th	240	€ 1,500.00
CEV C&S	6/16-19/2011	CEV Satellite Lausanne	3	9th	40	€ 300.00
CEV	8/12-15/2010	European Championship Final	21	19th	80	€ 1,000.00

CEV European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/10/2011	Pool P	Oivind Hordvik / Iver Horrem, Norway (7)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 10-15	0:53
Wed, 8/10/2011	Pool P	Philip Gabathuler / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (23)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 12-15	0:49
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool P	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (10)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:34

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 %
2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2011	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$5,750.00	10	7	58.8 %
2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2	4	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	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$6,750.00	10	10	50.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,290.00	21	5	80.8 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$2,875.00	2011	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$2,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
17	2	0	1	1	4	3	1	1	4	$7,020.00	Total	Total	58	4	2	1	2	8	8	7	6	20	$21,945.00

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%
2010-2011	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%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	10.0%	3	30.0%	6	60.0%	1-9	10.0%	4-12	25.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	4-10	28.6%

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 5-15 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 7 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 0-2
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool P	Hordvik/Horrem	7	Caics/Smedins	26	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:53
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 3	Hordvik/Horrem	1	Caics/Smedins	22, Q16	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 9 Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
7/23/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 4	Caics/Smedins	14, Q4	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	10	24-22, 15-21, 15-11	0:56
Series tied with # 10 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool P	Huber/Seidl	10	Caics/Smedins	26	21-13, 21-16	0:34
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 2	Caics/Smedins	14, Q4	Huber/Seidl	3	11-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:49
Trail the series against # 11 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
7/24/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Semi-Finals	Boersma/Spijkers	5	Caics/Smedins	14, Q4	21-17, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 16 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
7/24/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Bronze Medal	Stiekema/Varenhorst	8, Q2	Caics/Smedins	14, Q4	25-23, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 0-1
6/17/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Contender 2	Gogtepe/Sekerci	1	Caics/Smedins	3	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 20 Babich/Ioisher, Ukraine 1-2
7/15/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Winner 2	Babich/Ioisher	6	Caics/Smedins	22, Q16	21-19, 21-17	0:49
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 # 21 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
7/23/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 3	Caics/Smedins	14, Q4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 23 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 0-3
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool P	Gabathuler/Schnider	23	Caics/Smedins	26	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:49
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q10	Caics/Smedins	Q26	21-19, 21-15	0:37
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q9	Caics/Smedins	Q24	21-16, 17-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 30 Eithun/Hoidalen, Norway 0-1
6/17/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Winner 1	Eithun/Hoidalen	14, Q15	Caics/Smedins	3	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 31 Giginoglu/Sahin, Türkiye 1-0
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 2	Caics/Smedins	22, Q16	Giginoglu/Sahin	13, Q4	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 32 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