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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 2019 European Championships
August 6 - 11, 2019

(18) 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 CEV Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$226,924.68

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:

151

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baku 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$478,802.63

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
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$8,808.00
FIVB	26	0	0	4	0	6	0	7	0	4	1	0	3	1	US$166,750.00
Overall	29	0	0	4	0	6	0	10	0	4	1	0	3	1	US$175,558.00

Previous Moscow Results

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

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/6/2019	Pool B	Mirco Gerson / Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland (15)	Lost 21-16, 19-21, 11-15	0:43
Wed, 8/7/2019	Pool B	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Oleg Stoyanovskiy, Russia (2)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:33
Thu, 8/8/2019	Pool B	Philipp Bergmann / Yannick Harms, Germany (31)	Won 21-12, 18-21, 15-12	0:39
Fri, 8/9/2019	Winner 1	Nico Beeler / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (27)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:28
Fri, 8/9/2019	Winner 2	Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (3)	Lost 21-14, 13-21, 12-15	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
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Total	29	0	0	4	0	6	0	10	0	5	0	0	$174,250.00

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
8	0	0	2	0	1	4	1	0	0	$17,500.00	Confederation Championship	12	0	0	1	0	5	5	1	0	0	$21,250.00
86	1	1	7	4	22	18	15	7	0	$217,050.00	Total	132	3	4	6	4	30	29	27	11	0	$451,487.50

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	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	$26,000.00	18	12	60.0 %
2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	$26,000.00	18	12	60.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %

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
											2007	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	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
											2009	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$325.00
											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
											2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
											2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,375.00
											2011	CEV C&S	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,337.50
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	$22,850.00
											2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											2012	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25	2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$93.75
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00	2014	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV C&S
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,375.00
											2016	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	0	$60,062.50
											2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2017	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	$16,000.00
											2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$260.00	2017	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$440.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2018	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00	2018	CEV C&S
8	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	$13,000.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	4	$15,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
42	0	0	3	0	3	9	7	9	11	$34,941.25	Total	Total	120	5	7	6	6	23	27	18	10	18	$380,433.75

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	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	6-5	54.5%
2018-2019	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5
Total	0	0	8	5	35	18	0	1	23	19	0	4	4	0	0	0	70	47

Head to Head Results
Varenhorst/van de Velde lead the series against the field 11-9 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russia 0-2
8/7/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool B	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	18	21-18, 21-18	0:33
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 # 3 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
8/9/19	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Leshukov/Semenov	3	Varenhorst/van de Velde	18	14-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 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
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
Series tied with # 7 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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 15 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-2
8/6/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool B	Gerson/Heidrich	15	Varenhorst/van de Velde	18	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:43
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 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 # 25 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
Lead the series against # 27 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
8/9/19	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	18	Beeler/Krattiger	27	21-15, 21-13	0:28
Lead the series against # 31 Bergmann/Harms, Germany 1-0
8/8/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool B	Varenhorst/van de Velde	18	Bergmann/Harms	31	21-12, 18-21, 15-12	0:39