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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
November 28 - December 1, 2024

(3) 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 Nuvali Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/21-24/2024	Challenge Chennai	14	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2024	Elite16 Hamburg	15, Q8	13th	460	US$5,000.00

Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/29/2024	Pool C	Oleksii Bublyk / Ivan Datsiuk, Ukraine (22, Q21)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:32
Fri, 11/29/2024	Pool C	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (10, Q2)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 10-15	0:46
Sat, 11/30/2024	Winner 1	Theo Brunner / Taylor Crabb, United States (21, Q17)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:32
Sat, 11/30/2024	Winner 2	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (1)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:39

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	$2,500.00	2	7	22.2 %
2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$15,000.00	9	5	64.3 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	1	1	0	2	1	4	2	8	0	1	$65,250.00	35	35	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
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	$3,625.00	2023	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	$1,250.00
10	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	1	0	$13,125.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$8,250.00
36	0	1	3	0	5	10	15	1	1	$41,275.00	Total	Total	52	0	2	2	1	7	18	9	3	10	$45,375.00

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%
2023-2024	7	58.3%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	8	72.7%	1-10	9.1%	7-8	46.7%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	11-12	47.8%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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 lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Bello/Bello, England 1-1
11/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Bello/Bello	1	Luini/Penninga	3	21-18, 21-19	0:39
11/4/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool C	Luini/Penninga	11	Bello/Bello	14, Q7	24-22, 13-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 10, Q2 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 0-2
11/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool C	Andersson/Nilsson	10, Q2	Luini/Penninga	3	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:46
11/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Gold Medal	Andersson/Nilsson	19, Q5	Luini/Penninga	14	21-18, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 1-0
11/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Pool B	Luini/Penninga	14	Bedritis/Rinkevics	11	21-18, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 18, Q4 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 1-0
11/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Winner 2	Luini/Penninga	14	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	21, Q9	21-15, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # 21, Q17 Brunner/Crabb, United States 1-0
11/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Luini/Penninga	3	Brunner/Crabb	21, Q17	21-18, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 22, Q21 Bublyk/Datsiuk, Ukraine 1-0
11/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool C	Luini/Penninga	3	Bublyk/Datsiuk	22, Q21	21-15, 21-17	0:32