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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Stavanger Major Series
June 9 - 14, 2015

(18) 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 Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	80	US$0.00

Stavanger Major Series Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/11/2015	Pool B	Tri Bourne / John Hyden, United States (15)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:48
Thu, 6/11/2015	Pool B	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (2)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:42
Fri, 6/12/2015	Pool B	Lars Retterholt / Bjarte Usken, Norway (31)	Won 21-14, 21-10	0:32
Sat, 6/13/2015	Winner 1	Isaac Kapa / Christopher McHugh, Australia (28, Q7)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Sat, 6/13/2015	Winner 2	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (16)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Sat, 6/13/2015	Winner 3	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (25, Q3)	Lost 21-16, 18-21, 9-15	0:48

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	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$38,000.00	12	9	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	12	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	3	$72,000.00	37	19	66.1 %

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
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$19,000.00	2015	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$19,000.00
12	1	0	3	0	1	1	1	2	3	$36,000.00	Total	Total	21	1	0	3	0	1	2	3	5	6	$45,200.00

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	14	53.8%	5	19.2%	7	26.9%	19-7	73.1%	10	22.7%	5	11.4%	29	65.9%	10-34	22.7%	28-54	34.1%	30-24	55.6%	2	0	31-39	44.3%

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	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 lead the series against the field 15-14 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
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 # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	19	Eithun/Horrem	30, Q13	21-19, 21-11	0:35
Series tied with # 9 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
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
Series tied with # 15 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 # 16 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	18	Lupo/Nicolai	16	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 22 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	2	21-12, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 3	Kantor/Losiak	25, Q3	Krou/Rowlandson	18	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
4/25/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	Krou/Rowlandson	9	29-27, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 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
Lead the series against # 31 Retterholt/Usken, Norway 1-0
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool B	Krou/Rowlandson	18	Retterholt/Usken	31	21-14, 21-10	0:32
Lead the series against de Paula/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	9	Moreira/de Paula	26, Q13	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against Fuchs/Kaczmarek, Germany 1-0
12/14/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Bronze Medal	Krou/Rowlandson	3	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # Q13 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Carambula/Ranghieri	31, Q27	Krou/Rowlandson	18	19-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # Q14 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 2-0
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	9	21-17, 21-16	0:33
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # Q15 Eglseer/Mullner, Austria 1-0
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	3	Eglseer/Mullner	14	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # Q18 Kollo/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kollo/Vesik	28, Q7	Krou/Rowlandson	Q10	21-14, 15-21, 15-13	0:41