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Olympic Games Paris 2024
July 27 - August 10, 2024

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

Matthew Immers
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 13, 2000 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leidschendam-Voorburg

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$89,724.60

Steven van de Velde
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 8, 1994 (30 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$161,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	21	1	1	0	2	8	0	4	0	1	1	3	0	US$118,250.00

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Stefan Boermans - 5th	Did not play
2023	Steven van de Velde - 21st	Matthew Immers - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	4	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	9	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	1	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	8	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	7	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	9	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	2	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	15, Q8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	4	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	15	9th	800	US$11,000.00
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

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/28/2024

Pool B

Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (14)

Lost 20-22, 21-19, 13-15

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew Immers	Total	43	21	10	0.256	0	7	0	2
	1	17	6	7	-0.059	0	3	0	1
	2	15	7	1	0.400	0	2	0	0
	3	11	8	2	0.545	0	2	0	1
Steven van de Velde	Total	22	11	8	0.136	6	2	2	7
	1	5	3	2	0.200	5	0	1	1
	2	12	6	4	0.167	1	1	0	2
	3	5	2	2	0.000	0	1	1	4

Wed, 7/31/2024

Pool B

Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (23)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew Immers	Total	29	20	6	0.483	0	6	0	1
	1	15	11	3	0.533	0	1	0	1
	2	14	9	3	0.429	0	5	0	0
Steven van de Velde	Total	11	8	1	0.636	5	1	0	1
	1	4	2	1	0.250	2	1	0	1
	2	7	6	0	0.857	3	0	0	0

Fri, 8/2/2024

Pool B

Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (2)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew Immers	Total	31	18	6	0.387	0	7	0	2
	1	13	8	3	0.385	0	3	0	0
	2	18	10	3	0.389	0	4	0	2
Steven van de Velde	Total	13	7	2	0.385	3	0	0	3
	1	7	3	2	0.143	1	0	0	2
	2	6	4	0	0.667	2	0	0	1

Sun, 8/4/2024

Winner 1

Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Mariano, Brazil (8)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew Immers	Total	19	9	2	0.368	1	3	0	2
	1	6	3	0	0.500	1	2	0	0
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	1	0	2
Steven van de Velde	Total	13	9	1	0.615	3	0	1	2
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	0	1	0
	2	6	4	1	0.500	2	0	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew Immers	122	68	24	0.361	1	23	0	7
Steven van de Velde	59	35	12	0.390	17	3	3	13
Total	181	103	36	0.370	18	26	3	20
Opponents	182	102	36	0.363	16	26	13	19

World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Michiel van Dorsten - 17th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 5th
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 3rd
2022	World Championships	Rome	Stefan Boermans - 17th	Christiaan Varenhorst - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Steven van de Velde - 9th	Matthew Immers - 9th

Head to Head Results
Immers/van de Velde lead the series against the field 25-19 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 8 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-2
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool A	Immers/van de Velde	8	Ahman/Hellvig	1	23-21, 23-25, 15-7	0:56
4/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool A	Ahman/Hellvig	1	Immers/van de Velde	9	16-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:47
3/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Winner 2	Ahman/Hellvig	1	Immers/van de Velde	15, Q8	21-15, 24-22	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-3
8/2/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Immers/van de Velde	11	21-16, 21-19	0:37
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	3	Immers/van de Velde	9	30-28, 21-17	0:44
4/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1	Immers/van de Velde	12	20-22, 21-11, 15-9	0:46
Series tied with # 3 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 2-2
5/26/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Semi-Finals	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Immers/van de Velde	8	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
5/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Semi-Finals	Immers/van de Velde	7	Ehlers/Wickler	3	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
4/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Immers/van de Velde	9	23-21, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
4/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Winner 2	Immers/van de Velde	12	Ehlers/Wickler	6	21-23, 21-19, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 4 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 3-1
5/26/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Bronze Medal	Loyola/Wanderley	4	Immers/van de Velde	8	21-15, 30-28	0:46
5/3/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool B	Immers/van de Velde	7	Loyola/Wanderley	10	21-17, 20-22, 16-14	0:53
3/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Immers/van de Velde	15, Q8	Loyola/Wanderley	7	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
4/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	12	Loyola/Wanderley	4	19-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # 5 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-1
6/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool A	Perusic/Schweiner	1	Immers/van de Velde	9	21-17, 21-14	0:35
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Immers/van de Velde	15, Q8	Perusic/Schweiner	2	23-21, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 7 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 1-1
7/12/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	4	Boermans/de Groot	5	21-19, 21-19	0:34
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 # 8 Goncalves/Mariano, Brazil 0-3
8/4/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Winner 1	Goncalves/Mariano	8	Immers/van de Velde	11	21-16, 21-16	0:39
5/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Gold Medal	Goncalves/Mariano	4	Immers/van de Velde	7	17-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:53
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool D	Goncalves/Mariano	9	Immers/van de Velde	4	21-17, 20-22, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Benesh/Partain, United States 2-0
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool A	Immers/van de Velde	8	Benesh/Partain	9	21-15, 16-21, 15-7	0:42
5/2/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool B	Immers/van de Velde	7	Benesh/Partain	2	21-18, 23-21	0:39
Series tied with # 10 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-1
5/25/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Winner 2	Immers/van de Velde	8	Bryl/Losiak	11	21-18, 21-19	0:40
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 # 12 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
6/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool A	Immers/van de Velde	9	Cottafava/Nicolai	8	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 14 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 1-1
7/28/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool B	Carambula/Ranghieri	14	Immers/van de Velde	11	22-20, 19-21, 15-13	0:57
4/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	12	Carambula/Ranghieri	5	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 15 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 1-1
4/12/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Pool B	Immers/van de Velde	2	Hodges/Schubert	11	By Forfeit
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
Series tied with # 16 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 # 17 Horl/Horst, Austria 2-0
7/11/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	4	Horl/Horst	12	21-19, 17-21, 15-7	0:47
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 # 18 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
Series tied with # 19 Budinger/Evans, United States 1-1
11/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Semi-Finals	Immers/van de Velde	4	Budinger/Evans	3	21-19, 23-21	0:39
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Immers/van de Velde	4	21-14, 23-21	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Dearing/Schachter, Canada 2-0
5/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Pool A	Immers/van de Velde	1	Dearing/Schachter	13, Q2	21-15, 21-19	0:32
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 1	Immers/van de Velde	4	Dearing/Schachter	8	16-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:48
Lead the series against # 23 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-1
7/31/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool B	Immers/van de Velde	11	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-19, 21-16	0:39
7/13/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	Immers/van de Velde	4	21-17, 21-17	0:39
4/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool A	Immers/van de Velde	9	Grimalt/Grimalt	16, Q11	21-12, 17-21, 15-7	0:42
Lead the series against # 24 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 2-0
7/11/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	4	Carracher/Nicolaidis	13, Q2	21-11, 16-21, 15-10	0:41
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Immers/van de Velde	15	Carracher/Nicolaidis	34	21-12, 21-15	0:33