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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 Semi Finals - Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia vs. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States Martins Plavins Janis Smedins Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: May 8, 1985 (27 yrs old) Birth Date: July 31, 1987 (25 yrs old) Home Town: Riga Home Town: Kuldiga Resides: Riga Resides: Kuldiga Height: 190 cm (6'3") Height: 191 cm (6'3") Weight: 87 kg (193 lbs.) Weight: 84 kg (186 lbs.) Photo:FIVB Seasons: 10 Photo:FIVB Seasons: 10 Tournaments: 81 Tournaments: 58 Best Finish: 1st (2 times) Best Finish: 2nd (2 times) Best WT Finish: 2nd (Marseille 2010) Best WT Finish: 2nd (Marseille 2010) Career Winnings: $183,100 Career Winnings: $116,325 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 29 0 1 1 1 2 0 9 2 10 2 US$217,200.00 Previous Stare Jablonki Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2005 Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th Did not play 2006 Did not play Toms Smedins - 41st 2007 Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 7th Toms Smedins - 25th 2008 Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 33rd Did not play 2009 Toms Smedins - 17th Did not play 2010 Janis Smedins - 9th Martins Plavins - 9th 2011 Janis Smedins - 17th Martins Plavins - 17th Stare Jablonki Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Thu, 8/16/2012 Pool N Daniel Mullner / Jorg Wutzl, Austria (28, Q7) Lost 15-21, 21-11, 13-15 0:43 Thu, 8/16/2012 Pool N Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (5) Won 21-18, 21-15 0:39 Fri, 8/17/2012 Pool N Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (21) Won 21-18, 21-13 0:37 Sat, 8/18/2012 Winner 2 Kay Matysik / Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany (17) Won 21-17, 21-13 0:36 Sat, 8/18/2012 Winner 3 Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1) Won 21-17, 23-21 0:37 Sun, 8/19/2012 Semi-Finals Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (4) Martins Plavins and Janis Smedins have been playing together since 2009. They are playing in their 29th FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour tournament together. Martins is playing in his 4th FIVB SWATCH World Tour final four with one silver medal, one bronze medal and one 4th place finish. Janis is playing in his 4th FIVB SWATCH World Tour final four with one silver medal, one bronze medal and one 4th place finish. Martins and Janis won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games in 2012 (London). Martins finished 9th in the Olympic Games with Aleksandrs Samoilovs in 2008 (Beijing). Martins and Janis finished 4th in the FIVB SWATCH World Championships in 2011 (Rome). Martins finished 37th in the FIVB SWATCH World Championships with Aleksandrs Samoilovs in 2007 (Gstaad) and 37th with Lauris Iecelnieks in 2009 (Stavanger). Martins and Janis are currently ranked 12th on the FIVB SWATCH World Tour in 2012 with 2420 points and 11th in winnings with $70,850. Martins and Janis rank 109th on the all-time FIVB SWATCH World Tour team tournament list with 29. Martins and Janis rank 68th on the all-time FIVB SWATCH World Tour team winnings list with $217,200. Martins (74) ranks 108th and Janis (47) ranks 184th in all-time FIVB SWATCH World Tour individual tournaments. Martins ($180,300) ranks 89th and Janis ($111,600) ranks 127th in all-time FIVB SWATCH World Tour individual earnings. Martins and Janis won the bronze medal at the European Championship Final in 2010 (Berlin, Germany) Martins won the gold medal at the U-21 World Championships with Aleksandrs Samoilovs in 2005 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Janis won the bronze medal at the U-18 World Championships with Ingars Ivanovs in 2004 (Termoli, Italy). Page 1 of 4 Phil Dalhausser Todd Rogers Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: January 26, 1980 (32 yrs old) Birth Date: September 30, 1973 (38 yrs old) Home Town: Baden, Switzerland Home Town: Santa Barbara, CA Resides: Ventura, CA Resides: Solvang, CA Height: 206 cm (6'9") Height: 187 cm (6'2") Weight: 91 kg (202 lbs.) Weight: 90 kg (200 lbs.) Seasons: 9 Seasons: 15 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 61 Tournaments: 105 Best Finish: 1st (23 times) Best Finish: 1st (24 times) Career Winnings: $713,250 Career Winnings: $859,513 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 58 23 7 9 4 5 1 4 1 3 0 US$1,418,000.00 Previous Stare Jablonki Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2010 Todd Rogers - 1st Phil Dalhausser - 1st 2011 Todd Rogers - 1st Phil Dalhausser - 1st Stare Jablonki Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Thu, 8/16/2012 Pool M Philip Gabathuler / Mirco Gerson, Switzerland (29) Won 21-16, 21-17 0:37 Thu, 8/16/2012 Pool M Dmitri Barsouk / Yury Bogatov, Russia (20, Q3) Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-13 0:55 Fri, 8/17/2012 Pool M Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (13) Won 23-25, 21-19, 16-14 1:15 Sat, 8/18/2012 Winner 2 Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (19) Won 24-22, 16-21, 15-13 1:00 Sat, 8/18/2012 Winner 3 Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (9) Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-10 0:55 Sun, 8/19/2012 Semi-Finals Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (12) Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers first played together in the FIVB SWATCH World Championships in 2005 (Berlin) before pairing together full-time in 2006. They are playing in their 58th FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour tournament together. Phil is playing in his 44th FIVB SWATCH World Tour final four with 23 gold, seven silver, nine bronze medals and four 4th place finishes. Todd is playing in his 49th FIVB SWATCH World Tour final four with 24 gold, seven silver, nine bronze medals and eight 4th place finishes. Phil and Todd won the gold medal in the Olympic Games in 2008 (Beijing) and finished 9th in 2012 (London). Phil and Todd finished 7th in the FIVB SWATCH World Championships in 2005 (Berlin), were World Champions in 2007 (Gstaad), won the bronze medal in 2009 (Stavanger), and finished 9th in 2011 (Rome). Todd finished 9th with Dax Holdren in the FIVB SWATCH World Championships in 1997 (Los Angeles), 5th with Dax Holdren in 2001 (Klagenfurt), and 33rd with Sean Scott in 2003 (Rio de Janeiro). Phil and Todd are currently ranked 3rd on the FIVB SWATCH World Tour in 2012 with 4040 points and 4th in winnings with $156,800. They have two wins in 2012 (Brasília, Shanghai). Phil and Todd rank 2nd on the all-time FIVB SWATCH World Tour team gold medal list with 23. Phil and Todd rank 35th on the all-time FIVB SWATCH World Tour team tournament list with 58. Phil and Todd rank 2nd on the all-time FIVB SWATCH World Tour team winnings list with $1,418,000. Phil (23) ranks 5th and Todd (24) ranks 4th in all-time FIVB SWATCH World Tour individual gold medals. Phil (61) ranks 140th and Todd (105) ranks 47th in all-time FIVB SWATCH World Tour individual tournaments. Phil ($713,250) ranks 10th and Todd ($859,512) ranks 5th in all-time FIVB SWATCH World Tour individual earnings. Phil was named the FIVB SWATCH World Tour Best Blocker in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010, Best Hitter in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, Best Offensive Player in 2008, 2009, and 2010, Best Setter in 2009, 2010, and 2011, Most Improved Player in 2006, Most Outstanding in 2010, and Sportsperson in 2008. Todd was named the FIVB SWATCH World Tour Best Defensive Player in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010, Best Setter in 2005, and Most Inspirational in 2008. Phil and Todd were FIVB SWATCH World Tour Champions and named Team of the Year in 2010. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers lead the series 4-0 Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 5/24/2012 Prague Open Winner 2 Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers 21-14, 21-10 0:32 7/15/2011 Moscow Grand Slam Pool M Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers 21-19, 21-17 0:39 7/8/2011 Gstaad Grand Slam Pool M Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers 21-12, 21-18 0:37 7/3/2010 Stavanger Grand Slam Winner 2 Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers 21-19, 21-18 0:41 Page 2 of 4 Semi Finals - Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria vs. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States Clemens Doppler Alexander Horst Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: September 6, 1980 (31 yrs old) Birth Date: December 20, 1982 (29 yrs old) Home Town: Kirchdorf an der Krems Home Town: Vienna Resides: Vienna Resides: Vienna Height: 200 cm (6'7") Height: 186 cm (6'1") Weight: 84 kg (186 lbs.) Weight: 85 kg (189 lbs.) Seasons: 15 Seasons: 10 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 125 Tournaments: 73 Best Finish: 3rd (Rhodes 2003) Best Finish: 3rd (Åland 2007) Career Winnings: $286,133 Career Winnings: $167,425 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 19 25 33 41 Money FIVB 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 US$38,100.00 Previous Stare Jablonki Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2005 Nikolas Berger - 9th Did not play 2007 Peter Gartmayer - 5th Florian Gosch - 9th 2008 Did not play Florian Gosch - 17th 2009 Did not play Florian Gosch - 7th 2010 Matthias Mellitzer - 25th Florian Gosch - 17th 2011 Matthias Mellitzer - 25th Daniel Mullner - 25th Stare Jablonki Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Thu, 8/16/2012 Pool Q Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (9) Lost 20-22, 15-21 0:39 Thu, 8/16/2012 Pool Q Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (24, Q5) Won 21-12, 21-19 0:39 Fri, 8/17/2012 Pool Q Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (8) Won 21-23, 21-18, 15-12 0:53 Fri, 8/17/2012 Winner 1 Daniel Mullner / Jorg Wutzl, Austria (28, Q7) Won 21-14, 21-15 0:33 Sat, 8/18/2012 Winner 2 Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (10) Won 21-17, 21-19 0:40 Sat, 8/18/2012 Winner 3 Thiago Santos Barbosa / Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil (14, Q1) Won 21-16, 21-16 0:32 Sun, 8/19/2012 Semi-Finals Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (2) Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst have been playing together since the beginning of 2012.