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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Transavia Grand Slam
July 15 - 20, 2014

(30, Q17) Daan Spijkers/Michiel van Dorsten, Netherlands

Daan Spijkers
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 6, 1987 (37 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

Michiel van Dorsten
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 8, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Scheveningen

Height:

212 cm (6'11")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Fuzhou 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$21,262.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	US$15,000.00

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Niels van de Sande - 41st	Did not play
2010	Emiel Boersma - 4th	Did not play
2011	Emiel Boersma - 5th	Did not play
2013	Christiaan Varenhorst - 17th	Steven van de Velde - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q17	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q15	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	30, Q11	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	8	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	Q10	41st	80	US$0.00

The Hague Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/15/2014	Qualifier 1	Jonas Kissling / Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland (Q16)	Won 23-25, 24-22, 15-11	0:58
Tue, 7/15/2014	Qualifier 2	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (Q1)	Won 13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:50
Wed, 7/16/2014	Pool C	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (3)	Lost 16-21, 8-21	0:33
Thu, 7/17/2014	Pool C	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (14)	Won By Forfeit
Thu, 7/17/2014	Pool C	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (19)	Lost 21-23, 17-21	0:45
Fri, 7/18/2014	Winner 1	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (9)	Lost 12-21, 11-21	0:30

Head to Head Results
Spijkers/van Dorsten trail the series against the field 5-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-3
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Spijkers/van Dorsten	30, Q17	21-16, 21-8	0:33
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	4, Q1	Spijkers/van Dorsten	Q17	21-17, 21-12	0:39
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	12, Q1	Spijkers/van Dorsten	Q16	25-23, 21-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 6 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Fijalek/Prudel	14	Spijkers/van Dorsten	30, Q11	21-10, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-2
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	9	Spijkers/van Dorsten	30, Q17	21-12, 21-11	0:30
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Stiekema/Varenhorst	19	Spijkers/van Dorsten	30, Q11	21-16, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool C	Spijkers/van Dorsten	30, Q17	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	14	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 19 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool C	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	19	Spijkers/van Dorsten	30, Q17	23-21, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 27, Q10 Hatch/Redmann, Canada 1-0
6/11/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Spijkers/van Dorsten	30, Q11	Hatch/Redmann	Q6	21-19, 21-13	0:38
Series tied with # Q1 Filho/Santos, Brazil 1-1
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Spijkers/van Dorsten	30, Q17	Filho/Santos	Q1	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:50
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Filho/Santos	3	Spijkers/van Dorsten	30, Q11	23-21, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # Q13 Goncharov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Spijkers/van Dorsten	Q16	Goncharov/Prokopiev	Q17	21-15, 28-26	0:39
Series tied with # Q16 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-1
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Spijkers/van Dorsten	30, Q17	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q16	23-25, 24-22, 15-11	0:58
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q18	Spijkers/van Dorsten	Q15	21-19, 23-21	0:39