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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 EuroBeachVolley 2021
August 12 - 15, 2021

(7) 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 Vienna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2017	Did not play	Maarten Van Garderen - 4th
FIVB 2018	Did not play	Jasper Bouter - 25th
FIVB 2019	Christiaan Varenhorst - 9th	Steven van de Velde - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	6	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	13	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2021	Sochi 4 Star	14	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	11	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	16	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	18	5th	480	US$6,000.00
CEV	9/16-20/2020	EuroBeachVolley 2020	14	9th	300	€ 2,500.00

EuroBeachVolley 2021 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/12/2022	Pool G	Samuele Cottafava / Jakob Windisch, Italy (26)	Won 21-18, 25-27, 15-12	0:49
Fri, 8/12/2022	Pool G	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Oleg Stoyanovskiy, Russia (10)	Won 21-12, 20-22, 15-12	0:46
Sat, 8/13/2022	Winner 2	Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (9)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	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
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	10	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	4	$42,000.00	24	15	61.5 %
2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	1	66.7 %
2021	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	$35,000.00	17	10	63.0 %
2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	2	0	4	0	6	0	2	0	4	$84,000.00	44	29	60.3 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	6	5	54.5 %

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
10	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	$21,000.00	2019	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	1	4	$23,500.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
6	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	$17,500.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	$17,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
54	0	0	4	0	7	14	9	9	11	$66,441.25	Total	Total	132	5	7	7	6	27	32	20	10	18	$411,933.75

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%
2020-2021	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	3-3	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 15-14 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 1-1
6/5/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	13	Mol/Sorum	2	21-17, 21-18	0:38
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	16	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 3 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-2
3/10/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool B	Kantor/Losiak	15	Varenhorst/van de Velde	18	21-17, 21-18	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 8 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-1
3/11/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	18	Ermacora/Pristauz	19	27-25, 21-13	0:39
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 1	Ermacora/Pristauz	16	Varenhorst/van de Velde	12	21-19, 28-26	0:42
Series tied with # 9 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 1-1
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool A	Varenhorst/van de Velde	16	Leshukov/Semenov	17	21-14, 21-13	0:35
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 # 10 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russia 0-5
3/11/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	18	21-19, 28-26	0:49
9/7/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 3	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	Varenhorst/van de Velde	25	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:50
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool A	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	17, Q2	21-12, 21-14	0:31
8/7/19	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
Lead the series against # 11 Thole/Wickler, Germany 1-0
9/18/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Pool C	Varenhorst/van de Velde	14	Thole/Wickler	3	21-18, 22-24, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 12 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 3-1
6/5/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	22	Varenhorst/van de Velde	13	21-19, 21-18	0:39
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	18	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	23-21, 26-28, 15-12	0:57
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	25	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
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
Series tied with # 14 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	15	Varenhorst/van de Velde	18	22-20, 21-11	0:35
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 # 18 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 # 19 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 # 20 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool F	Varenhorst/van de Velde	11	Gavira/Herrera	6	21-12, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 31 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