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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters
September 1 - 4, 2016

(3) Martins Plavins/Haralds Regza, 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:

212

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baku 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$435,105.64

Haralds Regza
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1992 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kraslava

Resides:

Riga

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Baku 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$77,098.94

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	7	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	US$11,372.75
FIVB	28	0	0	1	2	0	0	12	0	6	4	3	US$119,400.00
Overall	35	1	0	2	3	1	0	12	2	6	5	3	US$130,772.75

Previous Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2014	Aleksandrs Solovejs - 7th	Abolins Armands - 2nd
2015	Hermans Egleskalns - 5th	Abolins Armands - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	17	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	19	17	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2016	Gstaad Major	21, Q2	17	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	16	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2016	Major Hamburg	26, Q4	9	360	US$11,000.00
CEV	6/1-5/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	18	25	120	€ 500.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	27, Q9	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	16	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	16	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	16	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	18	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	Q2	33	60	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Q4	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	17	17	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	6	17	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	7	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	9	3	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	13	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	9	4	350	US$4,500.00
CEV	9/18-20/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	6	13	144	€ 500.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	8	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	28	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	29, Q7	25	160	US$4,000.00
CEV	8/5-9/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	6	4	224	€ 2,000.00
CEV	6/17-21/2015	1st European Games	4	1	320	€ 0.00

CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool C	Oleksii Denin / Sergiy Popov, Ukraine (11, Q5)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:46
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool C	Murat Giginoglu / Safa Urlu, Türkiye (6)	Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:49
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool C	Daniel Mullner / Lorenz Petutschnig, Austria (14, Q6)	Won 25-23, 21-19	0:34
Sat, 9/3/2016	Winner 2	Oleg Stoyanovskiy / Artem Yarzutkin, Russia (2)	Won 21-12, 22-20	0:31
Sun, 9/4/2016	Semi-Finals	Ruslan Bykanov / Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia (7)	Lost 16-21, 24-26	0:40
Sun, 9/4/2016	Bronze Medal	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (5)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:32

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Regza lead the series against the field 12-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-3
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Plavins/Regza	17	21-9, 21-15	0:27
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Plavins/Regza	16	21-18, 21-12	0:35
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Plavins/Regza	9	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-2
9/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Winner 2	Plavins/Regza	3	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	2	21-12, 22-20	0:31
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool F	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	11	Plavins/Regza	6	21-14, 21-19	0:30
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	18	Plavins/Regza	8	21-18, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 5 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
9/4/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Bronze Medal	Plavins/Regza	3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	22-20, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 6 Giginoglu/Urlu, Türkiye 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool C	Plavins/Regza	3	Giginoglu/Urlu	6	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Bykanov/Koshkarev, Russia 0-1
9/4/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Semi-Finals	Bykanov/Koshkarev	7	Plavins/Regza	3	21-16, 26-24	0:40
Lead the series against # 8 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
6/20/15	CEV	1st European Games	Winner 3	Plavins/Regza	4	Faiga/Hilman	21	21-13, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 1-0
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Plavins/Regza	13	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 11, Q5 Denin/Popov, Ukraine 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool C	Plavins/Regza	3	Denin/Popov	11, Q5	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:46
Series tied with # 12 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 1-1
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Finsters/Tocs	30, Q20	Plavins/Regza	Q4	24-22, 24-26, 15-13	1:01
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool G	Plavins/Regza	7	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q5	21-13, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 14, Q6 Mullner/Petutschnig, Austria 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool C	Plavins/Regza	3	Mullner/Petutschnig	14, Q6	25-23, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q1 Babich/Gordieiev, Ukraine 1-0
5/24/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Regza	27, Q9	Babich/Gordieiev	Q24	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # Q2 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 1-0
6/18/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool D	Plavins/Regza	4	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	20	24-22, 17-21, 15-11	0:55
Series tied with # Q3 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-1
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool C	Ermacora/Pristauz	30, Q15	Plavins/Regza	19	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:45
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Regza	Q4	Ermacora/Pristauz	Q29	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # Q11 Nurminen/Piippo, Finland 1-0
6/17/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool D	Plavins/Regza	4	Nurminen/Piippo	29	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:51