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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Espinho Challenge
July 14 - 17, 2022

(11) Leon Luini/Ruben Penninga, Netherlands

Leon Luini
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pietra Ligure

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Prague 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$48,055.90

Ruben Penninga
Netherlands

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 11, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Arnhem (Gelderland)

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$63,750.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	20	0	1	1	0	2	1	4	2	2	3	3	0	1	US$65,250.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Did not play	Jasper Bouter - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	24	9th	530	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	32	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	Q7	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	8	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	12, Q1	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	21, Q9	3rd	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	23, Q19	19th	300	US$1,000.00

Espinho Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/15/2022	Pool B	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (14)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 7/15/2022	Pool B	Adrian Carambula / Enrico Rossi, Italy (2)	Lost 15-21, 22-24	0:39
Sat, 7/16/2022	Winner 1	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (13)	Lost 21-14, 15-21, 12-15	0:46

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$28,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	$30,250.00
Total	20	0	1	1	0	2	1	4	2	8	0	0	$65,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Leon Luini												Ruben Penninga
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	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
15	0	0	0	0	1	6	7	1	0	$20,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	$24,000.00
18	0	1	1	0	4	4	5	1	1	$22,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	1	1	0	3	5	4	3	0	$26,500.00
9	1	0	2	1	0	3	2	0	0	$1,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	0	1	1	1	4	9	1	1	0	$6,250.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
43	1	1	3	1	5	13	15	2	1	$47,400.00	Total	62	0	2	2	1	8	21	11	6	0	$62,650.00

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
2022	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	$25,000.00	16	15	51.6 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	$25,000.00	16	15	51.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Leon Luini													Ruben Penninga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$500.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	3	$1,650.00
											2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	$5,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,000.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$400.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	$2,850.00
8	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	$12,500.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	$12,500.00
14	0	0	3	0	0	5	6	0	0	$13,150.00	Total	Total	38	0	1	2	1	3	14	5	3	9	$24,500.00

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	20	57.1%	8	22.9%	7	20.0%	28-7	80.0%	5	15.2%	4	12.1%	24	72.7%	5-28	15.2%	20-24	45.5%	13-11	54.2%	2	0	35-35	50.0%
2021-2022	13	56.5%	5	21.7%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	4	18.2%	2	9.1%	16	72.7%	4-18	18.2%	13-16	44.8%	9-7	56.3%	2	0	24-23	51.1%
Against the Field	5	45.5%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	10-14	41.7%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	10-11	47.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	5	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	9	11	1	1	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	23	19
Total	0	0	10	4	16	21	1	1	6	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	35	35

Head to Head Results
Luini/Penninga trail the series against the field 4-8 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Lucky Loser	Luini/Penninga	12, Q1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	6	10-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 0-1
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool B	Carambula/Rossi	2	Luini/Penninga	11	21-15, 24-22	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-1
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Winner 1	Bryl/Losiak	2	Luini/Penninga	12, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Bourne/Crabb, United States 0-1
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Bourne/Crabb	11	Luini/Penninga	32	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 5 Boermans/Immers, Netherlands 0-1
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool H	Boermans/Immers	9	Luini/Penninga	24	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 0-2
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool E	Ermacora/Pristauz	5, Q1	Luini/Penninga	8	21-19, 21-16	0:32
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool D	Ermacora/Pristauz	16	Luini/Penninga	21, Q9	21-14, 21-16	0:30
Trail the series against # 9 Kantor/Rudol, Poland 0-1
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool E	Kantor/Rudol	17	Luini/Penninga	8	23-25, 21-19, 18-16	0:59
Trail the series against # 13 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Luini/Penninga	11	14-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 14 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-0
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool B	Luini/Penninga	11	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	14	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 1-0
3/16/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Qualifier 1	Luini/Penninga	23, Q19	Haussener/Metral	Q14	15-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # Q7 Dillier/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-0
4/14/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Qualifier 2	Luini/Penninga	21, Q9	Dillier/Heidrich	Q8	21-17, 21-15	0:32