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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Espinho Challenge
July 14 - 17, 2022

(1) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Dirk Boehle - 33rd	Did not play
2019	Christiaan Varenhorst - 9th	Steven van de Velde - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	20	3rd	1000	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	47	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	Q11	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	6	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	7	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-10/2021	World Tour Finals - Italy	8	3rd	0	US$50,000.00

Espinho Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/15/2022	Pool A	Jonathan Jordan / Immanuel Zurcher, Switzerland (24, Q14)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:28
Fri, 7/15/2022	Pool A	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (13)	Won 23-21, 21-18	0:39
Sat, 7/16/2022	Winner 1	Stefan Boermans / Matthew Immers, Netherlands (5)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:29
Sat, 7/16/2022	Winner 2	Piotr Kantor / Maciej Rudol, Poland (9)	Lost 21-18, 17-21, 17-19	0:55

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 %
2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	$32,750.00	15	11	57.7 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	4	0	6	0	7	0	5	0	4	$166,750.00	64	42	60.4 %

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
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
7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$16,375.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$16,375.00
48	0	0	5	0	9	8	8	7	11	$102,425.00	Total	Total	110	3	4	5	4	23	22	21	10	18	$422,237.50

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%
2021-2022	19	55.9%	9	26.5%	6	17.6%	28-6	82.4%	8	32.0%	3	12.0%	14	56.0%	8-17	32.0%	19-14	57.6%	17-9	65.4%	1	0	37-23	61.7%
Against the Field	9	69.2%	2	15.4%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	18-6	75.0%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	13-5	72.2%

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 13-5 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 3 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-0
6/10/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool B	Varenhorst/van de Velde	47	Bryl/Losiak	2	23-21, 21-13	0:40
Series tied with # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Boermans/Immers, Netherlands 1-0
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	1	Boermans/Immers	5	21-12, 21-19	0:29
Lead the series against # 6 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
Series tied with # 7 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
Trail the series against # 9 Kantor/Rudol, Poland 0-1
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 2	Kantor/Rudol	9	Varenhorst/van de Velde	1	18-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:55
Lead the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 Luini/Penninga, Netherlands 0-1
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Lucky Loser	Luini/Penninga	12, Q1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	6	10-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 13 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 3-1
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool A	Varenhorst/van de Velde	1	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	23-21, 21-18	0:39
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool D	Varenhorst/van de Velde	5	Samoilovs/Smedins	12	21-17, 21-16	0:33
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, Q2 Sarabia/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Varenhorst/van de Velde	6	Sarabia/Virgen	18	19-21, 21-10, 15-8	0:42
Lead the series against # 24, Q14 Jordan/Zurcher, Switzerland 1-0
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool A	Varenhorst/van de Velde	1	Jordan/Zurcher	24, Q14	21-17, 21-12	0:28