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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro
September 24 - 28, 2025

(5) Alexander Brouwer/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands

Alexander Brouwer
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 3, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leiden

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

150

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$648,800.00

Steven van de Velde
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 8, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

The Hague

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Chiang Mai 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$199,550.00

Awards

Best Hitter 2017, 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$62,500.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Robert Meeuwsen - 3rd	Did not play
2016	Robert Meeuwsen - 3rd	Did not play
2017	Robert Meeuwsen - 5th	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Matthew Immers - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	8	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	14	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	11	4th	900	US$12,000.00

BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/24/2025	Pool E	Saymon Barbosa / George Wanderley, Brazil (20, Q5)	Lost 21-15, 18-21, 14-16	0:49
Thu, 9/25/2025	Pool E	Chaim Schalk / James Shaw, United States (8)	Won 21-18, 31-29	0:46
Fri, 9/26/2025	Winner 1	Leo Dillier / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (14)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:35
Sat, 9/27/2025	Winner 2	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (10)	Won 21-17, 29-27	0:39
Sat, 9/27/2025	Winner 3	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (3)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:37

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	7	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	$62,500.00
Total	7	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	$62,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexander Brouwer												Steven van de Velde
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$55,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00
6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	$50,250.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$34,750.00
81	1	6	4	5	17	24	9	5	0	$409,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	1	1	4	10	2	6	4	0	$94,500.00
47	3	4	3	2	10	7	9	3	0	$126,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	1	0	2	0	7	8	5	2	0	$52,650.00
4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	$5,150.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
150	7	11	8	9	32	38	21	8	0	$648,800.00	Total	78	1	1	5	4	21	14	14	7	0	$199,550.00

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
2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$53,500.00	16	12	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$53,500.00	16	12	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexander Brouwer													Steven van de Velde
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	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2009	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2010	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	$4,200.00	2011	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	$16,050.00	2012	FIVB
11	1	1	0	1	2	4	1	1	0	$69,925.00	2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,900.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	1	0	$53,687.50	2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$4,500.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
11	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	$95,000.00	2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,500.00
11	0	2	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	$77,937.50	2016	FIVB
6	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$17,000.00	2017	FIVB
13	3	0	1	2	5	2	0	0	0	$67,000.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	3	2	$7,150.00
12	0	1	1	1	2	4	3	0	0	$49,500.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	$21,000.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00
9	1	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	$30,000.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	$42,500.00
10	0	3	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$74,375.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$16,375.00
10	0	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$40,000.00	2023	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	2	2	5	0	0	$21,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$11,875.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	0	$44,875.00
6	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$26,750.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$26,750.00
149	7	11	8	9	31	38	21	8	16	$644,300.00	Total	Total	77	1	1	5	4	20	14	14	7	11	$195,050.00

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	12	70.6%	2	11.8%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	4	26.7%	5	33.3%	6	40.0%	4-11	26.7%	12-6	66.7%	6-8	42.9%	1	0	19-14	57.6%
2024-2025	12	70.6%	2	11.8%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	4	26.7%	5	33.3%	6	40.0%	4-11	26.7%	12-6	66.7%	6-8	42.9%	1	0	19-14	57.6%
Against the Field	9	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	6	46.2%	3-10	23.1%	18-12	60.0%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	13-12	52.0%

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	0	9	5	0	0	10	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	19	14
Total	0	0	0	0	9	5	0	0	10	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	19	14

Head to Head Results
Brouwer/van de Velde lead the series against the field 13-11 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-3
9/21/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Bronze Medal	Boermans/de Groot	2	Brouwer/van de Velde	8	21-16, 21-13	0:32
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool C	Boermans/de Groot	3	Brouwer/van de Velde	10	21-18, 20-22, 15-10	0:49
4/12/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 3	Boermans/de Groot	3	Brouwer/van de Velde	14	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-2
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 3	Tijan/Younousse	3	Brouwer/van de Velde	5	21-15, 21-18	0:37
7/5/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 3	Tijan/Younousse	3	Brouwer/van de Velde	9	22-20, 21-23, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 4 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 1-0
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Brouwer/van de Velde	14	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 0-1
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool C	Goncalves/Lanci	15	Brouwer/van de Velde	10	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 7 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 1-2
7/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 2	Brouwer/van de Velde	9	Alayo/Diaz	7	26-24, 21-16	0:40
4/12/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 2	Alayo/Diaz	8	Brouwer/van de Velde	14	21-19, 22-20	0:36
3/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Semi-Finals	Alayo/Diaz	5	Brouwer/van de Velde	11	21-13, 25-23	0:40
Series tied with # 8 Schalk/Shaw, United States 1-1
9/25/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool E	Brouwer/van de Velde	5	Schalk/Shaw	8	21-18, 31-29	0:46
3/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Bronze Medal	Schalk/Shaw	19, Q4	Brouwer/van de Velde	11	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 9 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-0
4/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool B	Brouwer/van de Velde	14	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11	21-18, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 2-0
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Brouwer/van de Velde	5	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	21-17, 29-27	0:39
9/20/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Brouwer/van de Velde	8	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	11	21-16, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 14 Dillier/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
9/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Brouwer/van de Velde	5	Dillier/Krattiger	14	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-0
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool B	Brouwer/van de Velde	11	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	2	25-27, 21-15, 15-7	0:50
Lead the series against # 18, Q3 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-0
3/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 3	Brouwer/van de Velde	11	Berntsen/Mol	9	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 20, Q5 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
9/24/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool E	Barbosa/Wanderley	20, Q5	Brouwer/van de Velde	5	15-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:49
Lead the series against # 21, Q10 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 1-0
9/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool E	Brouwer/van de Velde	8	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	17, Q1	21-14, 21-16	0:29
Lead the series against # 22, Q11 Immers/Penninga, Netherlands 1-0
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool B	Brouwer/van de Velde	11	Immers/Penninga	14	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # Q1 Aye/Bassereau, France 0-1
9/21/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Semi-Finals	Aye/Bassereau	21, Q7	Brouwer/van de Velde	8	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # Q6 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
9/20/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 3	Brouwer/van de Velde	8	Campos/Pedrosa	24, Q13	21-19, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # Q8 Heidrich/Jordan, Switzerland 1-0
7/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool D	Brouwer/van de Velde	9	Heidrich/Jordan	21, Q7	19-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:45