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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Match #18: Pool F

(6) Kristians Fokerots/Martins Plavins, Latvia
vs.
(18, Q3) Moritz Pristauz/Philipp Waller, Austria

Kristians Fokerots
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$66,111.80

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:

197

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$462,193.30

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	21	2	1	2	2	5	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$126,226.96

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Martins Plavins - 13th	Kristians Fokerots - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
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

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool F	Adrielson Dos Santos / Arthur da Silva, Brazil (19, Q5)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:31
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool F	Moritz Pristauz / Philipp Waller, Austria (18, Q3)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool F	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (7)

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	13	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	21	2	1	2	2	5	0	1	3	3	1	0	$125,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kristians Fokerots												Martins Plavins
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	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
14	0	1	1	2	4	3	2	0	0	$55,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	82	1	1	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$237,250.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	$2,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00
9	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00
											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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
36	4	2	3	2	7	4	5	5	0	$64,800.00	Total	197	7	4	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$461,350.00

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

Kristians Fokerots													Martins Plavins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	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	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00
											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	17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00
											2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00
											2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
											2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00
											2012	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00
											2013	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00
											2014	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	$14,850.00
											2016	FIVB	17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$13,250.00
											2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00
											2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$8,750.00
10	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	2	$900.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	$1,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	$2,900.00	2023	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	$3,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
5	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
37	5	2	3	2	7	4	5	6	3	$64,800.00	Total	Total	196	7	4	6	6	20	54	43	27	29	$461,350.00

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	38	67.9%	11	19.6%	7	12.5%	49-7	87.5%	4	11.1%	8	22.2%	24	66.7%	4-32	11.1%	38-24	61.3%	15-15	50.0%	1	0	54-39	58.1%
2025-2026	23	71.9%	5	15.6%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	2	8.7%	3	13.0%	18	78.3%	2-21	8.7%	23-18	56.1%	7-7	50.0%	0	0	30-25	54.5%
Against the Field	9	69.2%	4	30.8%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	2	10.0%	3	15.0%	15	75.0%	2-18	10.0%	18-30	37.5%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	15-18	45.5%

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	15	13	0	0	11	10	1	3	1	2	0	1	28	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	26	17	0	1	16	13	3	4	2	2	2	1	54	39

Moritz Bernd Pristauz-Telsnigg
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Graz

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$123,236.51

Philipp Waller
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 26, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Linz

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$130,159.88

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Robin Seidl - 9th	Martin Ermacora - 19th
2024	Robin Seidl - 9th	Martin Ermacora - 4th
2025	Julian Horl - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	15	5th	760	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Qualifier 1	Henrique Camboim / Manaus Costa, Brazil (Q14)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:50
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool F	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (7)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool F	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (6)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool F	Adrielson Dos Santos / Arthur da Silva, Brazil (19, Q5)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Moritz Pristauz												Philipp Waller
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$14,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
29	0	0	0	0	2	8	10	2	0	$45,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	1	2	10	5	1	0	$46,000.00
47	2	1	2	1	2	7	8	8	0	$53,025.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	0	1	4	5	12	5	6	0	$58,750.00
15	0	1	0	1	4	4	3	1	0	$11,825.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	3	1	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	$10,090.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
98	2	2	2	2	9	21	24	12	0	$122,850.00	Total	79	3	1	2	5	11	27	11	8	0	$129,340.00

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
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Moritz Pristauz													Philipp Waller
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$3,900.00	2016	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	$8,000.00	2017	FIVB
15	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	3	5	$14,050.00	2018	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	5	$9,990.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	5	$7,975.00	2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	3	$21,000.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$8,600.00	2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	$6,500.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	$8,000.00
10	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$23,175.00	2022	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	$31,975.00
14	2	0	1	0	1	3	4	1	2	$23,150.00	2023	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$5,375.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$2,500.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	$14,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	1	$19,500.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	1	6	4	0	0	$29,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
97	2	2	2	2	9	21	24	12	23	$122,850.00	Total	Total	78	3	1	2	5	11	27	11	8	10	$129,340.00

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	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	3-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
2025-2026	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	3-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-0	100.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Total	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F