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Bronze Medal Match - Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia vs. Pedro Solberg/George Wanderley, Brazil

Aleksandrs Samoilovs Janis Smedins Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: April 6, 1985 (32 yrs old) Birth Date: July 31, 1987 (30 yrs old) Home Town: Riga Home Town: Kuldiga Resides: Riga Resides: Kuldiga Height: 196 cm (6'5") Height: 191 cm (6'3") Weight: 96 kg (213 lbs.) Weight: 84 kg (186 lbs.) Seasons: 16 Seasons: 16 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 154 Tournaments: 120 Best Finish: 1st (11 times) Best Finish: 1st (10 times) Best WT Finish: 1st (9 times) Career Winnings: $565,213 Career Winnings: $643,388

Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 19 25 Money FIVB 58 9 5 4 5 10 0 16 0 6 1 1 US$872,675.00 Previous Fort Lauderdale Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2017 Janis Smedins - 17th Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th Fort Lauderdale Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 2/28/2018 Pool E Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (21) Won 21-14, 21-13 0:31 Thu, 3/1/2018 Pool E Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (5) Lost 16-21, 12-21 0:30 Fri, 3/2/2018 Winner 1 Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (15) Won 21-14, 21-19 0:37 Fri, 3/2/2018 Winner 2 / , Brazil (6) Won 21-17, 21-16 0:33 Sat, 3/3/2018 Winner 3 Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (3) Won 12-21, 21-13, 15-10 0:43 Sat, 3/3/2018 Semi-Finals / Nick Lucena, United States (1) Lost 14-21, 12-21 0:37 Sun, 3/4/2018 Bronze Medal Pedro Solberg / George Wanderley, Brazil (9, Q1) Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 58th FIVB World Tour tournament together. Aleksandrs is playing in his 25th FIVB World Tour final four with nine gold, six silver, four bronze medals and five 4th place finishes. Janis is playing in his 28th FIVB World Tour final four with 10 gold, six silver, five bronze medals and six 4th place finishes. This is Aleksandrs's and Janis's 1st Final Four of 2018. Their last Final Four was a 4th Place Finish at Moscow in June, 2017. Aleksandrs and Janis finished 19th in the Olympic Games in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Aleksandrs finished 9th in the Olympic Games with Martins Plavins in 2008 (Beijing) and finished 9th with Ruslans Sorokins in 2012 (London). Janis won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games with Martins Plavins in 2012 (London). Aleksandrs and Janis finished 9th in the FIVB World Championships in 2013 (Stare Jablonki) and 9th in 2017 (Vienna). Aleksandrs finished 37th in the FIVB World Championships with Martins Plavins in 2007 (Gstaad), finished 9th in 2009 (Stavanger) and 17th in 2011 (Rome), both with Ruslans Sorokins, and finished 17th in 2015 (The Hague) with Martins Plavins. Janis finished 4th in the FIVB World Championships with Martins Plavins in 2011 (Rome). Aleksandrs and Janis are currently ranked 12th in the FIVB World Tour Rankings with 2,640 points and 6th in 2018 World Tour winnings with $20,000. Aleksandrs and Janis rank 11th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team gold medal list with nine, 45th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team tournament list with 58, and 10th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team winnings list with $872,675. Aleksandrs and Janis have a career 234-89 (72.4%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events, a 6-3 (66.7%) record in 2018, and an all-time record of 6-4 (60.0%) in Fort Lauderdale. Aleksandrs (9) ranks 21st and Janis (10) ranks 17th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual gold medals. Aleksandrs (147) ranks 17th and Janis (109) ranks 51st in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments. Aleksandrs ($640,587) ranks 20th and Janis ($560,487) ranks 29th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings. Aleksandrs and Janis won the gold medal at the CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final in 2015 (Klagenfurt, Austria). Aleksandrs and Janis won silver medals at the CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final in 2013 (Klagenfurt, Austria), 2014 (Cagliari, Italy), and 2017 (Jurmala, Latvia). Aleksandrs won the gold medal at the U21 World Championships with Martins Plavins in 2005 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Page 1 of 4 Janis won the bronze medal at the U18 World Championships with Ingars Ivanovs in 2004 (Termoli, Italy). Aleksandrs and Janis were the World Tour Points Champions and were named the FIVB World Tour Team of the Year in 2013 and 2014. Janis was named the FIVB World Tour Best Hitter in 2013 and 2014, Best Offensive Player in 2013 and 2016, Best Setter in 2013, and Sportsperson in 2013.

Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg George Souto Maior Wanderley Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: March 27, 1986 (31 yrs old) Birth Date: September 12, 1996 (21 yrs old) Home Town: Rio de Janeiro Home Town: João Pessoa Resides: Rio de Janeiro Resides: João Pessoa Height: 194 cm (6'4") Height: 192 cm (6'4") Weight: 95 kg (211 lbs.) Weight: 90 kg (200 lbs.) Seasons: 17 Seasons: 6 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 153 Tournaments: 16 Best Finish: 1st (21 times) Best Finish: 1st (3 times) Best WT Finish: 1st (18 times) Best WT Finish: 1st (Espinho 2017) Career Winnings: $1,021,313 Career Winnings: $20,088

Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 US$20,000.00

Previous Fort Lauderdale Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2015 Evandro Goncalves - 3rd Did not play 2017 Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes - 17th Did not play

Fort Lauderdale Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Tue, 2/27/2018 Qualifier 1 Peng Gao / Yang Li, China (Q32) Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-13 0:49 Tue, 2/27/2018 Qualifier 2 Lukas Kazdailis / Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania (Q17) Won 21-19, 22-20 0:38 Wed, 2/28/2018 Pool H Marco Caminati / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (24) Won 23-21, 23-21 0:46 Thu, 3/1/2018 Pool H Martins Plavins / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (8) Won 21-12, 17-21, 19-17 0:49 Fri, 3/2/2018 Winner 2 Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (21) Won 23-21, 21-17 0:40 Sat, 3/3/2018 Winner 3 Theo Brunner / John Hyden, United States (20) Won 21-23, 21-11, 15-13 0:48 Sat, 3/3/2018 Semi-Finals Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (5) Lost 22-24, 23-25 0:52 Sun, 3/4/2018 Bronze Medal Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (12)

Pedro Solberg and George Wanderley are playing in their 2nd FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament in their first season together. Pedro is playing in his 52nd FIVB World Tour final four with 18 gold, 11 silver, 10 bronze medals and 12 4th place finishes. George is playing in his 2nd FIVB World Tour final four with one gold medal. This is Pedro's and George's 1st Final Four together. Pedro finished 9th in the Olympic Games with Evandro Goncalves in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Pedro finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships with Harley Marques in 2007 (Gstaad), 17th with Pedro Cunha in 2009 (Stavanger), 5th with Rhooney Ferramenta in 2011 (Rome), 5th with Bruno Oscar Schmidt in 2013 (Stare Jablonki), won the bronze medal with Evandro Goncalves in 2015 (The Hague), and finished 9th with Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes in 2017 (Vienna). Pedro and George are currently ranked 123rd in the FIVB World Tour Rankings with 400 points and 6th in 2018 World Tour winnings with $20,000. Pedro and George rank 398th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team winnings list with $20,000. Pedro and George have a career 8-3 (72.7%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events, a 8-3 (72.7%) record in 2018, and an all-time record of 6-1 (85.7%) in Fort Lauderdale. Pedro (18) ranks 9th and George (1) ranks 84th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual gold medals. Pedro (144) ranks 18th and George (12) ranks 674th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments. Pedro ($1,018,962) ranks 6th and George ($20,087) ranks 372nd in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings. Pedro won the gold medal at the Under 18 World Championships in 2002 (Xylokastro, Greece) and the silver medal in 2003 (Pattaya, Thailand), both with Ian Borges. Pedro won the gold medal at the Under 21 World Championships with Pedro Cunha in 2003 (Saint Quay Portrieux, France), the bronze medal with Neilton Santos in 2004 (Porto Santo, Portugal), and the gold medal with Bruno Oscar Schmidt in 2006 (Myslowice, Poland). George won the gold medal at the Under 19 World Championships with Arthur Mariano in 2014 (Porto, Portugal). George won the gold medal at the Under 21 World Championships with Arthur Mariano in 2016 (Lucerne, Switzerland). Pedro was named the FIVB World Tour Best Blocker in 2013 and was Tour Champion and named Team of the Year with Harley Marques in 2008.

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Page 2 of 4 Gold Medal Match - Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States vs. Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Phil Dalhausser Nick Lucena Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: January 26, 1980 (38 yrs old) Birth Date: September 22, 1979 (38 yrs old) Home Town: Baden, Switzerland Home Town: Davie, FL Resides: Manhattan Beach, CA Resides: Davie, FL Height: 205 cm (6'9") Height: 185 cm (6'1") Weight: 90 kg (200 lbs.) Weight: 80 kg (178 lbs.) Seasons: 15 Seasons: 13 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 108 Tournaments: 97 Best Finish: 1st (37 times) Best Finish: 1st (8 times) Career Winnings: $1,260,900 Career Winnings: $615,000

Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 28 8 6 2 0 7 0 1 0 1 2 US$619,500.00

Previous Fort Lauderdale Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2015 Nick Lucena - 2nd Phil Dalhausser - 2nd 2017 Nick Lucena - 3rd Phil Dalhausser - 3rd

Fort Lauderdale Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 2/28/2018 Pool A Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (32, Q18) Won 21-15, 21-11 0:30 Thu, 3/1/2018 Pool A Grant O'Gorman / Ben Saxton, Canada (17) Won 21-15, 21-16 0:33 Fri, 3/2/2018 Winner 2 Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes / Vitor Felipe, Brazil (10) Won 21-17, 21-17 0:36 Sat, 3/3/2018 Winner 3 Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (11) Won 22-20, 21-16 0:38 Sat, 3/3/2018 Semi-Finals Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (12) Won 21-14, 21-12 0:37 Sun, 3/4/2018 Gold Medal Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (5)

Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena first played together since 2005 before reuniting in 2015. They are playing in their 28th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Phil is playing in his 70th FIVB World Tour final four with 37 gold, 15 silver, 13 bronze medals and four 4th place finishes. Nick is playing in his 27th FIVB World Tour final four with eight gold, 10 silver, five bronze medals and three 4th place finishes. This is Phil's and Nick's 1st Final Four of 2018. Their last Final Four was a Gold at Hamburg in August, 2017. Phil and Nick finished 5th in the Olympic Games in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Phil won the gold medal in the Olympic Games in 2008 (Beijing) and finished 9th in 2012 (London), both with . Phil and Nick finished 5th in the FIVB World Championships in 2017 (Vienna). Phil finished 7th in the FIVB World Championships in 2005 (Berlin), was World Champion in 2007 (Gstaad), won the bronze medal in 2009 (Stavanger), and finished 9th in 2011 (Rome), all with Todd Rogers and finished 9th in 2013 (Stare Jablonki) with . Nick finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships with Brad Keenan in 2009 (Stavanger), 9th with Matt Fuerbringer in 2011 (Rome), 33rd with John Hyden in 2013 (Stare Jablonki), and 4th with Theo Brunner in 2015 (The Hague). Phil and Nick are currently ranked 7th in the FIVB World Tour Rankings with 3,120 points and 2nd in 2018 World Tour winnings with $32,000. Phil and Nick rank 13th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team gold medal list with eight, 146th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team tournament list with 28, and 27th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team winnings list with $619,500. Phil and Nick have a career 140-30 (82.4%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events, a 5-0 (100.0%) record in 2018, and an all-time record of 16-2 (88.9%) in Fort Lauderdale. Phil (37) ranks 3rd and Nick (8) ranks 25th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual gold medals. Phil (108) ranks 56th and Nick (97) ranks 85th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments. Phil ($1,260,900) ranks 3rd and Nick ($615,000) ranks 24th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings. Phil and Nick won the gold medal at the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Trinidad and Tobago in 2015 (Turtle Beach, Trinidad and Tobago). Nick and Theo Brunner won the gold medal at the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit San Diego in 2013 (San Diego, United States). Phil was named the FIVB World Tour Best Blocker in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2017 Best Hitter in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, Best Offensive Player in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2017, Best Server in 2014, Best Setter in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016. Most Improved Player in 2006, Most Outstanding in 2010, 2013, 2014, and 2017, and Sportsperson in 2008. Phil and Todd Rogers were Team of the Year and Tour Champions in 2010.

Page 3 of 4 Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: May 6, 1991 (26 yrs old) Birth Date: August 6, 1988 (29 yrs old) Home Town: Rome Home Town: Ortona Resides: Rome Resides: Ortona Height: 195 cm (6'5") Height: 203 cm (6'8") Weight: 80 kg (178 lbs.) Weight: 91 kg (202 lbs.) Seasons: 11 Seasons: 13 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 76 Tournaments: 96 Best Finish: 1st (3 times) Best Finish: 1st (5 times) Career Winnings: $393,238 Best WT Finish: 1st (3 times) Career Winnings: $439,163

Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 33 Money FIVB 68 3 8 8 2 8 2 20 0 11 4 1 US$781,675.00

Previous Fort Lauderdale Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2015 Paolo Nicolai - 5th Daniele Lupo - 5th 2017 Paolo Nicolai - 5th Daniele Lupo - 5th

Fort Lauderdale Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 2/28/2018 Pool E Casey Patterson / Stafford Slick, United States (28) Won 21-16, 21-17 0:35 Thu, 3/1/2018 Pool E Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (12) Won 21-16, 21-12 0:30 Fri, 3/2/2018 Winner 2 Marco Caminati / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (24) Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-6 0:48 Sat, 3/3/2018 Winner 3 Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (13) Won 24-22, 19-21, 17-15 0:54 Sat, 3/3/2018 Semi-Finals Pedro Solberg / George Wanderley, Brazil (9, Q1) Won 24-22, 25-23 0:52 Sun, 3/4/2018 Gold Medal Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena, United States (1)

Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai have been playing together since 2011. They are playing in their 68th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Daniele is playing in his 22nd FIVB World Tour final four with three gold, eight silver, eight bronze medals and two 4th place finishes. Paolo is playing in his 22nd FIVB World Tour final four with three gold, eight silver, eight bronze medals and two 4th place finishes. This is Daniele's and Paolo's 1st Final Four of 2018. Their last Final Four was a Bronze at Hamburg in August, 2017. Daniele and Paolo finished 5th in the Olympic Games in 2012 (London) and won the silver medal in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Daniele and Paolo finished 9th in the FIVB World Championships in 2013 (Stare Jablonki), 17th in 2015 (The Hague), and 17th in 2017 (Vienna). Daniele finished 33rd in the FIVB World Championships with Andrea Tomatis in 2011 (Rome). Paolo finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships in 2009 (Stavanger) with Matteo Varnier and 9th in 2011 (Rome) with Matteo Martino. Daniele and Paolo are currently ranked 2nd in the FIVB World Tour Rankings with 3,560 points and 2nd in 2018 World Tour winnings with $16,000. Daniele and Paolo rank 27th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team gold medal list with three, 34th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team tournament list with 68, and 16th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team winnings list with $781,675. Daniele and Paolo have a career 243-116 (67.7%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events, a 5-0 (100.0%) record in 2018, and an all-time record of 11-4 (73.3%) in Fort Lauderdale. Daniele (3) and Paolo (3) each ranks 42nd in all-time FIVB World Tour individual gold medals. Daniele (72) ranks 161st and Paolo (92) ranks 100th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments. Daniele ($393,237) ranks 51st and Paolo ($439,162) ranks 44th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings. Daniele and Paolo won gold medals at the 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final in 2014 (Cagliari, Italy), 2016 (Biel, Switzerland), and 2017 (Jurmala, Latvia). Paolo won gold medals at the Under 21 World Championships with Francesco Giontella in 2007 (Modena, Italy) and 2008 (Brighton, England). Paolo won the silver medal at the Under 19 World Championships with Francesco Giontella in 2006 (Bermuda, Bermuda). Paolo was named the FIVB World Tour Best Blocker in 2016, Best Offensive Player in 2014, and Most Improved Player in 2012.

Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena lead the series 3-1 Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 8/11/2016 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Pool C Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena 21-13, 17-21, 24-22 0:55 7/9/2016 Gstaad Major Winner 2 Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena 21-18, 21-19 0:37 5/27/2016 Moscow Grand Slam Winner 1 Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai 22-20, 23-21 0:39 4/23/2016 Fuzhou Open Gold Medal Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena 21-18, 21-15 0:33

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