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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Itapema Four Star
May 15 - 19, 2019

(26) Steven van de Velde/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands

Steven van de Velde
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 8, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

The Hague

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Chiang Mai 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$199,550.00

Christiaan Varenhorst
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valthermond

Height:

212 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$430,237.50

Awards

Top Rookie 2012
Best Hitter 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	26	0	0	4	0	6	0	7	0	4	1	0	3	1	US$166,750.00

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Jasper Bouter - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	Q9	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	27, Q7	9th	400	US$4,000.00

Itapema Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/16/2019	Pool G	Martins Plavins / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (7)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:36
Thu, 5/16/2019	Pool G	Theo Brunner / Reid Priddy, United States (23, Q3)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:31
Fri, 5/17/2019	Winner 1	Iaroslav Gordieiev / Sergiy Popov, Ukraine (28, Q7)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:31
Fri, 5/17/2019	Winner 2	Evandro Goncalves / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (11)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:36
Sat, 5/18/2019	Winner 3	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (9)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:47
Sat, 5/18/2019	Semi-Finals	Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (2)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:34
Sun, 5/19/2019	Bronze Medal	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (4)	Won By Forfeit

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$62,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$26,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	2	0	4	0	6	0	3	0	0	$71,750.00
Total	26	0	0	4	0	6	0	7	0	5	0	0	$166,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Steven van de Velde												Christiaan Varenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$43,500.00
3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$34,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
33	0	1	1	4	10	2	6	4	0	$94,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	51	2	1	1	2	9	13	16	4	0	$270,650.00
30	1	0	2	0	7	8	5	2	0	$52,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	1	0	3	1	11	9	8	6	0	$79,237.50
6	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	$5,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
78	1	1	5	4	21	14	14	7	0	$199,550.00	Total	120	3	4	5	4	25	24	26	11	0	$430,237.50

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
2019	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$14,000.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$14,000.00	10	5	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Steven van de Velde													Christiaan Varenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	$22,850.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,900.00	2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	1	1	$25,850.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$4,500.00	2014	FIVB	12	2	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	$98,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,500.00	2015	FIVB	10	0	2	0	1	3	2	2	0	0	$91,500.00
											2016	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	0	$60,062.50
											2017	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	$16,000.00
10	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	3	2	$7,150.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	3	0	$21,100.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,000.00	2019	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	$9,500.00
25	0	0	2	0	3	2	3	7	8	$26,050.00	Total	Total	87	3	4	2	4	17	16	16	10	15	$345,862.50

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	38	63.3%	13	21.7%	9	15.0%	51-9	85.0%	11	25.0%	5	11.4%	28	63.6%	11-33	25.0%	38-28	57.6%	24-14	63.2%	2	0	64-42	60.4%
2018-2019	16	69.6%	4	17.4%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	3	20.0%	2	13.3%	10	66.7%	3-12	20.0%	16-10	61.5%	7-5	58.3%	1	0	24-15	61.5%
Against the Field	14	63.6%	5	22.7%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	4	16.7%	2	8.3%	18	75.0%	4-20	16.7%	28-32	46.7%	18-10	64.3%	2	0	25-21	54.3%

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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	5	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	3	18	12	0	1	16	12	0	2	2	0	0	0	42	30
Total	0	0	8	5	30	16	0	1	22	16	0	4	4	0	0	0	64	42

Head to Head Results
Varenhorst/van de Velde lead the series against the field 7-3 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 0-1
5/18/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Semi-Finals	Bryl/Fijalek	2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	26	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # 4 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
5/19/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Bronze Medal	Varenhorst/van de Velde	26	Kantor/Losiak	4	By Forfeit
3/13/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool F	Kantor/Losiak	6	Varenhorst/van de Velde	27, Q7	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 5 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
3/14/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	27, Q7	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 7 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool G	Varenhorst/van de Velde	26	Plavins/Tocs	7	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
5/18/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 3	Varenhorst/van de Velde	26	Grimalt/Grimalt	9	19-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 11 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	26	Goncalves/Schmidt	11	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-0
3/13/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool F	Varenhorst/van de Velde	27, Q7	Perusic/Schweiner	22	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 Brunner/Priddy, United States 0-1
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool G	Brunner/Priddy	23, Q3	Varenhorst/van de Velde	26	21-16, 21-19	0:31
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Gordieiev/Popov, Ukraine 1-0
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	26	Gordieiev/Popov	28, Q7	21-16, 21-18	0:31