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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Edmonton
July 20 - 23, 2023

(14) Leon Luini/Christiaan Varenhorst, 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

Christiaan Varenhorst
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valthermond

Height:

212 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$430,237.50

Awards

Top Rookie 2012
Best Hitter 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	US$16,000.00

Previous Edmonton Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	13	19th	300	US$1,000.00

Challenge Edmonton Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/21/2023	Pool B	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (11)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:35
Fri, 7/21/2023	Pool B	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (2)	Lost 21-14, 13-21, 13-15	0:44
Sat, 7/22/2023	Winner 1	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (17)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:36
Sat, 7/22/2023	Winner 2	Hugo Campos / Joao Pedrosa, Portugal (18, Q11)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	$11,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	5	1	0	$16,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Leon Luini												Christiaan Varenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$43,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
15	0	0	0	0	1	6	7	1	0	$20,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	51	2	1	1	2	9	13	16	4	0	$270,650.00
18	0	1	1	0	4	4	5	1	1	$22,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	1	0	3	1	11	9	8	6	0	$79,237.50
9	1	0	2	1	0	3	2	0	0	$1,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$850.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
43	1	1	3	1	5	13	15	2	1	$47,400.00	Total	120	3	4	5	4	25	24	26	11	0	$430,237.50

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,750.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,750.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Leon Luini													Christiaan Varenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	$22,850.00
											2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	1	1	$25,850.00
											2014	FIVB	12	2	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	$98,000.00
											2015	FIVB	10	0	2	0	1	3	2	2	0	0	$91,500.00
											2016	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	0	$60,062.50
											2017	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	$16,000.00
											2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	3	0	$21,100.00
											2019	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	1	4	$23,500.00
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
5	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$400.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	$42,500.00
12	0	0	1	0	2	5	4	0	0	$23,875.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$16,375.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	$3,625.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,375.00
25	0	0	3	0	3	7	11	0	1	$28,150.00	Total	Total	112	3	4	5	4	24	22	22	10	18	$424,612.50

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	8	50.0%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	2	16.7%	4	33.3%	6	50.0%	2-10	16.7%	8-6	57.1%	5-9	35.7%	0	1	13-16	44.8%
2022-2023	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	1	10.0%	4	40.0%	5	50.0%	1-9	10.0%	8-10	44.4%	6-12	33.3%	0	0	7-11	38.9%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	3	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Total	0	0	7	5	3	8	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	16

Head to Head Results
Luini/Varenhorst trail the series against the field 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	2	Luini/Varenhorst	14	14-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 0-1
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool A	Hodges/Schubert	1, Q1	Luini/Varenhorst	13	24-22, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 Brunner/Crabb, United States 0-1
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool A	Brunner/Crabb	12, Q3	Luini/Varenhorst	13	22-20, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 Budinger/Evans, United States 1-0
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool B	Luini/Varenhorst	14	Budinger/Evans	11	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 17 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-0
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 1	Luini/Varenhorst	14	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17	21-13, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 18, Q11 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-1
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 2	Campos/Pedrosa	18, Q11	Luini/Varenhorst	14	21-15, 21-19	0:34