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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 10,000 Knokke-Heist One Star
August 15 - 18, 2019

(2) 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 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 Winnings:

US$201,138.09

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Knokke-Heist Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2019	Vaduz One Star	2	9th	100	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2019	Ljubljana One Star	5	3rd	160	€ 500.00
FIVB	6/6-10/2019	Baden One Star	7	13th	90	€ 150.00
FIVB	5/16-19/2019	Aydin Two Star	Q13	21st	140	€ 0.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	31	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2018	Montpellier One Star	11	5th	120	€ 300.00

Knokke-Heist One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/16/2019	Pool B	Bob Douwen / Yannick Pirali, Belgium (15)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:27
Sat, 8/17/2019	Pool B	Mathias Seiser / Maximilian Trummer, Austria (7, Q3)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:27
Sat, 8/17/2019	Winner 1	Masato Kurasaka / Kensuke Shoji, Japan (5, Q1)	Won 21-19, 21-10	0:33
Sat, 8/17/2019	Winner 2	Tim Lemmens / Anshel Ver Eecke, Belgium (14)	Lost 15-21, 21-16, 17-19	0:50

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
19	0	0	1	0	3	5	5	2	0	$2,875.00	Total	49	3	3	9	3	9	12	5	1	0	$200,775.00

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
2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
2019	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	$4,450.00	10	12	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	4	0	1	$4,450.00	10	15	40.0 %

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	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$100.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$2,275.00	2019	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$2,225.00
19	0	0	1	0	3	5	5	2	3	$2,875.00	Total	Total	12	0	1	1	0	2	2	4	0	2	$2,225.00

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	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	3	23.1%	10	76.9%	0-13	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	2-4	33.3%	0	1	10-15	40.0%
2018-2019	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	3	23.1%	10	76.9%	0-13	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	2-4	33.3%	0	1	10-15	40.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	1	2-4	33.3%

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
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 trail the series against the field 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5, Q1 Kurasaka/Shoji, Japan 1-0
8/17/19	FIVB	Knokke-Heist One Star	Winner 1	Blom/de Groot	2	Kurasaka/Shoji	5, Q1	21-19, 21-10	0:33
Trail the series against # 7, Q3 Seiser/Trummer, Austria 0-1
8/17/19	FIVB	Knokke-Heist One Star	Pool B	Seiser/Trummer	7, Q3	Blom/de Groot	2	21-15, 21-14	0:27
Trail the series against # 14 Lemmens/Ver Eecke, Belgium 0-1
8/17/19	FIVB	Knokke-Heist One Star	Winner 2	Lemmens/Ver Eecke	14	Blom/de Groot	2	21-15, 16-21, 19-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 15 Douwen/Pirali, Belgium 1-0
8/16/19	FIVB	Knokke-Heist One Star	Pool B	Blom/de Groot	2	Douwen/Pirali	15	21-16, 21-11	0:27
Trail the series against # Q6 Molin/Tholse, Sweden 0-1
8/29/18	FIVB	Montpellier One Star	Pool C	Molin/Tholse	6	Blom/de Groot	11	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # Q8 van Steenis/Vismans, Netherlands 0-1
8/10/19	FIVB	Vaduz One Star	Winner 1	Vismans/van Steenis	14, Q5	Blom/de Groot	2	21-17, 26-24	0:37