Smeidins / Samoilov in the World Cup final

The first Latvian beach volleyball duo, Janis Smeidins / Alexander Samoilov, won the semi-finals of the four-star World Cup stage in Spas, Portugal on Sunday.

The Smeddins / Samoylovs with the fourth number in the tournament, with the result 2-1 (15:21, 21:16, 15:18), played against Germans Julius Toli and Klemensu Vikler, who received the 19th number.

Therefore, in the final The Latvian duo will fight against the Brazilians Rikard Aleš Kostu Santusu and Guta Karvaļaisu, who received the 20th digit

The Latvian volleyball duo has a chance to beat despite the fact that they have not won. failure of the first set. The success of the duel in the semifinal allowed the Latvian couple to qualify for the final, which begins Sunday at 19:15. Mechs lives on the channel "Best4Sport TV"

It has already been said that in the quarterfinals Smeddin / Samoilov celebrated the victory with a score of 2-0 (21:18, 21:14) against the Other Latvian duo Martins Pļaviņš and Edgars Točs who were expelled or 11th digit. With the defeat, Pļaviņš / Točs finished the tournament in fifth place

As announced, the two Latvian duo teams won two victories in their subgroups, starting the tournament on Saturday from the second round or the eighth final . Smedyna / Samoylov scored 2-0 (21:16, 21:15) with Turks Murat Giginol and Volkan Gheteni, who had been numbered in the tournament with the 28th, while Pļaviņš / Točs with 2-0 (21:19 , 21: 18) won the title of Diasu Nadir and Serhio Bajarda in race 15.

Anastasia Kravchenko and Tina Laura Graudina suffered a defeat in the eighth final on Friday, which ended at the ninth place. Previously, another Latvian women's duo Alise Lece and Ilze Liepiłlauska lost their qualification at the tournament, which lost its turn in the second round.

Smeidins / Samoilov won the bronze medal in the four-star capital of Warsaw. In March, they won bronze at the Fortlodeerdeal five-star tournament in the United States, while in May, the Latvian duo was the fourth of the second American tournament in Huntington Beach, four stars.

Before the previous season, the World Cup stages changed. Main events for the world championships, the major stages and finals of the final season – five stars are awarded, four places for the Grand Slam, while lower level tournaments of one to three stars.