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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Court #2 16:00

Match #78: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(17) Martins Plavins/Kristians Fokerots, Latvia
vs.
(14) Nils Ehlers/Clemens Wickler, Germany

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

195

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$450,693.30

Kristians Fokerots
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$54,611.80

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	19	2	0	2	2	5	0	1	3	1	1	1	US$103,226.96

Previous Adelaide Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	4	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	13	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	Futures Jurmala	1	1st	400	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	7	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	7	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	4	13th	460	US$4,500.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool H	Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (32)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:36
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool H	Koffi Kotoka / Kuamivi Samani, Togo (41)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:27
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool H	Ondrej Perusic / David Schweiner, Czech Republic (8)	Lost 19-21, 12-21	0:33
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (14)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Lauris Iecelnieks - 37th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Janis Smedins - 4th	Did not play
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Janis Peda - 17th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Haralds Regza - 17th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Did not play

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	$88,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,800.00
Total	19	2	0	2	2	5	0	1	3	2	1	0	$102,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Kristians Fokerots
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00	World Tour Finals
80	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$225,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	1	2	4	3	2	0	0	$44,000.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	$2,500.00
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
195	7	3	6	6	20	54	42	27	0	$449,850.00	Total	34	4	1	3	2	7	4	4	5	0	$53,300.00

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
2023	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,800.00	18	8	69.2 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	6	6	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	10	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	$68,000.00	25	22	53.2 %
Total	FIVB	18	2	0	2	2	5	0	1	3	2	1	0	$95,800.00	49	36	57.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Kristians Fokerots
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB
17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00	2008	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00	2009	FIVB
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00	2010	FIVB
10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00	2011	FIVB
11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00	2012	FIVB
9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00	2013	FIVB
10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00	2014	FIVB
11	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	$14,850.00	2015	FIVB
17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$13,250.00	2017	FIVB
13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00	2018	FIVB
13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00	2019	FIVB
6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$8,750.00	2021	FIVB
6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	$1,250.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	2	$900.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	$3,050.00	2023	FIVB	7	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	$2,900.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	2024	FIVB	5	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
10	1	0	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	$34,000.00	2025	FIVB	10	1	0	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	$34,000.00
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
194	7	3	6	6	20	54	42	27	29	$446,350.00	Total	Total	35	5	1	3	2	7	4	4	6	3	$49,800.00

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	35	67.3%	10	19.2%	7	13.5%	45-7	86.5%	3	9.4%	8	25.0%	21	65.6%	3-29	9.4%	35-21	62.5%	13-15	46.4%	1	0	49-36	57.6%
2024-2025	23	65.7%	6	17.1%	6	17.1%	29-6	82.9%	1	4.3%	5	21.7%	17	73.9%	1-22	4.3%	23-17	57.5%	7-11	38.9%	1	0	31-28	52.5%
Against the Field	11	55.0%	5	25.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	0	0.0%	4	18.2%	18	81.8%	0-22	0.0%	22-36	37.9%	10-16	38.5%	0	0	16-26	38.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	12	13	0	0	10	9	0	3	1	2	0	0	23	27
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	17	3
Total	0	0	5	1	23	17	0	1	15	11	2	4	2	2	2	0	49	36

Nils Ehlers
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 4, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

211 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$213,500.00

Clemens Wickler
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Starnberg

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Porto 2013)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$283,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	37	0	4	3	4	14	1	5	1	1	3	0	US$320,000.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	4	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	4	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	16	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	17	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	8	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	12/4-7/2024	Finals Doha 2024	5	5th	240	US$20,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool K	Jonathan Pickett / Sam Schachter, Canada (35)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:38
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool K	Jose Mondlane / Osvaldo Mungoi, Mozambique (38)	Won 21-11, 21-8	0:27
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool K	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (11)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:37
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (17)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Lars Fluggen - 17th	Julius Thole - 2nd
2022	World Championships	Rome	Clemens Wickler - 17th	Nils Ehlers - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Clemens Wickler - 9th	Nils Ehlers - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	15	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	6	9th	800	US$11,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$25,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	2	2	4	11	0	3	1	2	0	0	$227,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$33,000.00
Total	37	0	4	3	4	14	1	5	1	4	0	0	$320,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nils Ehlers												Clemens Wickler
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$16,000.00	World Championships	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$35,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$21,500.00	World Tour Finals	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$51,000.00
28	0	2	2	4	12	4	2	1	0	$121,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	2	2	4	11	4	6	2	0	$130,500.00
26	0	2	1	0	4	4	4	4	0	$45,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	2	3	0	4	11	4	3	0	$64,200.00
8	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$9,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,500.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
70	0	6	3	4	20	14	9	5	0	$213,500.00	Total	85	1	7	5	5	19	17	12	6	0	$283,200.00

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
2022	FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	$40,750.00	18	10	64.3 %
2023	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	$109,000.00	28	25	52.8 %
2024	FIVB	10	0	2	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$102,000.00	34	24	58.6 %
2025	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	$61,250.00	23	14	62.2 %
Total	FIVB	36	0	4	3	4	14	1	5	1	4	0	0	$313,000.00	103	73	58.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nils Ehlers													Clemens Wickler
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	$13,200.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$1,000.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	4	$8,750.00	2018	FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	$35,500.00
14	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	2	4	$29,250.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	3	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	$66,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2020	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	$10,500.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	$7,000.00
6	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$20,375.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$20,375.00
11	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	0	$54,500.00	2023	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	0	$54,500.00
10	0	2	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	$51,000.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	2	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	$51,000.00
9	0	1	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	$30,625.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	$30,625.00
69	0	6	3	4	20	14	9	5	8	$210,000.00	Total	Total	84	1	7	5	5	19	17	12	6	12	$279,700.00

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	71	65.7%	18	16.7%	19	17.6%	89-19	82.4%	13	20.3%	11	17.2%	40	62.5%	13-51	20.3%	71-40	64.0%	31-30	50.8%	1	3	103-73	58.5%
2024-2025	37	60.7%	13	21.3%	11	18.0%	50-11	82.0%	6	20.0%	4	13.3%	20	66.7%	6-24	20.0%	37-20	64.9%	19-15	55.9%	1	3	57-38	60.0%
Against the Field	32	61.5%	9	17.3%	11	21.2%	41-11	78.8%	4	9.3%	9	20.9%	30	69.8%	4-39	9.3%	64-56	53.3%	26-40	39.4%	0	2	45-50	47.4%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	43	27	0	0	20	15	2	6	2	4	0	2	69	54
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	6	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	17	8
Total	0	0	2	0	65	37	0	0	29	21	4	7	3	4	0	4	103	73

Head to Head Results
Fokerots/Plavins lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/19/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1
8/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	13	Ehlers/Wickler	6	21-19, 15-21, 15-9	0:50

Overall Head to Head Results
Fokerots/Plavins lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/19/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1
8/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	13	Ehlers/Wickler	6	21-19, 15-21, 15-9	0:50
8/16/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Gold Medal	Fokerots/Plavins	25	Ehlers/Wickler	3	17-21, 22-20, 15-5	0:52