European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 31 - August 4, 2013
(16) Toms Smedins/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia
 
Toms Smedins
Latvia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Apr 25, 1986 (38 yrs old)
Home Town: Kuldiga
Resides: Riga
Height: 190 cm (6'3")
Weight: 83 kg (183 lb)
Seasons: 18
Tournaments: 105
Career Wins: 4
Career CEV Best: 4th (Niechorze 2011)
Career Winnings: US$46,748.44
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: 17
Tournaments: 111
Career Best: 2nd (4 times)
Career CEV Best: 5th (2 times)
Career Winnings: US$170,619.63
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253337Money
CEV2000000100100 US$1,638.65
CEV C&S1000000001000 US$0.00
FIVB11000000203321 US$29,000.00
Overall14000000304421 US$30,638.65
Previous Klagenfurt Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
FIVB 2009 Did not play Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
FIVB 2010 Artis Caics - 41st Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
FIVB 2011 Artis Caics - 33rd Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
FIVB 2012 Did not play Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/22-27/2013 Long Beach Grand Slam 17 25 240 US$2,750.00
FIVB 7/10-14/2013 Gstaad Grand Slam 26, Q5 25 240 US$2,750.00
FIVB 7/2-7/2013 Stare Jablonki World Championships 30 37 40 US$3,400.00
FIVB 6/18-23/2013 Rome Grand Slam 25, Q5 9 400 US$5,500.00
FIVB 6/11-16/2013 The Hague Grand Slam 25, Q6 17 320 US$3,700.00
CEV 5/29-6/2/2013 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters 8 9 160 € 750.00
FIVB 5/22-26/2013 Corrientes Grand Slam 22 17 320 US$3,700.00
FIVB 4/30-5/4/2013 Shanghai Grand Slam Q4 33 160 US$0.00
FIVB 4/23-27/2013 Fuzhou Open 19 25 150 US$1,500.00
2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 7/31/2013 Pool J Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (1) Lost 20-22, 21-18, 8-15 0:54
Thu, 8/1/2013 Pool J Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (17) Lost 14-21, 16-21 0:42
Fri, 8/2/2013 Pool J Thomas Kunert / Lorenz Petutschnig, Austria (32) Lost 13-21, 19-21 0:38
Head to Head Results
Smedins/Sorokins trail the series against the field 1-14
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
7/31/13CEV2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Pool J Samoilovs/Smedins 1 Smedins/Sorokins 16 22-20, 18-21, 15-8 0:54
7/2/13FIVBStare Jablonki World Championships Pool F Samoilovs/Smedins 6 Smedins/Sorokins 30 18-21, 21-17, 15-12 0:48
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/12/13FIVBThe Hague Grand Slam Pool H Brouwer/Meeuwsen 8 Smedins/Sorokins 25, Q6 21-18, 24-22 0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-2
6/22/13FIVBRome Grand Slam Winner 2 Doppler/Horst 11 Smedins/Sorokins 25, Q5 18-21, 21-15, 15-10 0:54
5/31/13CEV2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters Contender 2 Doppler/Horst 3 Smedins/Sorokins 8 21-17, 19-21, 15-13 0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-2
7/11/13FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool G Fijalek/Prudel 10 Smedins/Sorokins 26, Q5 21-15, 21-10 0:35
5/23/13FIVBCorrientes Grand Slam Pool F Fijalek/Prudel 6 Smedins/Sorokins 22 21-11, 21-13 0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
6/14/13FIVBThe Hague Grand Slam Winner 1 Huber/Seidl 22, Q1 Smedins/Sorokins 25, Q6 28-26, 22-20 0:46
Trail the series against # 10 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
5/24/13FIVBCorrientes Grand Slam Winner 1 Dollinger/Windscheif 13 Smedins/Sorokins 22 21-15, 21-16 0:33
Trail the series against # 11 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
6/21/13FIVBRome Grand Slam Pool H Koshkarev/Semenov 24 Smedins/Sorokins 25, Q5 21-12, 21-18 0:35
Trail the series against # 15 Hadrava/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-1
7/23/13FIVBLong Beach Grand Slam Pool A Hadrava/Kufa 16 Smedins/Sorokins 17 21-16, 21-16 0:34
Series tied with # 17 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-1
8/1/13CEV2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Pool J Eithun/Horrem 17 Smedins/Sorokins 16 21-14, 21-16 0:42
6/13/13FIVBThe Hague Grand Slam Pool H Smedins/Sorokins 25, Q6 Eithun/Horrem 24, Q4 21-14, 11-21, 15-9 0:43
Trail the series against # 22 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 0-1
7/4/13FIVBStare Jablonki World Championships Pool F Mullner/Wutzl 43 Smedins/Sorokins 30 17-21, 21-15, 15-11 0:48
Trail the series against # 32 Kunert/Petutschnig, Austria 0-1
8/2/13CEV2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Pool J Kunert/Petutschnig 32 Smedins/Sorokins 16 21-13, 21-19 0:38