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FIVB Age Group World Championships
U21 World Championships
July 11 - 16, 2017

(13) Mees Blom/Ruben Penninga, Netherlands

Mees Blom
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 5, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tuitjenhorn (Noord-Holland)

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Ljubljana 2019)

Career FIVB Age Group WC Best:

5th (Acapulco 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$3,238.09

Ruben Penninga
Netherlands

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 11, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Arnhem (Gelderland)

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB Age Group WC Best:

9th (Nanjing 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$63,750.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	US$1,313.18
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	US$1,313.18

Previous Nanjing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	31	25th	90	US$1,000.00
FIVB	2/15-18/2017	Kish Island Three Star	Q11	33rd	60	US$0.00

U21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/12/2017	Pool D	Alireza Aghajani / Javad Firouzpourbandpei, Iran (20)	Won 12-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:43
Thu, 7/13/2017	Pool D	Gabriel Heilborn / Rafael Mendonca, Brazil (29, Q8)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:31
Thu, 7/13/2017	Pool D	Aleksander Sorum / Jakob Thelle, Norway (4)	Won 21-15, 24-22	0:33
Fri, 7/14/2017	Winner 1	Bautista Amieva / Mauro Zelayeta, Argentina (15)	Won 26-24, 21-19	0:48
Fri, 7/14/2017	Winner 2	Moritz Kindl / Marian Klaffinger, Austria (32, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:31

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$1,300.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	$1,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mees Blom												Ruben Penninga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	$24,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	1	1	0	3	5	4	3	0	$26,500.00
14	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	1	0	$1,375.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	0	1	1	1	4	9	1	1	0	$6,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U17 World Championships
19	0	0	1	0	3	5	5	2	0	$2,875.00	Total	62	0	2	2	1	8	21	11	6	0	$62,650.00

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
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mees Blom													Ruben Penninga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$500.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	$500.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$500.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2016-2017	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	2	3	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9

Head to Head Results
Blom/Penninga lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Sorum/Thelle, Norway 1-0
7/13/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Pool D	Blom/Penninga	13	Sorum/Thelle	4	21-15, 24-22	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 Amieva/Zelayeta, Argentina 1-0
7/14/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Winner 1	Blom/Penninga	13	Amieva/Zelayeta	15	26-24, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # 20 Aghajani/Firouzpourbandpei, Iran 1-0
7/12/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Pool D	Blom/Penninga	13	Aghajani/Firouzpourbandpei	20	12-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:43
Trail the series against # 29, Q8 Heilborn/Mendonca, Brazil 0-1
7/13/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Pool D	Heilborn/Mendonca	29, Q8	Blom/Penninga	13	21-17, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 32, Q1 Kindl/Klaffinger, Austria 0-1
7/14/17	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Winner 2	Kindl/Klaffinger	32, Q1	Blom/Penninga	13	21-14, 21-18	0:31