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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015
June 26 - July 5, 2015

(32) Youssef Krou/Edouard Rowlandson, France

Youssef Krou
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Agadir, Morocco

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$154,118.60

Edouard Rowlandson
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mauguio

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$90,245.18

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	34	1	0	3	2	4	0	5	0	9	5	5	US$158,475.00

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Edouard Rowlandson - 33rd	Youssef Krou - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	11	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	18	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	19	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	18	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	9	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	3	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/4-8/2014	Doha Open	5	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	5	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	24, Q3	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/30-8/3/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	31, Q21	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	80	US$0.00

Netherlands World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 6/28/2015	Pool H	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (17)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:34
Mon, 6/29/2015	Pool H	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (8)	Lost 26-24, 15-21, 14-16	1:09
Tue, 6/30/2015	Pool H	Grant Goldschmidt / Leo Williams, South Africa (41)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:37
Wed, 7/1/2015	Winner 1	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:40

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Edouard Rowlandson - 17th	Youssef Krou - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat - 17th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	32	17th	400	US$7,000.00

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	2	0	$92,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	1	0	3	1	1	0	3	0	4	3	0	$52,475.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	34	1	0	3	2	4	0	5	0	9	5	0	$158,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Youssef Krou												Edouard Rowlandson
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$8,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
28	1	0	0	0	3	7	8	2	0	$79,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	4	0	$52,450.00
42	1	2	3	1	3	11	7	7	0	$55,737.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	0	3	1	1	4	4	5	0	$29,987.50
12	1	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	$10,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00
86	3	4	5	2	8	18	21	9	1	$153,837.50	Total	49	2	0	3	2	4	7	11	9	0	$89,987.50

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
2014	FIVB	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$34,000.00	25	10	71.4 %
2015	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$52,000.00	15	14	51.7 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	3	$86,000.00	40	24	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Youssef Krou													Edouard Rowlandson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$9,200.00
8	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	$17,000.00	2014	FIVB	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	$17,000.00
6	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	$26,000.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	$26,000.00
14	1	0	3	0	1	1	3	2	3	$43,000.00	Total	Total	23	1	0	3	0	1	2	5	5	6	$52,200.00

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	50	66.7%	11	14.7%	14	18.7%	61-14	81.3%	19	25.7%	11	14.9%	44	59.5%	19-55	25.7%	50-44	53.2%	30-25	54.5%	2	2	82-71	53.6%
2014-2015	25	67.6%	7	18.9%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	9	30.0%	2	6.7%	19	63.3%	9-21	30.0%	25-19	56.8%	16-7	69.6%	1	0	42-26	61.8%
Against the Field	8	38.1%	7	33.3%	6	28.6%	15-6	71.4%	8	21.1%	4	10.5%	26	68.4%	8-30	21.1%	16-48	25.0%	30-20	60.0%	1	1	24-35	40.7%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	3	15	15	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	26
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	2	24	22	0	0	16	8	1	4	3	1	1	0	48	37
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	5
Total	0	0	10	6	43	40	0	0	24	18	1	5	3	2	1	0	82	71

Head to Head Results
Krou/Rowlandson trail the series against the field 14-17 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
12/13/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Krou/Rowlandson	3	21-15, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 2 Doherty/Mayer, United States 1-0
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool F	Krou/Rowlandson	11	Doherty/Mayer	22, Q1	17-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-3
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Krou/Rowlandson	32	21-17, 21-14	0:40
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool F	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	Krou/Rowlandson	11	21-12, 21-16	0:43
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Krou/Rowlandson	18	21-18, 21-11	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-2
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Krou/Rowlandson	18	21-18, 21-19	0:42
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	19	Fijalek/Prudel	3	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Krou/Rowlandson	31, Q21	21-13, 21-17	0:35
Series tied with # 5 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Krou/Rowlandson	11	21-15, 21-15	0:40
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	18	Lupo/Nicolai	16	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool H	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Krou/Rowlandson	32	24-26, 21-15, 16-14	1:09
Series tied with # 9 Bourne/Hyden, United States 1-1
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool B	Krou/Rowlandson	18	Bourne/Hyden	15	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:48
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bourne/Hyden	15, Q2	Krou/Rowlandson	Q18	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Krou/Rowlandson	24, Q3	Krasilnikov/Semenov	8	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 12 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/6/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 2	Goncalves/Solberg	9	Krou/Rowlandson	19	13-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 13 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	19	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	14	21-23, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 14 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Gibb/Patterson	9	Krou/Rowlandson	24, Q3	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	17	Krou/Rowlandson	32	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
6/11/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	26, Q5	Krou/Rowlandson	Q21	12-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 20 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	Krou/Rowlandson	24, Q3	21-16, 19-21, 18-16	0:54
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	18	Krou/Rowlandson	31, Q21	21-16, 21-13	0:32
Series tied with # 21 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-1
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Binstock/Schachter	15	Krou/Rowlandson	18	21-18, 22-20	0:39
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	9	Binstock/Schachter	4	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-0
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 1	Krou/Rowlandson	18	Kapa/McHugh	28, Q7	17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 24 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	Krou/Rowlandson	31, Q21	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 33 Haddock/Rodriguez, Puerto Rico 1-0
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool F	Krou/Rowlandson	11	Haddock/Rodriguez	27, Q4	17-21, 25-23, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 34 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Krou/Rowlandson	31, Q21	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	Q12	21-14, 17-21, 15-7	0:43
Lead the series against # 35 Garcia/Marco, Spain 2-0
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Garcia/Marco	10	21-10, 21-17	0:32
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Gold Medal	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Garcia/Marco	16	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 41 Goldschmidt/Williams, South Africa 1-0
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool H	Krou/Rowlandson	32	Goldschmidt/Williams	41	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 43 Barsuk/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Krou/Rowlandson	9	Barsuk/Koshkarev	29, Q21	21-13, 26-24	0:38