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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Patria Direct Prague Open
May 22 - 27, 2012

(14) Emiel Boersma/Daan Spijkers, Netherlands

Emiel Boersma
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 25, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Amsterdam

Height:

205 cm (6'9")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

112

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Atlantida Beach 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$188,062.50

Daan Spijkers
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 6, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Den Haag

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB The Hague 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$93,625.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	24	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	11	3	1	1	US$133,150.00

Previous Prague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Bram Ronnes - 5th	Did not play
2010	Alexander Brouwer - 33rd	Jon Stiekema - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	18	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	23	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	14	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	25	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	26	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	27, Q4	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	29, Q3	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	31	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	24	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	22	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	22	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	20	17th	160	US$5,100.00

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/24/2012	Winner 1	Thiago Barbosa / Rhooney Ferramenta, Brazil (19)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:38
Thu, 5/24/2012	Winner 2	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (30, Q9)	Lost 21-13, 16-21, 6-15	0:50
Fri, 5/25/2012	Contender 2	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (20)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:39
Fri, 5/25/2012	Contender 3	Christian Redmann / Ben Saxton, Canada (28, Q4)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:37
Fri, 5/25/2012	Contender 4	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (9)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:38

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	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	2	0	$77,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	5	1	0	$52,550.00
Total	24	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	11	3	0	$133,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Emiel Boersma												Daan Spijkers
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	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$15,387.50	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,600.00
39	0	0	0	1	5	0	11	7	0	$81,725.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	0	3	1	10	4	0	$54,775.00
63	0	0	0	1	4	14	13	8	0	$86,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	1	1	4	7	2	0	$30,675.00
3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	Satellite	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$575.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00
112	1	0	0	3	10	16	27	15	0	$188,062.50	Total	60	0	0	0	1	7	5	19	8	0	$93,625.00

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
2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$20,000.00	11	6	64.7 %
2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	3	2	$46,650.00	17	27	38.6 %
2012	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$38,000.00	12	10	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	1	8	3	2	$104,650.00	40	43	48.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Emiel Boersma													Daan Spijkers
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	1	0	0	0	$175.00	1999	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	$4,937.50	2003	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	4	$11,500.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6	$11,125.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2005	FIVB C&S
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	$4,200.00	2006	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB C&S
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	2	$27,100.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$325.00
9	0	0	0	1	4	1	3	0	0	$36,700.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$250.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	2	$16,500.00	2009	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00
11	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	6	$14,750.00	2010	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	$10,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	2	$23,325.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	2	$23,325.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$19,000.00	2012	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$19,000.00
107	1	0	0	3	9	16	24	15	39	$173,812.50	Total	Total	41	0	0	0	1	6	3	10	6	15	$55,150.00

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	31	67.4%	5	10.9%	10	21.7%	36-10	78.3%	12	22.2%	7	13.0%	35	64.8%	12-42	22.2%	31-35	47.0%	17-17	50.0%	0	0	48-52	48.0%
2011-2012	26	66.7%	3	7.7%	10	25.6%	29-10	74.4%	8	18.2%	5	11.4%	31	70.5%	8-36	18.2%	26-31	45.6%	11-15	42.3%	0	0	37-46	44.6%
Against the Field	19	65.5%	3	10.3%	7	24.1%	22-7	75.9%	5	20.0%	6	24.0%	14	56.0%	5-20	20.0%	38-28	57.6%	16-26	38.1%	0	0	27-27	50.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	2	16	17	0	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	28
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	9	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	27	22
Total	0	0	6	2	17	19	0	0	13	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	48	52

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 21-21 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 8 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 3 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-1
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Boersma/Spijkers	24	Fuerbringer/Lucena	25	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
8/29/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Bronze Medal	Fuerbringer/Lucena	1	Boersma/Spijkers	10	21-19, 15-21, 15-8	0:56
Trail the series against # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool P	Gavira/Herrera	7	Boersma/Spijkers	23	21-18, 21-17	0:31
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Gavira/Herrera	6	Boersma/Spijkers	22	18-21, 24-22, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 5 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-2
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Rego	5	Boersma/Spijkers	18	21-23, 21-15, 15-9	0:52
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Cerutti/Rego	2	Boersma/Spijkers	23, Q8	21-15, 21-8	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Solberg	6	Boersma/Spijkers	22	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Series tied with # 7 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 5	Boersma/Spijkers	26	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:02
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	Boersma/Spijkers	31	22-20, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 2-1
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Boersma/Spijkers	18	Cunha/Santos	2	24-22, 21-12	0:44
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Santos	3	Boersma/Spijkers	14	18-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:03
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool M	Boersma/Spijkers	29, Q3	Cunha/Santos	4	22-20, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against # 9 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-4
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Benes/Kubala	9	Boersma/Spijkers	14	21-17, 21-18	0:38
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	8	Boersma/Spijkers	25	19-21, 21-19, 21-19	1:02
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	19	Boersma/Spijkers	29, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:44
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	15	Boersma/Spijkers	31	21-16, 24-22	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Boersma/Spijkers	27, Q4	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
5/5/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Boersma/Spijkers	23	Dollinger/Windscheif	19, Q6	18-21, 21-19, 15-9
Lead the series against # 16 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Spijkers	17	Ces/Ces	18, Q3	21-19, 21-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 17 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-2
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Boersma/Spijkers	29, Q3	21-19, 23-25, 15-13	1:00
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Plavins/Smedins	11	Boersma/Spijkers	22	14-21, 21-12, 15-4	0:39
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Boersma/Spijkers	10	Plavins/Smedins	7	14-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 18 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 2-0
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Boersma/Spijkers	18	Skarlund/Spinnangr	25	21-18, 21-15	0:39
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Boersma/Spijkers	26	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 19 Barbosa/Ferramenta, Brazil 2-0
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Spijkers	14	Barbosa/Ferramenta	19	21-18, 21-13	0:38
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Spijkers	22	Barbosa/Ferramenta	11	23-21, 16-21, 15-9	1:01
Series tied with # 20 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-1
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Spijkers	14	Klemperer/Koreng	20	21-18, 21-19	0:39
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Klemperer/Koreng	12	Boersma/Spijkers	27, Q4	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 21 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	26, Q19	Boersma/Spijkers	Q3	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Series tied with # 22 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 1-1
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 6	Koshkarev/Semenov	5	Boersma/Spijkers	26	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:51
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool M	Boersma/Spijkers	29, Q3	Koshkarev/Semenov	13	15-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 23 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Chevallier/Heyer	23	Boersma/Spijkers	20	21-16, 23-21	0:39
Series tied with # 28, Q4 Redmann/Saxton, Canada 1-1
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Boersma/Spijkers	14	Redmann/Saxton	28, Q4	21-16, 21-18	0:37
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Redmann/Saxton	46	Boersma/Spijkers	22	21-18, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 29 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Spijkers	26	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	21-17, 21-8	0:30
Series tied with # 30, Q9 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-1
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	30, Q9	Boersma/Spijkers	14	13-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:50
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Boersma/Spijkers	18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q23	25-23, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # Q1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Boersma/Spijkers	26	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	19	21-14, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q3 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Boersma/Spijkers	22	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27	22-20, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q8 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 3-0
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Boersma/Spijkers	26	Boehm/Kapa	23, Q12	15-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:42
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 3	Boersma/Spijkers	27, Q4	Boehm/Kapa	Q13	21-19, 21-17	0:42
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Boersma/Spijkers	20	Boehm/Kapa	29, Q18	21-15, 21-15	0:37