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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Ostrava
May 27 - 31, 2026

(9) Yorick de Groot/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands

Yorick de Groot
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sliedrecht

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$237,740.96

Steven van de Velde
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 8, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

The Hague

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Chiang Mai 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$233,950.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$15,200.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Dirk Boehle - 25th
2019	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 33rd
2021	Stefan Boermans - 9th	Christiaan Varenhorst - 5th
2022	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 21st
2023	Did not play	Matthew Immers - 21st
2024	Stefan Boermans - 2nd	Matthew Immers - 5th
2025	Stefan Boermans - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool D	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (16)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:33
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool D	Matyas Dzavoronok / Jakub Sepka, Czechia (21, Q7)	Won 25-23, 21-16	0:38
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool D	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (4)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:31
Sat, 5/30/2026	Winner 1	Elouan Chouikh / Joadel Gardoque, France (11)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:35
Sat, 5/30/2026	Winner 2	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (1)	Lost 21-13, 19-21, 6-15	0:42

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Yorick de Groot												Steven van de Velde
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$34,750.00
23	2	1	7	1	4	8	0	0	0	$145,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	35	0	1	1	4	11	3	6	4	5	$102,100.00
13	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	$32,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	1	0	2	0	7	8	5	2	5	$52,650.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$775.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	$5,150.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$19,750.00	Confederation Championship	8	0	0	2	0	1	4	1	0	0	$17,500.00
55	3	5	9	4	10	14	5	1	4	$228,125.00	Total	88	1	1	7	4	23	19	15	7	11	$224,650.00

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
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Yorick de Groot													Steven van de Velde
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,900.00
											2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
											2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$4,500.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
											2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00
											2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,500.00
											2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	3	2	$7,150.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$2,225.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	$21,000.00
											2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00
											2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
8	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	$19,050.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	$42,500.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$7,250.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$16,375.00
											2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
8	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	$37,500.00	2023	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	2	2	5	0	0	$21,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
10	1	1	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	$66,500.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	0	$44,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
8	1	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	$68,250.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	$31,250.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
54	3	5	9	4	10	13	5	1	4	$225,025.00	Total	Total	91	1	1	7	4	23	20	15	9	11	$222,300.00

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	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	5-2	71.4%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
2025-2026	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	5-2	71.4%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4

Head to Head Results
de Groot/van de Velde lead the series against the field 4-1 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
5/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 2	Ahman/Hellvig	1	de Groot/van de Velde	9	13-21, 21-19, 15-6	0:42
Lead the series against # 4 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 1-0
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool D	de Groot/van de Velde	9	Andersson/Nilsson	4	21-13, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 11 Chouikh/Gardoque, France 1-0
5/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 1	de Groot/van de Velde	9	Chouikh/Gardoque	11	22-20, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
5/28/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool D	de Groot/van de Velde	9	Grimalt/Grimalt	16	21-17, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 21, Q7 Dzavoronok/Sepka, Czechia 1-0
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool D	de Groot/van de Velde	9	Dzavoronok/Sepka	21, Q7	25-23, 21-16	0:38