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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 World Tour Finals - Italy
October 6 - 10, 2021

(8) 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 Cagliari Results Neither player has played in this venue before

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

World Tour Finals - Italy Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/6/2021	Pool A	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (1)	Won 10-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:41
Wed, 10/6/2021	Pool A	Ondrej Perusic / David Schweiner, Czech Republic (5)	Lost 25-27, 29-27, 10-15	1:00
Thu, 10/7/2021	Pool A	Taylor Crabb / Jake Gibb, United States (4)	Won 26-24, 21-10	0:32
Fri, 10/8/2021	Pool A	Martins Plavins / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (10)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:27
Sat, 10/9/2021	Winner 1	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (2)	Won 21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:51
Sat, 10/9/2021	Semi-Finals	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (3)	Lost 21-16, 18-21, 13-15	0:48
Sun, 10/10/2021	Bronze Medal	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (1)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:40

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	7	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	$85,000.00	22	12	64.7 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	3	0	4	0	6	0	2	0	4	$134,000.00	49	31	61.3 %

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
7	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	$42,500.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	$42,500.00
41	0	0	4	0	7	7	5	7	11	$86,050.00	Total	Total	103	3	4	4	4	21	21	18	10	18	$405,862.50

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%
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	7	50.0%	5	35.7%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	6	60.0%	2-8	20.0%	14-10	58.3%	14-8	63.6%	1	0	15-9	62.5%

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 14-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 2-1
10/10/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Bronze Medal	Varenhorst/van de Velde	8	Lupo/Nicolai	1	23-21, 21-17	0:40
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Varenhorst/van de Velde	8	Lupo/Nicolai	1	10-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 2 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-2
10/9/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	8	Tijan/Younousse	2	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:51
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 # 3 Mol/Sorum, Norway 1-2
10/9/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	3	Varenhorst/van de Velde	8	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
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 # 4 Crabb/Gibb, United States 1-0
10/7/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Varenhorst/van de Velde	8	Crabb/Gibb	4	26-24, 21-10	0:32
Series tied with # 5 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 2-2
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Perusic/Schweiner	5	Varenhorst/van de Velde	8	27-25, 27-29, 15-10	1:00
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 # 6 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 # 7 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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 2-0
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Varenhorst/van de Velde	8	Plavins/Tocs	10	21-16, 21-14	0:27
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool G	Varenhorst/van de Velde	26	Plavins/Tocs	7	21-19, 21-18	0:36