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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 15,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Match #3: Country Quota

Edvarts Buivids/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia
vs.
(14, Q7) Abolins Armands/Haralds Regza, Latvia

Edvarts Buivids
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 4, 1993 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sigulda

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB U23 World Championships Myslowice 2014)

Career CEV C&S Best:

9th (Lausanne 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$2,003.84

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV C&S Best:

9th (Lausanne 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$170,619.63

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$339.85
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$409.35
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	US$3,200.00
Overall	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	1	US$3,949.20

Previous Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV	7/1-5/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	14	17th	128	€ 250.00
CEV C&S	6/26-29/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	6	9th	140	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q19	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	22, Q1	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	25	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q22	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	29, Q15	17th	180	US$1,200.00

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/28/2014	Country Quota	Abolins Armands / Haralds Regza, Latvia (14, Q7)	Lost 0-3	0:30

Abolins Armands
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 4, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV C&S Best:

2nd (Jurmala 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$4,334.81

Haralds Regza
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kraslava

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Baku 2015)

Career CEV C&S Best:

2nd (Jurmala 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$77,098.94

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	57	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	US$1,295.25
CEV C&S	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	US$4,296.57
CEV Under Age	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	US$2,300.00
FIVB Age Group WC	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	28	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	5	4	4	5	1	US$7,891.82

Previous Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q18	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV C&S	8/6-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Q11	25th	84	€ 0.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q19	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV C&S	6/26-29/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	Q6	17th	112	€ 0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	6/10-15/2014	Under 23 World Championships	8, Q2	9th	140	US$0.00
CEV	5/28-31/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	15, Q7	13th	144	€ 500.00
CEV C&S	5/6-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	19	9th	140	€ 187.50

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/28/2014	Country Quota	Viktors Korzenevics / Toms Smedins, Latvia	Won 3-2	0:48
Thu, 8/28/2014	Country Quota	Edvarts Buivids / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia	Won 3-0	0:30
Fri, 8/29/2014	Qualifier 1	Maksim Petrov / Aleksei Povjakel, Estonia (Q10)	Won 3-0	0:35
Sat, 8/30/2014	Winner 1	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (3)	Won 3-0	0:34
Sat, 8/30/2014	Winner 2	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (6, Q1)	Won 3-2	1:09
Sat, 8/30/2014	Winner 3	Jean-Baptiste Daguerre / Yannick Salvetti, France (10, Q3)	Won 3-1	0:45
Sun, 8/31/2014	Semi-Finals	Yury Bogatov / Maksim Hudyakov, Russia (12, Q5)	Won 3-1	0:42
Sun, 8/31/2014	Gold Medal	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (1)	Lost 1-3	0:41

Head to Head Results
Armands/Regza lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/28/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Country Quota	Armands/Regza	14, Q7	Buivids/Sorokins		3-0	0:30