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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 J&T Banka Ostrava Beach Open 2021
June 2 - 6, 2021

(13) 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 Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Dirk Boehle - 25th	Jasper Bouter - 9th
2019	Christiaan Varenhorst - 33rd	Steven van de Velde - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	3/9-13/2020	Doha Four Star	18	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	12	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	25	5th	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	17, Q2	9th	400	US$4,000.00
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

Ostrava 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/3/2021	Pool D	Nils Ehlers / Lars Fluggen, Germany (20)	Lost 21-13, 19-21, 13-15	0:49
Fri, 6/4/2021	Pool D	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (29, Q20)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 6/4/2021	Winner 1	Grant O'Gorman / Ben Saxton, Canada (27, Q12)	Won 21-17, 24-26, 15-11	0:49
Sat, 6/5/2021	Winner 2	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (2)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:38
Sat, 6/5/2021	Winner 3	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (22)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:39

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	10	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	4	$42,000.00	24	15	61.5 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
2021	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$32,000.00	16	8	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	2	0	4	0	6	0	1	0	4	$81,000.00	43	27	61.4 %

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
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
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
5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00
39	0	0	3	0	7	7	4	7	11	$59,550.00	Total	Total	101	3	4	3	4	21	21	17	10	18	$379,362.50

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%
2020-2021	16	64.0%	5	20.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	4	25.0%	1	6.3%	11	68.8%	4-12	25.0%	16-11	59.3%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	25-16	61.0%
Against the Field	24	61.5%	8	20.5%	7	17.9%	32-7	82.1%	6	18.8%	3	9.4%	23	71.9%	6-26	18.8%	48-42	53.3%	28-20	58.3%	2	0	40-31	56.3%

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 29-23 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 7 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-2
5/30/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	4	Varenhorst/van de Velde	14	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:45
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	3	Varenhorst/van de Velde	11	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russia 0-4
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
8/1/19	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 # 5 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 1-0
5/30/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Bronze Medal	Varenhorst/van de Velde	14	Carambula/Rossi	11	21-16, 26-28, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 6 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool A	Varenhorst/van de Velde	16	Leshukov/Semenov	17	21-14, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 0-2
4/25/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 3	Cerutti/Filho	4	Varenhorst/van de Velde	16	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:53
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Cerutti/Filho	2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	17, Q2	23-21, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 2-2
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	16	Dalhausser/Lucena	11	21-13, 26-24	0:45
3/11/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Lucena	10	Varenhorst/van de Velde	18	21-18, 21-16	0:38
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool H	Varenhorst/van de Velde	25	Dalhausser/Lucena	8	21-18, 21-16	0:33
3/14/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Lucena	17	Varenhorst/van de Velde	27, Q7	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 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
Series tied with # 12 Bourne/Crabb, United States 1-1
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Varenhorst/van de Velde	14	Bourne/Crabb	16	21-19, 21-12	0:32
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Pool E	Bourne/Crabb	5	Varenhorst/van de Velde	12	21-19, 26-24	0:44
Series tied with # 14 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 1-1
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 2	Varenhorst/van de Velde	14	Bryl/Fijalek	10	18-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:54
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 # 16 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 # 17 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 # 19 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool H	Varenhorst/van de Velde	25	Loyola/Wanderley	9	21-11, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 20 Ehlers/Fluggen, Germany 0-2
6/3/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool D	Ehlers/Fluggen	20	Varenhorst/van de Velde	13	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:49
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 # 21 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 3-0
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool C	Varenhorst/van de Velde	14	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	21-17, 25-23	0:40
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 # 22 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 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 # 25, Q6 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 # 27, Q12 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 1-0
6/4/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	13	O'Gorman/Saxton	27, Q12	21-17, 24-26, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 29, Q20 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-0
6/4/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool D	Varenhorst/van de Velde	13	Ahman/Hellvig	29, Q20	21-13, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # Q5 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 2-0
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool F	Varenhorst/van de Velde	11	Breer/Krattiger	22, Q1	21-17, 21-14	0:41
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	16	Breer/Krattiger	26, Q9	22-24, 21-19, 15-12	1:03
Series tied with # Q7 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
Trail the series against # Q21 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 # Q24 Kislytsyn/Kuvichka, Russia 1-0
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool C	Varenhorst/van de Velde	14	Kislytsyn/Kuvichka	30, Q19	21-14, 21-19	0:31
Lead the series against # Q29 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool H	Varenhorst/van de Velde	24	Campos/Pedrosa	8	21-8, 21-17	0:26