Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 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 Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt, 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 Phil Dalhausser / 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 Beach Volleyball 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. Teams have not played each other in an FIVB event 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.