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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
July 1 - 5, 2026

(7) 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$238,108.09

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$234,317.25

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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Did not play	Reinder Nummerdor - 41st
2019	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 41st
2021	Stefan Boermans - 1st	Christiaan Varenhorst - 17th
2022	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 3rd
2023	Did not play	Matthew Immers - 17th
2025	Stefan Boermans - 3rd	Alexander Brouwer - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool F	Jack Pearse / D'Artagnan Potts, Australia (18, Q5)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:29
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool F	Chase Budinger / Trevor Crabb, United States (19, Q7)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 13-15	0:47
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool F	Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb, United States (6)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:34
Fri, 7/3/2026	Winner 1	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (4)	Lost 23-25, 19-21	0:39

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00	5	4	55.6 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00
55	3	5	9	4	10	14	5	1	4	$228,125.00	Total	Total	92	1	1	7	4	23	21	15	9	11	$225,400.00

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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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 trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 0-1
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	4	de Groot/van de Velde	7	25-23, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Benesh/Crabb, United States 0-1
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool F	Benesh/Crabb	6	de Groot/van de Velde	7	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 18, Q5 Pearse/Potts, Australia 1-0
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool F	de Groot/van de Velde	7	Pearse/Potts	18, Q5	21-15, 21-16	0:29
Trail the series against # 19, Q7 Budinger/Crabb, United States 0-1
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool F	Budinger/Crabb	19, Q7	de Groot/van de Velde	7	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # Q1 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