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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Tepic
March 22 - 26, 2023

(Q14) 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 Tepic Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	17, Q2	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/2-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	11	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	16, Q5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Agadir Challenge	7	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	7/14-17/2022	Espinho Challenge	11	9th	460	US$2,500.00
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

Elite16 Tepic Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/22/2023	Qualifier 1	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (Q3)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:34

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	12	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	4	0	0	$47,750.00	24	23	51.1 %
2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	6	0	0	$49,250.00	26	26	50.0 %

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
12	0	0	1	0	2	5	4	0	0	$23,875.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	2	5	4	0	0	$23,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$750.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$750.00
20	0	0	3	0	2	7	8	0	0	$25,275.00	Total	Total	44	0	1	2	1	5	16	7	3	9	$36,625.00

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%
2022-2023	14	53.8%	6	23.1%	6	23.1%	20-6	76.9%	4	14.3%	4	14.3%	20	71.4%	4-24	14.3%	14-20	41.2%	10-10	50.0%	2	0	26-30	46.4%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	5.6%	2	11.1%	15	83.3%	1-17	5.6%	2-26	7.1%	4-6	40.0%	2	0	5-16	23.8%

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
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 4-14 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 1-1
8/12/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool A	Luini/Penninga	16, Q5	Mol/Sorum	1	By Forfeit
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	8	Luini/Penninga	32	21-10, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 2 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
11/4/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool C	Ahman/Hellvig	6	Luini/Penninga	11	21-14, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
8/12/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool A	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Luini/Penninga	16, Q5	21-14, 21-14	0:36
3/17/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Luini/Penninga	23, Q19	16-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
4/16/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Winner 1	Luini/Penninga	21, Q9	Grimalt/Grimalt	19, Q6	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-2
11/3/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	3	Luini/Penninga	11	21-19, 21-15	0:33
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	6	Luini/Penninga	11	21-15, 23-25, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 9 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool C	Cottafava/Nicolai	3	Luini/Penninga	11	21-11, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 0-1
8/13/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	12	Luini/Penninga	16, Q5	21-19, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-0
4/17/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Bronze Medal	Luini/Penninga	21, Q9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 16, Q10 Lupo/Rossi, Italy 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool E	Luini/Penninga	17, Q2	Lupo/Rossi	5	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	0:41
Trail the series against # Q3 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-2
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Loyola/Wanderley	Q3	Luini/Penninga	Q14	21-18, 21-18	0:34
4/17/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Semi-Finals	Loyola/Wanderley	1	Luini/Penninga	21, Q9	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # Q9 Ermacora/Waller, Austria 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Lucky Loser	Ermacora/Waller	12	Luini/Penninga	17, Q2	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # Q12 Burnett/McHugh, Australia 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool E	Burnett/McHugh	8	Luini/Penninga	17, Q2	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # Q13 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 0-1
7/23/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Winner 2	Breer/Krattiger	3	Luini/Penninga	7	21-17, 21-19	0:36