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

(12) Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, 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:

182

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Pelhrimov 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$718,553.75

Robert Meeuwsen
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 21, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nieuwegein

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

163

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Pelhrimov 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$671,771.49

Awards

Best Hitter 2017, 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
CEV	22	1	1	2	3	5	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$93,647.80
CEV C&S	6	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$7,786.55
FIVB	128	7	10	8	7	25	1	34	1	18	2	7	4	3	1	0	US$1,218,725.00
Overall	156	10	12	10	12	30	1	41	2	19	2	7	4	3	1	2	US$1,320,159.35

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Robert Meeuwsen - Country Quota	Alexander Brouwer - Country Quota
FIVB 2009	Christiaan Varenhorst - 25th	Did not play
FIVB 2010	Did not play	Jan-Joost van den Bogert - Country Quota
FIVB 2011	Robert Meeuwsen - 17th	Alexander Brouwer - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	29	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	28, Q15	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	26, Q9	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV C&S	1/11-15/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Aalsmeer	5, Q1	4th	35	€ 675.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	28, Q7	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	9	17th	120	US$2,800.00
CEV	8/10-14/2011	CEV European Championship Final	21	5th	480	€ 4,000.00
CEV C&S	8/3-7/2011	CEV Satellite Vaduz	3	1st	100	€ 1,650.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q28	33rd	40	US$0.00
CEV	7/19-24/2011	CEV Polish Masters	6	9th	240	€ 1,500.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	5	9th	240	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q30	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV C&S	6/16-19/2011	CEV Satellite Lausanne	10, Q7	4th	70	€ 900.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	Q30	33rd	40	US$0.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool N	Daniel Mullner / Jorg Wutzl, Austria (21)	Won 21-11, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool N	Martin Laciga / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (28)	Lost 21-16, 11-21, 10-15	0:40
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool N	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (5)	Won 21-14, 29-31, 15-11	0:50
Fri, 6/1/2012	Winner 1	Sebastian Chevallier / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (20)	Won 21-14, 25-27, 15-12
Fri, 6/1/2012	Winner 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (8)	Won 21-19, 21-9	0:33
Sat, 6/2/2012	Winner 3	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (23)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:35

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$110,000.00
World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$100,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	69	1	6	4	3	13	0	22	1	8	5	0	$746,450.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	3	4	3	2	9	0	7	0	9	2	0	$247,775.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00
Confederation Championship	15	1	0	1	3	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	$66,500.00
Total	143	8	10	9	10	29	1	39	1	21	7	0	$1,285,225.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexander Brouwer												Robert Meeuwsen
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	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$55,000.00	World Championships	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$55,000.00
6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	$50,250.00	World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	$50,250.00
81	1	6	4	5	17	24	9	5	0	$409,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	69	1	6	4	3	13	23	8	5	0	$373,225.00
47	3	4	3	2	10	7	9	3	0	$126,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	43	3	4	3	2	9	7	9	2	0	$123,887.50
4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$475.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
16	1	0	2	3	4	5	1	0	0	$38,250.00	Confederation Championship	15	1	0	1	3	4	5	1	0	0	$33,250.00
166	8	11	10	12	36	43	22	8	0	$687,050.00	Total	149	8	10	9	10	31	41	21	8	0	$643,087.50

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
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	$8,400.00	10	12	45.5 %
2011	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	6	5	54.5 %
2011	CEV C&S	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,550.00	11	3	78.6 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$7,500.00	5	8	38.5 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$675.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	$15,900.00	15	20	42.9 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	$11,000.00	10	8	55.6 %
Total	CEV C&S	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,225.00	18	6	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexander Brouwer													Robert Meeuwsen
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$475.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2009	CEV C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	$4,200.00	2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	$4,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2011	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,500.00
3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$1,275.00	2011	CEV C&S	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$1,275.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$3,750.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$3,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$337.50	2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$337.50
38	1	2	1	2	4	4	3	4	17	$16,387.50	Total	Total	29	1	0	0	2	3	3	4	4	12	$15,537.50

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	41	64.1%	11	17.2%	12	18.8%	52-12	81.3%	11	33.3%	9	27.3%	13	39.4%	11-22	33.3%	41-13	75.9%	22-21	51.2%	4	0	67-34	66.3%
2011-2012	8	57.1%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	8-5	61.5%	5-3	62.5%	1	0	14-8	63.6%
Against the Field	7	63.6%	3	27.3%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	4	40.0%	3-7	30.0%	14-8	63.6%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	13-8	61.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	14	4	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	9
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	11	9	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	14	16
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	16	8	116	61	0	0	52	40	7	7	4	3	1	6	196	125
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	59	14	0	0	39	28	7	5	3	2	3	4	125	60
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	34	6	0	0	17	10	1	4	1	3	1	0	54	23
Total	0	0	23	10	244	96	0	0	125	89	18	19	9	10	8	10	434	239

Head to Head Results
Brouwer/Meeuwsen trail the series against the field 13-19 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-4
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	26, Q9	22-20, 21-14	0:34
1/15/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Aalsmeer	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5, Q1	21-17, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	10-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:43
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q31	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-2
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Spijkers	26	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	21-17, 21-8	0:30
1/13/11	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Aalsmeer	Winner 2	Boersma/Spijkers	4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5, Q1	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-2
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 2	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q7	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
8/13/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 3	Erdmann/Matysik	4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	21	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool N	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	12	Fijalek/Prudel	5	21-14, 29-31, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 6 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
6/18/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10, Q7	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11, Q9	19-21, 21-19, 21-19	1:03
Lead the series against # 7 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool N	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	21	Plavins/Smedins	5	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 8 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	8	21-19, 21-9	0:33
Trail the series against # 10 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
1/15/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Aalsmeer	Bronze Medal	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5, Q1	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 13 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	29	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:51
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	5	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q7	21-11, 21-23, 15-13	0:51
Series tied with # 14 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-1
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Klemperer/Koreng	20	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	29	21-16, 11-21, 15-9	0:43
1/14/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Aalsmeer	Contender 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5, Q1	Klemperer/Koreng	3	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst, Germany 2-1
1/14/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Aalsmeer	Contender 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5, Q1	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	7	21-17, 21-19	0:44
6/19/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Semi-Finals	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10, Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:41
6/17/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10, Q7	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2	21-10, 21-23, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 18 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
6/19/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Bronze Medal	Huber/Seidl	8, Q3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10, Q7	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Series tied with # 20 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	12	Chevallier/Heyer	20	21-14, 25-27, 15-12
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool N	Chevallier/Heyer	21	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q15	23-21, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 21 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool N	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	12	Mullner/Wutzl	21	21-11, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Coucke/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
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 # 23 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-2
6/2/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	23	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	12	21-18, 21-14	0:35
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	26, Q9	19-21, 25-23, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # 24 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 1-0
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool N	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	21	Koshkarev/Semenov	12	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:46
Trail the series against # 26 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 0-1
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q15	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q18	21-12, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 28 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 0-1
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool N	Laciga/Weingart	28	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	12	16-21, 21-11, 15-10	0:40
Lead the series against # 29 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 1-0
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q16	Gogtepe/Sekerci	Q17	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 30 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
8/13/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	21	Hoyer/Soderberg	29	21-17, 21-15	0:46