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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters
September 1 - 4, 2016

(5) Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium

Dries Koekelkoren
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 25, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Herk-de-Stad

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baden 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$98,443.83

Tom van Walle
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ekeren

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baden 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$103,326.59

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	11	1	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	US$30,018.75
CEV C&S	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,991.95
FIVB	57	1	0	1	1	4	0	12	0	13	1	9	10	1	4	US$152,155.70
Overall	72	2	1	2	4	6	0	15	0	16	1	10	10	1	4	US$186,166.40

Previous Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2014	Robin Adriaensen - 17th	Did not play
2015	Tom van Walle - 9th	Dries Koekelkoren - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	22	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	23	17th	240	US$7,000.00
CEV C&S	7/21-24/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	2	2nd	252	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2016	Major Hamburg	30, Q10	17th	240	US$7,000.00
CEV	6/1-5/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	30	25th	120	€ 500.00
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	Q1	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	22	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	23	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	22	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	22	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	Q9	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Q12	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	15	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	13	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	14	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	17	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	12	17th	180	US$1,200.00
CEV	9/18-20/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	8	5th	192	€ 1,500.00

CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool D	Dimitrios Niopas / Thodoris Papadimitriou, Greece (13)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:31
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool D	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (4)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:28
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool D	Rihards Finsters / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (12)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:39
Sat, 9/3/2016	Winner 2	Youssef Krou / Maxime Thiercy, France (9)	Won 21-19, 16-21, 21-19	1:00
Sun, 9/4/2016	Semi-Finals	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (1)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	1:33
Sun, 9/4/2016	Bronze Medal	Martins Plavins / Haralds Regza, Latvia (3)	Lost 20-22, 12-21	0:32

Head to Head Results
Koekelkoren/van Walle lead the series against the field 10-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
9/4/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	21-17, 21-14	1:33
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Koekelkoren/van Walle	30, Q10	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # 2 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-1
6/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool C	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	19	Koekelkoren/van Walle	30	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:43
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	14	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	11	27-25, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 3 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 0-1
9/4/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Bronze Medal	Plavins/Regza	3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	22-20, 21-12	0:32
Series tied with # 4 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-1
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	Dressler/Kunert	4	21-17, 21-15	0:28
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Dressler/Kunert	21, Q1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	12	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Bykanov/Koshkarev, Russia 0-1
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool F	Bykanov/Koshkarev	27, Q6	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	21-13, 19-21, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 8 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
7/23/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Winner 2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	2	Faiga/Hilman	7	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Krou/Thiercy, France 1-0
9/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Winner 2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	Krou/Thiercy	9	21-19, 16-21, 21-19	1:00
Lead the series against # 12 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 3-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	Finsters/Tocs	12	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:39
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	23	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q10	21-14, 21-8	0:30
8/22/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite	Winner 3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	8	Finsters/Tocs	12, Q4	17-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 13 Niopas/Papadimitriou, Greece 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	Niopas/Papadimitriou	13	21-15, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # Q4 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 1-0
4/6/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool F	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	Basta/Kolaric	27, Q11	21-14, 21-14	0:28
Lead the series against # Q14 Appelgren/Boman, Sweden 1-0
6/7/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Qualifier 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	30, Q10	Appelgren/Boman	Q23	21-13, 21-13	0:28