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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Itapema
Sunday, December 7, 2025 Stadium Court 10:00

Match #41: Semi-Finals

(2) Martins Plavins/Kristians Fokerots, Latvia
vs.
(1) Evandro Goncalves/Arthur Lanci, Brazil

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:

196

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$462,193.30

Kristians Fokerots
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$66,111.80

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	20	2	1	2	2	5	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$126,226.96

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Did not play
2022	Did not play	Edgars Tocs - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	17	17th	640	US$7,000.00
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

BPT Elite Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/3/2025	Pool B	Piotr Kantor / Filip Lejawa, Poland (23, Q10)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 17-15	0:50
Thu, 12/4/2025	Pool B	Alexander Horst / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (11)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:28
Sat, 12/6/2025	Winner 2	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:36
Sat, 12/6/2025	Winner 3	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (4)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:36
Sun, 12/7/2025	Semi-Finals	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)	Won 15-21, 30-28, 15-10	0:53
Sun, 12/7/2025	Gold Medal	Elouan Chouikh / Joadel Gardoque, France (16)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:31

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	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	$111,000.00
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	20	2	1	2	2	5	0	1	3	3	1	0	$125,800.00

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	4	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00	World Tour Finals
81	1	1	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$237,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	1	1	2	4	3	2	0	0	$55,500.00
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
196	7	4	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$461,350.00	Total	35	4	2	3	2	7	4	5	5	0	$64,800.00

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	12	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	$98,000.00	29	25	53.7 %
Total	FIVB	20	2	1	2	2	5	0	1	3	3	1	0	$125,800.00	53	39	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
12	1	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	$49,000.00	2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	$49,000.00
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
196	7	4	6	6	20	54	43	27	29	$461,350.00	Total	Total	37	5	2	3	2	7	4	5	6	3	$64,800.00

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	37	67.3%	11	20.0%	7	12.7%	48-7	87.3%	4	11.1%	8	22.2%	24	66.7%	4-32	11.1%	37-24	60.7%	15-15	50.0%	1	0	53-39	57.6%
2024-2025	25	65.8%	7	18.4%	6	15.8%	32-6	84.2%	2	7.4%	5	18.5%	20	74.1%	2-25	7.4%	25-20	55.6%	9-11	45.0%	1	0	35-31	53.0%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	16-8	66.7%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	12-7	63.2%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	14	13	0	0	11	10	1	3	1	2	0	1	27	29
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	25	17	0	1	16	13	3	4	2	2	2	1	53	39

Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 17, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

210 cm (6'11")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$790,900.00

Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paranavaí

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$203,219.39

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	37	4	2	3	3	9	0	12	1	2	1	0	US$357,500.00

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Andre Loyola - 1st	Hevaldo Moreira - 33rd
2019	Bruno Schmidt - 9th	Hevaldo Moreira - 41st
2021	Alvaro Filho - 9th	Pedro Solberg - 9th
2022	Alvaro Filho - 9th	Pedro Solberg - 25th
2023	Arthur Lanci - 9th	Evandro Goncalves - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	4	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	3	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	6	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	8	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	11	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	15	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	15	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	12	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	12/4-7/2024	Finals Doha 2024	7	5th	240	US$20,000.00

BPT Elite Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/3/2025	Pool A	Issa Batrane / Frederick Bialokoz, England (24, Q13)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:35
Thu, 12/4/2025	Pool A	Matyas Dzavoronok / Tadeas Trousil, Czech Republic (12)	Lost 21-23, 17-21	0:36
Fri, 12/5/2025	Winner 1	Manuel Alfieri / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (9)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:36
Sat, 12/6/2025	Winner 2	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (2)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:36
Sat, 12/6/2025	Winner 3	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (8)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:36
Sun, 12/7/2025	Semi-Finals	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (2)	Lost 21-15, 28-30, 10-15	0:53
Sun, 12/7/2025	Bronze Medal	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (17, Q1)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:40

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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	2	2	1	1	6	0	10	1	3	0	0	$260,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00
Total	37	4	2	3	3	9	0	12	1	3	0	0	$357,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Evandro Goncalves												Arthur Lanci
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	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$74,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00
5	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$93,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
79	6	6	2	2	16	25	10	4	0	$481,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	2	3	1	1	6	12	3	0	0	$142,500.00
45	4	5	2	5	9	10	3	4	0	$139,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	2	0	3	2	1	3	0	3	0	$34,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$1,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
141	11	13	6	7	30	39	15	9	0	$790,900.00	Total	63	6	4	4	3	15	18	3	3	0	$202,950.00

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	13	1	0	1	3	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	$72,500.00	35	25	58.3 %
2024	FIVB	11	2	0	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	$107,000.00	33	21	61.1 %
2025	FIVB	13	1	2	1	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	$178,000.00	44	21	67.7 %
Total	FIVB	37	4	2	3	3	9	0	12	1	3	0	0	$357,500.00	112	67	62.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Evandro Goncalves													Arthur Lanci
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	0	1	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	$5,550.00	2012	FIVB
12	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	2	1	$60,850.00	2013	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	1	$45,000.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	1	1	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	$122,500.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
11	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$136,500.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	2	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	$100,250.00	2017	FIVB
9	1	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	$48,000.00	2018	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$1,325.00
13	1	1	1	0	5	2	3	0	0	$58,500.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$350.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$15,500.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	1	0	$15,500.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$16,625.00
13	1	0	1	3	1	4	3	0	0	$36,250.00	2023	FIVB	13	1	0	1	3	1	4	3	0	0	$36,250.00
11	2	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	$53,500.00	2024	FIVB	12	2	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$56,000.00
13	1	2	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$89,000.00	2025	FIVB	13	1	2	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$89,000.00
141	11	13	6	7	30	39	15	9	11	$790,900.00	Total	Total	63	6	4	4	3	15	18	3	3	7	$202,950.00

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	67	58.8%	25	21.9%	22	19.3%	92-22	80.7%	18	28.6%	16	25.4%	29	46.0%	18-45	28.6%	67-29	69.8%	43-38	53.1%	2	0	112-67	62.6%
2024-2025	46	62.2%	19	25.7%	9	12.2%	65-9	87.8%	11	25.0%	10	22.7%	23	52.3%	11-33	25.0%	46-23	66.7%	30-19	61.2%	1	0	77-42	64.7%
Against the Field	13	81.3%	1	6.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	26-10	72.2%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	16-9	64.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	34	25	0	0	23	17	4	2	1	1	2	2	68	50
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	11	3	1	0	12	1	2	4	2	2	2	0	30	10
Total	0	0	4	3	55	31	1	0	39	22	6	6	3	3	4	2	112	67

Head to Head Results
Goncalves/Lanci lead the series 4-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
12/7/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Semi-Finals	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Goncalves/Lanci	1	15-21, 30-28, 15-10	0:53
12/6/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 2	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Fokerots/Plavins	2	21-18, 21-18	0:36
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool C	Goncalves/Lanci	3	Fokerots/Plavins	6	21-17, 26-24	0:40
9/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Goncalves/Lanci	6	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-18, 21-14	0:31
5/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 2	Fokerots/Plavins	12	Goncalves/Lanci	11	22-20, 21-17	0:35
4/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 2	Goncalves/Lanci	15	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-14, 17-21, 31-29	1:01