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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024
August 14 - 18, 2024

(4) 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 CEV Best:

3rd (The Hague 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$131,973.98

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 CEV Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$226,924.68

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
CEV	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$16,103.60
FIVB	23	1	1	0	2	8	0	6	0	1	1	3	0	US$131,750.00
Overall	25	1	1	1	2	9	0	6	0	1	1	3	0	US$147,853.60

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2013	Did not play	Michiel van Dorsten - 25th
FIVB 2014	Did not play	Reinder Nummerdor - 25th
FIVB 2015	Did not play	Michiel van Dorsten - 17th
FIVB 2018	Did not play	Dirk Boehle - 25th
2018	Did not play	Dirk Boehle - 17th
FIVB 2019	Sven Vismans - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2022	Erik Nijland - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/27-8/10/2024	Olympic Games Paris 2024	11	9th	0	US$0.00
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

CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/14/2024	Pool D	Paul Henning / Maximilian Just, Germany (29)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:38
Thu, 8/15/2024	Pool D	Piotr Kantor / Jakub Zdybek, Poland (20)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:38
Thu, 8/15/2024	Pool D	Gianluca Dal Corso / Marco Viscovich, Italy (13)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:36
Fri, 8/16/2024	Winner 2	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (11)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:54
Fri, 8/16/2024	Winner 3	Jiri Sedlak / Jakub Sepka, Czech Republic (22)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:34
Fri, 8/16/2024	Semi-Finals	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (25)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:43
Fri, 8/16/2024	Bronze Medal	Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (7)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:57

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
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00
Total	25	1	1	1	2	9	0	6	0	5	0	0	$145,750.00

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
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$8,750.00	Confederation Championship	8	0	0	2	0	1	4	1	0	0	$17,500.00
60	2	3	4	3	12	17	13	4	0	$127,125.00	Total	86	1	1	7	4	22	18	15	7	0	$217,050.00

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 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
2024	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	$68,250.00	29	15	65.9 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	20	1	1	0	2	7	0	4	0	5	0	0	$110,250.00	52	27	65.8 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	9	2	81.8 %

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$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											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
											2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25
											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
											2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											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
											2017	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$260.00
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
											2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											2018	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	CEV Under Age
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
											2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	CEV Under Age
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
											2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
											2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
9	0	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$34,125.00	2024	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$34,125.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
47	3	3	4	3	12	9	11	1	1	$92,475.00	Total	Total	85	1	1	7	2	17	20	17	9	11	$171,191.25

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	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3-2	60.0%	6-1	85.7%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	9-2	81.8%
2023-2024	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3-2	60.0%	6-1	85.7%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	9-2	81.8%
Against the Field	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	10-2	83.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	7-2	77.8%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	2
Total	0	0	3	4	44	12	0	0	16	14	2	3	1	2	1	1	67	36

Head to Head Results
Immers/van de Velde lead the series against the field 28-8 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 1 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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
Series tied with # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 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 # 7 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 2-1
8/16/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Bronze Medal	Immers/van de Velde	4	Cottafava/Nicolai	7	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:57
6/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool A	Immers/van de Velde	9	Cottafava/Nicolai	8	21-18, 21-18	0:35
8/5/23	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Cottafava/Nicolai	15	Immers/van de Velde	10	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 11 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 4-1
8/16/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Winner 2	Immers/van de Velde	4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:54
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 # 13 Dal Corso/Viscovich, Italy 1-0
8/15/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	4	Dal Corso/Viscovich	13	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 14 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 2-0
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool A	Immers/van de Velde	8	Berntsen/Mol	16, Q13	21-23, 21-18, 15-12	0:52
5/2/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool B	Immers/van de Velde	7	Berntsen/Mol	15, Q7	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 20 Kantor/Zdybek, Poland 3-0
8/15/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	4	Kantor/Zdybek	20	21-16, 21-17	0:38
11/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Gold Medal	Immers/van de Velde	4	Kantor/Zdybek	7	21-16, 21-13	0:33
8/3/23	CEV	European Championships	Pool G	Immers/van de Velde	10	Kantor/Zdybek	23	21-19, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # 21 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
5/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Pool A	Immers/van de Velde	1	Campos/Pedrosa	24, Q11	24-22, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 22 Sedlak/Sepka, Czech Republic 2-0
8/16/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Winner 3	Immers/van de Velde	4	Sedlak/Sepka	22	21-15, 21-12	0:34
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 # 23 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
Trail the series against # 25 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-1
8/16/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Semi-Finals	Fokerots/Plavins	25	Immers/van de Velde	4	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 28 Knasas/Stankevicius, Lithuania 2-1
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 1	Immers/van de Velde	15, Q8	Knasas/Stankevicius	Q9	18-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:51
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 2	Immers/van de Velde	4	Knasas/Stankevicius	14	21-18, 24-22	0:42
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool D	Knasas/Stankevicius	21, Q8	Immers/van de Velde	4	26-24, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 29 Henning/Just, Germany 1-0
8/14/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	4	Henning/Just	29	21-15, 21-17	0:38