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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships presented by A1
July 28 - August 6, 2017

(19) Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium

Dries Koekelkoren
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 25, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Herk-de-Stad

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Leuven 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$95,807.87

Tom van Walle
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ekeren

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Leuven 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$100,250.08

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
FIVB	57	1	0	1	1	4	0	12	0	13	1	9	10	1	4	US$152,155.70
Overall	68	2	0	1	3	6	0	15	0	15	1	10	10	1	4	US$182,174.45

Previous Vienna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	17	5th	320	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/3-9/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	26, Q8	9th	360	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	Q5	33rd	120	US$0.00
CEV	6/21-25/2017	Austrian Masters	6	1st	320	€ 6,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	16	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	21	25th	90	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	7	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	2/15-18/2017	Kish Island Three Star	5	5th	240	US$3,800.00
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Q2	33rd	120	US$0.00
CEV	9/1-4/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	5	4th	224	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	22	25th	160	US$4,000.00

Vienna World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/28/2017	Pool F	Rihards Finsters / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (30)	Won 21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Sun, 7/30/2017	Pool F	Mohamed Abicha / Zouheir Elgraoui, Morocco (43)	Won 21-13, 24-22	0:33
Tue, 8/1/2017	Pool F	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Nikita Liamin, Russia (6)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:33
Thu, 8/3/2017	Winner 1	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (10)	Won 17-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:48
Fri, 8/4/2017	Winner 2	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (7)	Lost 19-21, 21-19, 7-15	0:52

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Tom van Walle - 9th	Dries Koekelkoren - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Tom van Walle - 37th	Dries Koekelkoren - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/6/2017	Vienna World Championships	19	9th	480	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	21	37th	160	US$3,400.00

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$14,400.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	6	$52,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	9	4	8	$58,175.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	$23,400.00
Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	$15,750.00
Total	64	1	0	1	2	5	0	14	0	16	10	15	$167,725.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dries Koekelkoren												Tom van Walle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,200.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	6	$26,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	9	$26,000.00
30	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	4	8	$29,087.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	4	12	$29,087.50
11	1	0	1	1	2	3	2	1	0	$11,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	0	1	1	1	4	2	1	0	$11,750.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	$7,875.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	0	$8,375.00
65	1	0	1	2	6	14	16	10	15	$84,012.50	Total	74	1	0	1	2	5	15	16	12	22	$84,412.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,200.00	4	4	50.0 %
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,125.00	5	4	55.6 %
2016	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	3	3	3	$32,175.00	23	31	42.6 %
2016	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00	5	4	55.6 %
2017	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	2	$32,800.00	13	14	48.1 %
2017	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	6	4	8	$66,175.00	42	50	45.7 %
Total	CEV	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$11,125.00	14	9	60.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dries Koekelkoren													Tom van Walle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,875.00
											2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$600.00	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$600.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,062.50	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,062.50
14	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	3	$16,087.50	2016	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	3	$16,087.50
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00	2016	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	$16,400.00	2017	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	$16,400.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2017	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
32	1	0	0	1	4	7	6	5	8	$38,650.00	Total	Total	43	1	0	1	1	4	7	6	8	15	$41,775.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	59	71.1%	9	10.8%	15	18.1%	68-15	81.9%	19	19.0%	21	21.0%	60	60.0%	19-81	19.0%	59-60	49.6%	28-36	43.8%	1	1	88-97	47.6%
2016-2017	30	81.1%	2	5.4%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	4	9.1%	13	29.5%	27	61.4%	4-40	9.1%	30-27	52.6%	6-18	25.0%	0	0	36-45	44.4%
Against the Field	12	60.0%	1	5.0%	7	35.0%	13-7	65.0%	3	8.3%	8	22.2%	25	69.4%	3-33	8.3%	24-50	32.4%	8-30	21.1%	0	0	16-40	28.6%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	6	8	12	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	23
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	8	25	29	0	0	9	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	54
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	10	4	0	0	9	6	1	2	1	1	1	0	22	13
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	11	7	0	0	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	14
Total	0	0	19	14	56	58	0	0	25	34	1	3	1	2	1	0	103	111

Head to Head Results
Koekelkoren/van Walle trail the series against the field 16-33 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 14 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-2
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool C	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	30, Q10	24-22, 21-13	0:35
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Dalhausser/Lucena	20, Q2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	Q15	21-13, 21-16	0:30
Series tied with # 6 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 1-1
8/1/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool F	Krasilnikov/Liamin	6	Koekelkoren/van Walle	19	21-16, 21-15	0:33
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q8	Krasilnikov/Liamin	7	21-19, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-3
8/4/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	7	Koekelkoren/van Walle	19	21-19, 19-21, 15-7	0:52
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	10	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q8	21-13, 21-17	0:31
6/24/17	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	6	Kantor/Losiak	4	17-21, 21-11, 16-14	0:48
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool F	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	Kantor/Losiak	6	21-17, 21-17	0:31
4/5/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool F	Kantor/Losiak	6	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	21-14, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
8/25/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	6	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 10 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
8/3/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	19	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10	17-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-3
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Koekelkoren/van Walle	16	21-19, 23-21	0:36
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:47
9/20/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Koekelkoren/van Walle	8	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-2
6/25/17	CEV	Austrian Masters	Gold Medal	Koekelkoren/van Walle	6	Doppler/Horst	3	17-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:44
6/24/17	CEV	Austrian Masters	Pool C	Doppler/Horst	3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	6	21-18, 21-16	0:33
6/1/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool C	Doppler/Horst	3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	30	28-26, 21-11	0:41
Trail the series against # 14 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-2
2/17/17	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Winner 3	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	4	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	21-17, 18-21, 15-8	0:40
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 # 16 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 0-1
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 2	Pedlow/Schachter	15	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q8	36-34, 14-21, 20-18	1:06
Trail the series against # 17 Brunner/Patterson, United States 0-1
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool E	Brunner/Patterson	12	Koekelkoren/van Walle	21	13-21, 29-27, 18-16	0:56
Trail the series against # 20 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-2
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	21-16, 21-16	0:34
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Koekelkoren/van Walle	14	21-11, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 21 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-5
7/22/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 3	Ontiveros/Virgen	16	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	21-12, 21-18	0:33
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool A	Ontiveros/Virgen	16	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	21-18, 10-21, 15-9	0:47
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Ontiveros/Virgen	7	Koekelkoren/van Walle	23	21-17, 21-11	0:30
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool B	Ontiveros/Virgen	2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	22-20, 21-15	0:37
6/16/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ontiveros/Virgen	24, Q2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	Q15	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 23 Santos Pereira/Younousse, Qatar 0-2
6/15/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool A	Santos Pereira/Younousse	17	Koekelkoren/van Walle	16	21-14, 21-15	0:31
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool B	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Series tied with # 25 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 # 26 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-2
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	23	Bockermann/Fluggen	7	21-18, 25-23	0:41
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	21-19, 21-19	0:39
10/23/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool C	Bockermann/Fluggen	3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	14	27-25, 21-15	0:44
Series tied with # 29 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 1-1
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q8	Plavins/Regza	23, Q5	21-12, 21-13	0:26
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
Lead the series against # 30 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 3-0
7/28/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool F	Koekelkoren/van Walle	19	Finsters/Tocs	30	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
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
Trail the series against # 34 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 1-2
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q8	Carambula/Ranghieri	28, Q11	21-18, 21-13	0:36
4/7/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	7	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:45
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	5	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 35 McHugh/Schumann, Australia 1-0
7/22/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	McHugh/Schumann	22, Q2	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 40 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	Ermacora/Pristauz	28, Q6	30-28, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 43 Abicha/Elgraoui, Morocco 1-0
7/30/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool F	Koekelkoren/van Walle	19	Abicha/Elgraoui	43	21-13, 24-22	0:33