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CEV Under Age
U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship
September 7 - 10, 2017

(8) Mees Blom/Yorick de Groot, 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 CEV Under Age Best:

4th (Vulcano 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$3,238.09

Yorick de Groot
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sliedrecht

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Under Age Wins:

1 (Göteborg 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$230,140.96

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	Money
CEV Under Age	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	US$4,630.50
Overall	13	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	1	3	0	1	US$4,630.50

Previous Vulcano Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/7/2017	Pool H	Ofri Masuri / Rom Uziel, Israel (25)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:31
Fri, 9/8/2017	Pool H	Theo Faure / Timothee Platre, France (24)	Lost 10-21, 22-24	0:37
Fri, 9/8/2017	Pool H	Valtter Pennanen / Vili Topio, Finland (9)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:29
Sat, 9/9/2017	Winner 1	Andre Marques / Afonso Reis, Portugal (20)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:32
Sat, 9/9/2017	Winner 2	Paolo Cappio / Jakob Windisch, Italy (31)	Won 21-16, 16-21, 15-9	0:38
Sat, 9/9/2017	Winner 3	Aurimas Mazuras / Patrikas Stankevicius, Lithuania (14)	Won 21-19, 13-21, 15-12	0:44
Sun, 9/10/2017	Semi-Finals	Sergey Gorbenko / Vasilii Ivanov, Russia (3)	Lost 18-21, 24-22, 13-15	0:51
Sun, 9/10/2017	Bronze Medal	Theo Faure / Timothee Platre, France (24)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:33

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	$1,450.00
Total	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	4	0	0	$4,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mees Blom												Yorick de Groot
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	2	1	7	1	3	7	0	0	0	$137,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	$32,250.00
14	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	1	0	$1,375.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$775.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U17 World Championships
											Confederation Championship	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$19,750.00
19	0	0	1	0	3	5	5	2	0	$2,875.00	Total	53	3	5	9	4	9	13	5	1	0	$220,525.00

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	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mees Blom													Yorick de Groot
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2015	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV Under Age
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$500.00	2017	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	1	$500.00	Total	Total	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00

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	9	81.8%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	9-5	64.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	11-6	64.7%
2016-2017	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	5-3	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	3	5	5	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	12
Total	0	0	0	4	6	6	0	0	3	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	15

Head to Head Results
Blom/de Groot lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Gorbenko/Ivanov, Russia 0-1
9/10/17	CEV Under Age	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Semi-Finals	Gorbenko/Ivanov	3	Blom/de Groot	8	21-18, 22-24, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 Pennanen/Topio, Finland 1-0
9/8/17	CEV Under Age	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool H	Blom/de Groot	8	Pennanen/Topio	9	21-13, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 14 Mazuras/Stankevicius, Lithuania 1-0
9/9/17	CEV Under Age	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 3	Blom/de Groot	8	Mazuras/Stankevicius	14	21-19, 13-21, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 Marques/Reis, Portugal 1-0
9/9/17	CEV Under Age	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 1	Blom/de Groot	8	Marques/Reis	20	21-17, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 24 Faure/Platre, France 0-2
9/10/17	CEV Under Age	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Bronze Medal	Faure/Platre	24	Blom/de Groot	8	21-19, 21-18	0:33
9/8/17	CEV Under Age	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool H	Faure/Platre	24	Blom/de Groot	8	21-10, 24-22	0:37
Lead the series against # 25 Masuri/Uziel, Israel 1-0
9/7/17	CEV Under Age	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool H	Blom/de Groot	8	Masuri/Uziel	25	21-14, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 31 Cappio/Windisch, Italy 1-0
9/9/17	CEV Under Age	U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 2	Blom/de Groot	8	Cappio/Windisch	31	21-16, 16-21, 15-9	0:38