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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(15) Matthew Immers/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands

Matthew Immers
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 13, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leidschendam-Voorburg

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$119,124.60

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$199,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	23	1	1	0	2	8	0	6	0	1	1	3	0	US$131,750.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Mart van Werkhoven - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	Q13	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	Q5	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	4	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q1	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	4	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	Q4	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	12	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	4	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	2	9th	460	US$2,500.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool J	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (34)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:33
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool J	Poravid Taovato / Pithak Tipjan, Thailand (39)	Won 21-13, 22-20	0:36
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool J	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (10)	Won 31-29, 13-21, 15-10	0:57
Wed, 10/11/2023	Winner 1	Sergiy Popov / Eduard Reznik, Ukraine (28)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:36
Thu, 10/12/2023	Winner 2	Stefan Boermans / Yorick de Groot, Netherlands (24)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 13-15	0:56

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Michiel van Dorsten - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Stefan Boermans - 17th	Christiaan Varenhorst - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Steven van de Velde - 9th	Matthew Immers - 9th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Ruben Penninga - 33rd	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	15	9th	800	US$11,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	1	0	2	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	$86,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	$27,250.00
Total	23	1	1	0	2	8	0	6	0	5	0	0	$131,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matthew Immers												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	0	1	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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$11,400.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$34,750.00
25	0	1	0	3	6	7	6	2	0	$73,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	1	1	4	10	2	6	4	0	$94,500.00
17	2	0	0	0	4	6	2	2	0	$28,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	1	0	2	0	7	8	5	2	0	$52,650.00
8	0	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	$1,600.00	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	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
56	2	3	3	3	11	16	12	4	0	$118,375.00	Total	78	1	1	5	4	21	14	14	7	0	$199,550.00

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
2023	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	$32,000.00	17	12	58.6 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	$32,000.00	17	12	58.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matthew Immers													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
											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
											2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	3	2	$7,150.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	$21,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$850.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	$42,500.00
12	1	0	2	1	1	4	2	1	0	$25,750.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$16,375.00
11	0	0	0	1	2	3	5	0	0	$19,000.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	0	0	$16,000.00
31	1	2	3	2	4	7	10	1	1	$45,850.00	Total	Total	58	0	0	5	1	11	10	13	7	11	$118,425.00

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	30	60.0%	12	24.0%	8	16.0%	42-8	84.0%	11	29.7%	12	32.4%	14	37.8%	11-26	29.7%	30-14	68.2%	23-20	53.5%	5	0	58-34	63.0%
2022-2023	12	66.7%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	6	40.0%	5	33.3%	4	26.7%	6-9	40.0%	12-4	75.0%	9-8	52.9%	2	0	23-12	65.7%
Against the Field	22	53.7%	11	26.8%	8	19.5%	33-8	80.5%	7	20.0%	12	34.3%	16	45.7%	7-28	20.0%	44-24	64.7%	36-40	47.4%	4	0	44-32	57.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	4	22	5	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	2	0	1	33	20
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	7
Total	0	0	3	4	39	12	0	0	13	13	2	2	0	2	1	1	58	34

Head to Head Results
Immers/van de Velde lead the series against the field 14-11 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
4/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Immers/van de Velde	12	20-22, 21-11, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 4 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
4/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	12	Loyola/Wanderley	4	19-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 5 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 1-0
4/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	12	Carambula/Ranghieri	5	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 6 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 1-0
4/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Winner 2	Immers/van de Velde	12	Ehlers/Wickler	6	21-23, 21-19, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 9 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 0-1
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool D	Goncalves/Lanci	9	Immers/van de Velde	4	21-17, 20-22, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 10 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Immers/van de Velde	15	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10	31-29, 13-21, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 11 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-1
4/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Bronze Medal	Bryl/Losiak	3	Immers/van de Velde	12	21-19, 21-23, 15-9	0:54
Lead the series against # 17 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
4/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	12	Gavira/Herrera	13, Q2	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 20 Horl/Horst, Austria 1-0
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Immers/van de Velde	4	Horl/Horst	14	21-13, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 21 Brunner/Crabb, United States 2-1
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 1	Brunner/Crabb	Q4	Immers/van de Velde	Q13	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:43
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	4	Brunner/Crabb	16	21-17, 21-14	0:28
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	4	Brunner/Crabb	9	21-14, 21-13	0:28
Trail the series against # 23 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 0-1
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 2	Hodges/Schubert	20, Q12	Immers/van de Velde	4	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:45
Trail the series against # 24 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
10/12/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Boermans/de Groot	24	Immers/van de Velde	15	21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 25 Lupo/Rossi, Italy 0-2
8/16/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Qualifier 1	Lupo/Rossi	Q12	Immers/van de Velde	Q5	21-18, 22-20	0:38
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 2	Lupo/Rossi	15, Q9	Immers/van de Velde	Q1	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 28 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-0
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Immers/van de Velde	15	Popov/Reznik	28	21-16, 21-13	0:36
Series tied with # 29 Pristauz/Seidl, Austria 1-1
5/31/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Pristauz/Seidl	Q13	Immers/van de Velde	Q4	14-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool B	Immers/van de Velde	2	Pristauz/Seidl	11	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 32 Burnett/McHugh, Australia 1-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	4	Burnett/McHugh	21	21-23, 21-19, 15-11	0:52
Series tied with # 33 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 1-1
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Immers/van de Velde	4	Alayo/Diaz	6, Q1	21-23, 21-18, 15-9	0:50
4/8/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Winner 1	Alayo/Diaz	12, Q2	Immers/van de Velde	2	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 34 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-0
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Immers/van de Velde	15	Carracher/Nicolaidis	34	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 39 Taovato/Tipjan, Thailand 1-0
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Immers/van de Velde	15	Taovato/Tipjan	39	21-13, 22-20	0:36
Trail the series against # 45 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-1
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Immers/van de Velde	4	21-14, 23-21	0:35