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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite 16 Ostrava
June 5 - 9, 2024

(9) 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 Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Dirk Boehle - 25th
2019	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 33rd
2021	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 5th
2022	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 21st
2023	Steven van de Velde - 21st	Matthew Immers - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Elite16 Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/6/2024	Pool A	Ondrej Perusic / David Schweiner, Czech Republic (1)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:35
Thu, 6/6/2024	Pool A	Leon Luini / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (16, Q15)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:29
Fri, 6/7/2024	Pool A	Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (8)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:35
Sat, 6/8/2024	Winner 1	Jiri Sedlak / Jakub Sepka, Czech Republic (12)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:32
Sat, 6/8/2024	Winner 2	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (3)	Lost 28-30, 17-21	0:44

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	11	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	$42,000.00	23	12	65.7 %
2024	FIVB	7	0	1	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$60,250.00	25	11	69.4 %
Total	FIVB	18	1	1	0	2	6	0	3	0	5	0	0	$102,250.00	48	23	67.6 %

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
12	1	0	0	1	2	3	5	0	0	$24,000.00	2023	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	2	2	5	0	0	$21,000.00
7	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	$30,125.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	$30,125.00
39	2	3	3	3	8	8	10	1	1	$80,975.00	Total	Total	66	1	1	5	2	15	11	13	7	11	$153,550.00

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%
2023-2024	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%
Against the Field	17	54.8%	8	25.8%	6	19.4%	25-6	80.6%	3	11.1%	10	37.0%	14	51.9%	3-24	11.1%	34-20	63.0%	22-32	40.7%	4	0	32-26	55.2%

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 27-17 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 5 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-2
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
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 0-2
5/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Gold Medal	Goncalves/Lanci	4	Immers/van de Velde	7	17-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:53
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool D	Goncalves/Lanci	9	Immers/van de Velde	4	21-17, 20-22, 15-11	0:50
Series tied with # 7 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 # 8 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
Lead the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 12 Sedlak/Sepka, Czech Republic 1-0
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Immers/van de Velde	9	Sedlak/Sepka	12	21-15, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 1-0
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	4	Pfretzschner/Winter	9	21-14, 28-26	0:42
Lead the series against # 15, Q13 Kantor/Zdybek, Poland 1-0
11/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Gold Medal	Immers/van de Velde	4	Kantor/Zdybek	7	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 16, Q15 Luini/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
6/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool A	Immers/van de Velde	9	Luini/Varenhorst	16, Q15	21-16, 21-12	0:29
Series tied with # Q1 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 # Q2 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
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 # Q4 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 3-1
5/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Winner 2	Immers/van de Velde	7	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	21-16, 21-17	0:33
4/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool A	Immers/van de Velde	9	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	By Forfeit
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10	Immers/van de Velde	15, Q8	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:46
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
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q6 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
Trail the series against # Q8 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 0-1
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Winner 1	Felipe/Lima	18	Immers/van de Velde	1	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # Q10 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 # Q11 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 # Q14 Brunner/Crabb, United States 4-2
4/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 1	Immers/van de Velde	9	Brunner/Crabb	11	21-14, 21-16	0:32
4/13/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Winner 2	Brunner/Crabb	15	Immers/van de Velde	2	21-19, 21-23, 16-14	0:52
3/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Winner 1	Immers/van de Velde	15, Q8	Brunner/Crabb	11	21-16, 18-21, 15-10	0:47
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