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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 21 World Championships
September 7 - 11, 2005

(9) Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Resides:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

182

Career Wins:

Career FIVB Age Group WC Wins:

1 (Rio de Janeiro 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$401,724.80

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Resides:

Jurmala

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

208

Career Wins:

Career FIVB Age Group WC Wins:

1 (Rio de Janeiro 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$776,151.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	8	9	4	1	3	US$127,400.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,600.00
Overall	42	2	0	0	0	4	2	5	4	8	9	4	1	3	US$133,000.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	15, Q2	9	24	US$900.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	30, Q52	25	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	6/17-19/2005	Finland Satellite	15, Q11	1	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/15-19/2004	Under 21 World Championships	16	5	0	US$0.00

Under 21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/8/2005	Pool D	Arturo Flores / Ulises Ontiveros, Mexico (16)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:35
Thu, 9/8/2005	Pool D	Bruno Schmidt / Vinícius de Almeida, Brazil (21)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:53
Fri, 9/9/2005	Pool D	Adrian Gavira / Miguel de Amo, Spain (4)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:45
Fri, 9/9/2005	Winner 1	Marco Daalmeijer / Tim Oude Elferink, Netherlands (12)	Won 25-23, 21-16	0:42
Sat, 9/10/2005	Winner 2	Tom Gotz / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (20, Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-8	0:38
Sun, 9/11/2005	Semi-Finals	Tiago Santos / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (1)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:38
Sun, 9/11/2005	Gold Medal	Jackson Henriquez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (22)	Won 21-15, 21-9	0:39

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Samoilovs lead the series against the field 9-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Santos/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
9/11/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Santos/Solberg	1	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 3 Sutter/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
9/16/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool D	Plavins/Samoilovs	16	Sutter/Weingart	9	17-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:49
Lead the series against # 4 de Amo/Gavira, Spain 1-0
9/9/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool D	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Gavira/de Amo	4	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Daalmeijer/Oude Elferink, Netherlands 1-0
9/9/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Daalmeijer/Oude Elferink	12	25-23, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 16 Flores/Ontiveros, Mexico 2-0
9/8/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool D	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Flores/Ontiveros	16	21-18, 21-18	0:35
9/18/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	16	Flores/Ontiveros	13	21-18, 21-10	0:29
Series tied with # 20, Q1 Gotz/Uhmann, Germany 1-1
9/10/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Gotz/Uhmann	20, Q1	21-16, 21-8	0:38
9/18/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Gotz/Uhmann	20, Q2	Plavins/Samoilovs	16	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 21 de Almeida/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
9/8/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool D	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Schmidt/de Almeida	21	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 22 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
9/11/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Gold Medal	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Henriquez/Villafane	22	21-15, 21-9	0:39