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€ 20,000 BPT Futures Jurmala
Friday, June 13, 2025 Stadium Court 09:50

Match #17: Pool C

(22, Q8) Marcis Berzins/Martins Pope, Latvia
vs.
(15) Gustavs Auzins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia

Marcis Berzinš
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 8, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Jurmala 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$275.34

Martins Pope
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 23, 2007 (18 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Jurmala 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$275.34

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$433.01

Previous Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Futures Jurmala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/11/2025	Qualifier 1	Martin Chiniewicz / Andrzej Paszkowski, Poland (Q9)	Won 14-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:44
Thu, 6/12/2025	Pool C	Djordje Klasnic / Marko Makaric, Serbia (3)	Won 21-11, 22-20	0:30
Fri, 6/13/2025	Pool C	Gustavs Auzins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (15)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:29
Fri, 6/13/2025	Winner 1	Juan Bello / Niko Gleed, England (20, Q5)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:29
Sat, 6/14/2025	Winner 2	Karolis Palubinskas / Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania (6)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:29

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marcis Berzins												Martins Pope
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$187.50	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$187.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$187.50	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$187.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marcis Berzins													Martins Pope
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$187.50	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$187.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$187.50	Total	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$187.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2024-2025	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Gustavs Auzins
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 29, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Baden 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$4,723.71

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

211

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$777,745.86

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$2,827.91

Previous Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 1st
2022	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 13th
2023	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 9th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Futures Jurmala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/12/2025	Pool C	River Day / Tamir Hershko, Israel (10)	Won 21-6, 21-11	0:23
Fri, 6/13/2025	Pool C	Marcis Berzins / Martins Pope, Latvia (22, Q8)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:29
Sat, 6/14/2025	Winner 2	Arnis Relins / Mihails Samoilovs, Latvia (8)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:45
Sat, 6/14/2025	Winner 3	Jan Dumek / David Westphal, Czech Republic (4)	Won 21-11, 21-0	0:13
Sun, 6/15/2025	Semi-Finals	Karolis Palubinskas / Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania (6)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:35
Sun, 6/15/2025	Gold Medal	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (1)	Lost 23-25, 19-21	0:38

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
Total	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gustavs Auzins												Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$32,200.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	81	4	5	4	2	11	23	19	8	0	$487,550.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	0	$234,587.50
9	1	2	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	$2,275.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,925.00
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
12	2	2	1	0	3	2	0	2	0	$3,775.00	Total	211	15	8	8	6	26	63	44	23	0	$777,312.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2025	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	5	1	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gustavs Auzins													Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	$4,250.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
											2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00
											2008	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	5	3	$31,400.00
											2009	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00
											2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00
											2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00
											2012	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00
											2013	FIVB	13	3	2	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	$98,650.00
											2014	FIVB	13	1	2	0	2	5	1	1	1	0	$117,350.00
											2015	FIVB	10	2	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	$65,000.00
											2016	FIVB	15	3	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	$129,437.50
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	$20,000.00
											2018	FIVB	13	2	0	2	1	1	6	1	0	0	$61,250.00
											2019	FIVB	13	2	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$37,500.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00
											2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	$17,000.00
											2022	FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	$18,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	3	$4,100.00
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$1,000.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,475.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$575.00
8	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	$2,575.00	Total	Total	210	15	8	8	6	26	63	44	22	18	$776,562.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	4-2	66.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
2024-2025	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	4-2	66.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	8-2	80.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Total	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	3

Head to Head Results
Auzins/Samoilovs lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/13/25	FIVB	Futures Jurmala	Pool C	Auzins/Samoilovs	15	Berzins/Pope	22, Q8	21-16, 21-15	0:29