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CEV Under Age
U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship
July 26 - 29, 2018

(1) Mihails Samoilovs/Kristaps Smits, Latvia

Mihails Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 20, 1998 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jurmala

Resides:

Jurmala

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Under Age Jurmala 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$9,305.90

Kristaps Smits
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 31, 1998 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Resides:

Hujani

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Under Age Jurmala 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$2,860.83

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	Money
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	US$894.48
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	13	1	0	2	1	0	0	5	0	2	1	0	1	US$894.48

Previous Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2018	Porec One Star	5	4	140	€ 400.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	Q25	41	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-17/2018	Baden One Star	Q3	17	80	€ 0.00
CEV Under Age	9/7-10/2017	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	6	9	48	€ 0.00
CEV C&S	8/10-13/2017	CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Yantarny	Q6	21	0	€ 0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	7/11-16/2017	U21 World Championships	19	3	120	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	6/15-18/2017	U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	16	9	48	€ 0.00
CEV Under Age	8/25-28/2016	CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	14	17	32	€ 0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	7/27-31/2016	Under 19 World Championships	29, Q2	3	224	US$0.00

U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/26/2018	Pool A	Emil Ofstaas / Christian Ruud, Norway (32)	Lost 20-22, 21-14, 14-16	0:52
Thu, 7/26/2018	Pool A	Viliam Cizmazia / Patrik Pokopec, Slovakia (17)	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:34
Fri, 7/27/2018	Pool A	Maxim Korsakov / Maxim Voleanin, Moldova (16)	Won 21-6, 21-9	0:24
Sat, 7/28/2018	Winner 2	Milosz Kruk / Maciej Lewicki, Poland (6)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:34
Sat, 7/28/2018	Winner 3	Florian Breer / Yves Haussener, Switzerland (8)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 21-19	0:54
Sun, 7/29/2018	Semi-Finals	Denis Shekunov / Dmitrii Veretiuk, Russia (28)	Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-11	0:47
Sun, 7/29/2018	Gold Medal	Alejandro Huerta / Javier Huerta, Spain (7)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:36

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smits lead the series against the field 7-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Kindl/Klaffinger, Austria 1-0
7/16/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smits	19	Kindl/Klaffinger	32, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 Kruk/Lewicki, Poland 1-0
7/28/18	CEV Under Age	U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smits	1	Kruk/Lewicki	6	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 7 Huerta/Huerta, Spain 1-0
7/29/18	CEV Under Age	U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smits	1	Huerta/Huerta	7	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Series tied with # 8 Breer/Haussener, Switzerland 1-1
7/28/18	CEV Under Age	U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smits	1	Breer/Haussener	8	16-21, 21-18, 21-19	0:54
7/31/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Breer/Haussener	26	Samoilovs/Smits	29, Q2	22-20, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # 16 Korsakov/Voleanin, Moldova 1-0
7/27/18	CEV Under Age	U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smits	1	Korsakov/Voleanin	16	21-6, 21-9	0:24
Lead the series against # 17 Cizmazia/Pokopec, Slovakia 1-0
7/26/18	CEV Under Age	U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smits	1	Cizmazia/Pokopec	17	21-16, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 28 Shekunov/Veretiuk, Russia 1-0
7/29/18	CEV Under Age	U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smits	1	Shekunov/Veretiuk	28	21-19, 16-21, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 32 Ofstaas/Ruud, Norway 0-1
7/26/18	CEV Under Age	U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool A	Ofstaas/Ruud	32	Samoilovs/Smits	1	22-20, 14-21, 16-14	0:52