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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Moscow Four Star
August 14 - 18, 2019

(17, Q2) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Did not play	Jon Stiekema - 33rd
2013	Did not play	Jon Stiekema - 5th
2014	Did not play	Jon Stiekema - 9th
2015	Michiel van Dorsten - 41st	Did not play
2016	Did not play	Reinder Nummerdor - 1st
2017	Did not play	Maarten Van Garderen - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	31, Q12	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Espinho Four Star	24	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	Q10	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	Q6	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	Q4	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/15-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	26	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
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

Moscow Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/14/2019	Qualifier 2	Petr Bakhnar / Yury Bogatov, Russia (Q15)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:32
Thu, 8/15/2019	Pool A	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (16)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:31
Thu, 8/15/2019	Pool A	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Oleg Stoyanovskiy, Russia (1)	Lost 12-21, 14-21	0:31
Fri, 8/16/2019	Winner 1	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (22)	Won 30-28, 21-19	0:42
Fri, 8/16/2019	Winner 2	Alison Cerutti / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-23, 16-21	0:37

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	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	$30,000.00	21	14	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	$30,000.00	21	14	60.0 %

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
9	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	$15,000.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	4	$17,500.00
31	0	0	2	0	3	5	3	7	11	$34,050.00	Total	Total	93	3	4	2	4	17	19	16	10	18	$353,862.50

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	16	66.7%	4	16.7%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	14	66.7%	4-17	19.0%	32-28	53.3%	16-14	53.3%	0	0	24-21	53.3%

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 13-9 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russia 0-2
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool A	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	17, Q2	21-12, 21-14	0:31
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool B	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	31, Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 0-1
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Cerutti/Filho	2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	17, Q2	23-21, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Varenhorst/van de Velde	24	21-17, 15-21, 15-9	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 2-1
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool B	Varenhorst/van de Velde	31, Q12	Perusic/Schweiner	15	21-16, 18-21, 17-15	0:48
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool H	Perusic/Schweiner	9	Varenhorst/van de Velde	24	21-18, 21-14	0:32
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 # 10, Q1 Ehlers/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
5/29/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 2	Ehlers/Fluggen	29, Q20	Varenhorst/van de Velde	Q4	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Liamin/Myskiv, Russia 1-0
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	31, Q12	Liamin/Myskiv	16	21-16, 21-15	0:31
Series tied with # 14 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-1
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 2	Gerson/Heidrich	25	Varenhorst/van de Velde	31, Q12	21-18, 21-18	0:32
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	24	Gerson/Heidrich	17	18-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-0
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool A	Varenhorst/van de Velde	17, Q2	Grimalt/Grimalt	16	21-16, 21-15	0:31
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 # 18 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	31, Q12	Samoilovs/Smedins	Q5	21-19, 16-21, 16-14	0:49
Lead the series against # 22 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	17, Q2	Doppler/Horst	22	30-28, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 30, Q9 Rudol/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 1	Rudol/Szalankiewicz	Q23	Varenhorst/van de Velde	Q10	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q10 Ha/Wu, China 1-0
7/30/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Qualifier 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	31, Q12	Ha/Wu	Q21	21-18, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # Q11 Pokersnik/Zemljak, Slovenia 0-1
6/12/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Qualifier 2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	26, Q11	Varenhorst/van de Velde	Q6	21-15, 13-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # Q15 Bakhnar/Bogatov, Russia 1-0
8/14/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Qualifier 2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	17, Q2	Bakhnar/Bogatov	Q15	21-18, 21-17	0:32