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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam Berlin 2012
July 10 - 14, 2012

(11) 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

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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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Max Backer - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Max Backer - 33rd	Did not play
2005	Richard Kogel - 17th	Did not play
2007	Bram Ronnes - 17th	Did not play
2008	Bram Ronnes - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	13	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	17	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	14	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2012	Pool O	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (22)	Lost 20-22, 21-19, 13-15	0:53
Wed, 7/11/2012	Pool O	Mirco Gerson / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (27)	Won 21-11, 21-12	0:33
Thu, 7/12/2012	Pool O	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (6)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:38
Fri, 7/13/2012	Winner 2	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (19)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:38
Fri, 7/13/2012	Winner 3	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (15)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:36

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	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	$61,400.00	18	17	51.4 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	10	3	2	$128,050.00	46	50	47.9 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	$30,700.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	$30,700.00
110	1	0	0	3	10	16	26	15	39	$185,512.50	Total	Total	44	0	0	0	1	7	3	12	6	15	$66,850.00

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	16	59.3%	4	14.8%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	4	13.3%	4	13.3%	22	73.3%	4-26	13.3%	32-44	42.1%	16-22	42.1%	0	0	24-33	42.1%

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
Boersma/Spijkers trail the series against the field 22-32 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 12 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-4
5/5/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	12, Q1	Boersma/Spijkers	23	21-10, 21-15	0:36
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Boersma/Spijkers	24	21-19, 21-17	0:43
8/28/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Semi-Finals	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Boersma/Spijkers	10	21-13, 29-27	0:54
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Boersma/Spijkers	23, Q8	21-10, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Boersma/Spijkers	31	21-15, 21-14	0:36
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Boersma/Spijkers	20	21-12, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool O	Boersma/Spijkers	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 7 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 # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool J	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Boersma/Spijkers	17	21-16, 22-24, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 12 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-3
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	20	Boersma/Spijkers	17	17-21, 21-9, 15-13	0:43
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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 15 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	15	Boersma/Spijkers	11	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Series tied with # 16 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 # 17 Wu/Xu, China 1-2
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool J	Wu/Xu	16	Boersma/Spijkers	17	21-14, 21-15	0:38
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 2	Wu/Xu	7	Boersma/Spijkers	25	21-11, 21-19	0:35
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Boersma/Spijkers	10	Wu/Xu	2	21-17, 18-21, 15-6	0:51
Series tied with # 18 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 2-2
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Boersma/Spijkers	18	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	15	21-19, 21-19	0:39
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Boersma/Spijkers	23	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	11	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:51
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	9	Boersma/Spijkers	24	17-21, 27-25, 15-10	0:59
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	Boersma/Spijkers	17	21-18, 21-12	0:38
Series tied with # 19 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-1
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Boersma/Spijkers	11	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	19	21-14, 21-18	0:38
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	26, Q19	Boersma/Spijkers	Q3	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 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
Trail the series against # 22 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-2
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool O	Stiekema/Varenhorst	22	Boersma/Spijkers	11	22-20, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
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
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-2
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	20	Boersma/Spijkers	14	21-14, 21-18	0:36
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 1	Boersma/Spijkers	27, Q4	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q10	21-19, 21-17	0:40
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	18	Boersma/Spijkers	15	13-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:48
Series tied with # 26, Q8 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 # 27 Gerson/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool O	Boersma/Spijkers	11	Gerson/Heyer	27	21-11, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 "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 # 30, Q6 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
Lead the series against # Q2 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
Lead the series against # Q7 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-0
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool M	Boersma/Spijkers	13	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	20, Q12	21-18, 21-19	0:47
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Boersma/Spijkers	22	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27	22-20, 21-18	0:39