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

(17) 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 CEV Best:

2nd (Vienna 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$62,740.90

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:

151

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baku 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$478,802.63

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
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,680.80
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	US$16,000.00
Overall	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	US$20,680.80

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2008	Did not play	Johan van der Poel - 5th
FIVB 2009	Did not play	Alexander Brouwer - 25th
FIVB 2010	Did not play	Jon Stiekema - 41st
FIVB 2011	Did not play	Jon Stiekema - 33rd
2012	Did not play	Jon Stiekema - 5th
FIVB 2013	Did not play	Daan Spijkers - 17th
FIVB 2014	Did not play	Jon Stiekema - 9th
FIVB 2015	Did not play	Reinder Nummerdor - 2nd
FIVB 2017	Did not play	Maarten Van Garderen - 25th
FIVB 2018	Did not play	Jasper Bouter - 4th
2018	Did not play	Jasper Bouter - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	Q12	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	16, Q15	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	21	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Q12	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	Q3	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	Q2	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	20, Q6	5th	600	US$3,750.00

CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/14/2024	Pool A	Sergiy Popov / Eduard Reznik, Ukraine (16)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:35
Thu, 8/15/2024	Pool A	Calvin Aye / Remi Bassereau, France (1)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:34
Thu, 8/15/2024	Pool A	Laurenc Grossig / Mathias Seiser, Austria (32)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:54
Fri, 8/16/2024	Winner 2	Timo Hammarberg / Philipp Waller, Austria (9)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:37
Fri, 8/16/2024	Winner 3	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (25)	Lost 15-21, 10-21	0:33

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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	5	1	0	$20,000.00

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
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$10,000.00	Confederation Championship	12	0	0	1	0	5	5	1	0	0	$21,250.00
46	1	2	3	1	6	13	16	2	1	$57,400.00	Total	132	3	4	6	4	30	29	27	11	0	$451,487.50

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,750.00	2	5	28.6 %
2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	$11,250.00	11	11	50.0 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	5	1	0	$16,000.00	13	16	44.8 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	1	80.0 %

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
											2007	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	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
											2009	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$325.00
											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
											2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
											2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,375.00
											2011	CEV C&S	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,337.50
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	$22,850.00
											2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											2012	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
											2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	1	1	$25,850.00
											2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$93.75
											2014	FIVB	12	2	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	$98,000.00
											2014	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,375.00
											2015	FIVB	10	0	2	0	1	3	2	2	0	0	$91,500.00
											2015	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,375.00
											2016	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	0	$60,062.50
											2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2017	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	$16,000.00
											2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$440.00
											2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	3	0	$21,100.00
											2018	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,000.00
											2019	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	1	4	$23,500.00
											2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
											2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
											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	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	$3,625.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,375.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2023	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$5,625.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$5,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
37	0	1	3	0	6	9	16	1	1	$43,775.00	Total	Total	151	5	7	9	6	32	35	28	11	18	$463,308.75

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%
2023-2024	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	7	5	6	8	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	17

Head to Head Results
Luini/Varenhorst lead the series against the field 8-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Aye/Bassereau, France 1-0
8/15/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Pool A	Luini/Varenhorst	17	Aye/Bassereau	1	21-16, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Immers/van de Velde, Netherlands 0-1
6/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool A	Immers/van de Velde	9	Luini/Varenhorst	16, Q15	21-16, 21-12	0:29
Trail the series against # 5 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Winner 1	Boermans/de Groot	2	Luini/Varenhorst	21	17-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
6/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool A	Cottafava/Nicolai	8	Luini/Varenhorst	16, Q15	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 9 Hammarberg/Waller, Austria 1-0
8/16/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Winner 2	Luini/Varenhorst	17	Hammarberg/Waller	9	21-16, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-1
5/22/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Qualifier 2	Berntsen/Mol	16, Q13	Luini/Varenhorst	Q12	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 16 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 2-0
8/14/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Pool A	Luini/Varenhorst	17	Popov/Reznik	16	21-18, 21-11	0:35
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool E	Luini/Varenhorst	20, Q6	Popov/Reznik	8	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Bello/Bello, England 0-1
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 2	Bello/Bello	7	Luini/Varenhorst	20, Q6	23-21, 23-21	0:42
Series tied with # 21 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-1
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 2	Luini/Varenhorst	20, Q6	Campos/Pedrosa	Q11	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:47
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 2	Campos/Pedrosa	18, Q11	Luini/Varenhorst	14	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Horl/Horst, Austria 2-0
6/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 2	Luini/Varenhorst	16, Q15	Horl/Horst	Q10	25-23, 21-14	0:35
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Lucky Loser	Luini/Varenhorst	21	Horl/Horst	17, Q3	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 25 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-1
8/16/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	25	Luini/Varenhorst	17	21-15, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 32 Grossig/Seiser, Austria 1-0
8/15/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Pool A	Luini/Varenhorst	17	Grossig/Seiser	32	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:54