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€ 200,000 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
May 30 - June 3, 2012

(22) Ward Coucke/Tom van Walle, Belgium

Ward Coucke
Belgium

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 8, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Waregem

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (Novi Sad 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$7,682.90

Tom van Walle
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ekeren

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baden 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$103,326.59

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	57	Money
CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	US$8,765.33
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$863.58
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	US$0.00
Overall	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	1	US$9,628.90

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2010	Audry Frankart - 41st	Dries Koekelkoren - 33rd
FIVB 2011	Tom van Walle - 57th	Ward Coucke - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q22	57th	6	US$0.00
CEV	8/10-14/2011	CEV European Championship Final	28	25th	80	€ 500.00
CEV C&S	7/28-31/2011	CEV Varna Challenger	7	9th	80	€ 600.00
CEV	7/19-24/2011	CEV Polish Masters	Q1	25th	60	€ 0.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	20, Q12	3rd	480	€ 5,250.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool O	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (11)	Lost 16-21, 12-21	0:35
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool O	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (6)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:32
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool O	Philip Gabathuler / Mirco Gerson, Switzerland (27)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,000.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ward Coucke												Tom van Walle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,200.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	0	$26,000.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	4	0	$29,087.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	0	1	1	1	4	2	1	0	$11,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$675.00	Challenger
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$150.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,000.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	0	$8,375.00
28	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$1,825.00	Total	74	1	0	1	2	5	15	16	12	0	$84,412.50

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
2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$5,750.00	9	6	60.0 %
2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	1	2	33.3 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,250.00	10	8	55.6 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ward Coucke													Tom van Walle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$150.00	2002	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$225.00	2004	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2010	CEV
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$745.00	2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,875.00	2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$300.00	2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
32	0	0	2	0	1	4	4	3	18	$5,495.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	5	$3,425.00

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	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	5	50.0%	2-8	20.0%	7-5	58.3%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	10-8	55.6%
2011-2012	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	5	50.0%	2-8	20.0%	7-5	58.3%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	10-8	55.6%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Total	0	0	3	7	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12

Head to Head Results
Coucke/van Walle trail the series against the field 2-8 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 6 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Coucke/van Walle	22	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	21-17, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 7 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool N	Plavins/Smedins	5	Coucke/van Walle	28	21-17, 21-13	0:30
Trail the series against # 11 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Doppler/Horst	11	Coucke/van Walle	22	21-16, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool N	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	21	Coucke/van Walle	28	23-21, 19-21, 25-23	1:02
Trail the series against # 15 Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-1
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 2	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	Coucke/van Walle	7	21-16, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 18 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
7/17/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Bronze Medal	Coucke/van Walle	20, Q12	Huber/Seidl	8	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 23 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	28, Q7	Coucke/van Walle	Q26	26-24, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 24 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool N	Koshkarev/Semenov	12	Coucke/van Walle	28	26-24, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 27 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 0-1
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Gabathuler/Gerson	27	Coucke/van Walle	22	21-15, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 29 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 0-1
7/17/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Semi-Finals	Gogtepe/Sekerci	3	Coucke/van Walle	20, Q12	21-8, 21-18	0:39