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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(38) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

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 WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$776,151.48

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Resides:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$160,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	52	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	12	9	2	3	US$279,900.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 25th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th
2010	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	28	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	20	13	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	Q1	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	11	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	14	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	23	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	5	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	19	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	25	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	23, Q3	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	25	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	18	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	22	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	16	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	12	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	17	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	14	2	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	17	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	26, Q7	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	29	17	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	Q3	33	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	20, Q4	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	31	9	400	US$11,000.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool K

Matteo Martino / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (14)

Lost 17-21, 21-15, 11-15

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	44	25	8	0.386	0	4	1	2
	1	17	8	3	0.294	0	1	0	1
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	3	1	0
	3	15	9	4	0.333	0	0	0	1
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	16	10	1	0.563	5	1	1	4
	1	6	2	1	0.167	3	0	1	1
	2	8	8	0	1.000	1	1	0	2
	3	2	0	0	0.000	1	0	0	1

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool K

Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (11)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	27	14	6	0.296	0	14	0	0
	1	14	8	3	0.357	0	8	0	0
	2	13	6	3	0.231	0	6	0	0
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	27	14	7	0.259	0	1	1	0
	1	12	6	4	0.167	0	1	0	0
	2	15	8	3	0.333	0	0	1	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool K

Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (35)

Won 21-16, 23-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	28	15	4	0.393	0	4	2	2
	1	8	5	0	0.625	0	2	2	1
	2	20	10	4	0.300	0	2	0	1
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	17	13	1	0.706	5	3	0	1
	1	8	6	0	0.750	3	0	0	1
	2	9	7	1	0.667	2	3	0	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Rhooney Ferramenta / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (12)

Lost 19-21, 21-14, 10-15

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	41	18	4	0.341	4	3	0	0
	1	14	7	2	0.357	1	1	0	0
	2	15	7	0	0.467	0	1	0	0
	3	12	4	2	0.167	3	1	0	0
Ruslans Sorokins	Total	31	18	4	0.452	0	15	0	2
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	6	0	1
	2	16	10	1	0.563	0	9	0	0
	3	4	2	1	0.250	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	140	72	22	0.357	4	25	3	4
Ruslans Sorokins	91	55	13	0.462	10	20	2	7

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Gstaad	Martins Plavins - 37th	Did not play
2009	Stavanger	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2013	Stare Jablonki	Janis Smedins - 9th	Toms Smedins - 37th
2015	The Hague	Martins Plavins - 17th	Did not play
2017	Vienna	Janis Smedins - 9th	Did not play
2019	Hamburg	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play
2022	Rome	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	31	9	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	38	17	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Sorokins trail the series against the field 26-30

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-4
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	21-15, 21-14	0:40
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	29	21-15, 21-19	0:44
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20, Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:45
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	21-11, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Cerutti/Rego	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Series tied with # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 1-1
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool P	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	Araujo/Santos	7	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:59
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-19, 21-12	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-18, 22-20	0:54
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Series tied with # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	Klemperer/Koreng	5	24-22, 21-14	0:44
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Klemperer/Koreng	19	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	13-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:46
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:58
Series tied with # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	21-17, 21-15	0:39
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool L	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Gavira/Herrera	3	23-21, 17-21, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 11 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-4
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	21-19, 21-16	0:41
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Benes/Kubala	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	21-18, 21-18	0:42
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	23	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:56
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	Benes/Kubala	9	21-16, 21-18	0:39
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Benes/Kubala	24, Q14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q3	21-18, 26-24	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Ferramenta/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Ferramenta/Solberg	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	21-19, 14-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 13 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-0
5/27/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q13	21-16, 21-19	0:40
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22, Q7	21-13, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 14 Martino/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Martino/Nicolai	14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:43
Trail the series against # 17 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-5
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	16	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	21-15, 21-16	0:36
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	21-18, 21-18	0:39
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	21-17, 11-21, 15-12	0:51
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool O	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-15, 21-17	0:36
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	Q65	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q33	21-12, 19-21, 15-8	0:43
Lead the series against # 19 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 4-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	Skarlund/Spinnangr	14	21-18, 13-21, 15-12	0:51
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-14, 24-22	0:44
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-15, 18-21, 15-8	0:49
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-17, 21-16	0:37
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 3-0
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	Erdmann/Matysik	18	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool P	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	Erdmann/Matysik	26	21-13, 21-16	0:48
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Erdmann/Matysik	19	21-13, 25-23	0:43
Series tied with # 23 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	Hoyer/Soderberg	21	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:53
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 25 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Ces/Ces	18	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	21-14, 7-21, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	Lochhead/Pitman	21	21-19, 17-21, 18-16	0:53
Lead the series against # 30 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-15, 21-13	0:34
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	Fijalek/Prudel	17	16-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 31 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	24, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-18, 21-23, 15-7	1:00
Lead the series against # 32 Lario/Mesa, Spain 3-1
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool L	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Lario/Mesa	30, Q6	21-16, 21-18	0:45
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	Lario/Mesa	27, Q3	21-17, 24-22	0:48
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Lario/Mesa	13	21-18, 21-19	0:42
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Lario/Mesa	18	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	23-21, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 35 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	35	21-16, 23-21	0:40
Trail the series against # 36 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	21	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	21-14, 17-21, 18-16	1:06
Lead the series against # 39 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	Bogatov/Prokopiev	16	22-20, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 41 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	22, Q5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 44 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 2-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Doppler/Mellitzer	30, Q8	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Doppler/Mellitzer	28, Q10	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Series tied with # 45 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	27	21-19, 17-21, 15-9	0:52
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:03