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€ 50,000 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters
August 22 - 26, 2012

(2) 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 Varna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	8/8-12/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	1	1st	100	€ 1,650.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	26, Q4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	30, Q6	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	31	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	31, Q11	25th	80	US$3,500.00
CEV	5/30-6/3/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	12	5th	480	€ 4,000.00
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

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/24/2012	Winner 1	Kiril Hadzhiev / Delcho Raev, Bulgaria (15)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 8/24/2012	Winner 2	Anders Lund Hoyer / Soeren Hoyer, Denmark (10, Q3)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:34
Sat, 8/25/2012	Winner 3	Murat Giginoglu / Selcuk Sekerci, Türkiye (11, Q4)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:37
Sun, 8/26/2012	Semi-Finals	Valentin Dimov / Neven Neshev, Bulgaria (5)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:42
Sun, 8/26/2012	Gold Medal	Jan Hadrava / Robert Kufa, Czech Republic (4)	Lost 21-23, 21-17, 11-15	0:57

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	2	$32,100.00	20	17	54.1 %
2012	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	8	3	72.7 %
2012	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,325.00	12	3	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	4	8	$40,500.00	30	29	50.8 %
Total	CEV	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	$15,000.00	14	9	60.9 %
Total	CEV C&S	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,875.00	23	6	79.3 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	$16,050.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	$16,050.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2012	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,162.50	2012	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,162.50
45	2	3	1	2	4	6	4	5	18	$31,512.50	Total	Total	36	2	1	0	2	3	5	5	5	13	$30,662.50

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	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	14-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	0	9-1	90.0%

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
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 lead the series against the field 11-3 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 3-1
8/12/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Gold Medal	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	2	21-16, 21-16	0:37
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31	Stiekema/Varenhorst	18	21-15, 21-15	0:34
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	28, Q8	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q9	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:48
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 # 3 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 # 4 Hadrava/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-1
8/26/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Gold Medal	Hadrava/Kufa	4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	23-21, 17-21, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 5 Dimov/Neshev, Bulgaria 1-0
8/26/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Dimov/Neshev	5	21-13, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 6 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
8/7/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 10, Q3 Hoyer/Hoyer, Denmark 2-0
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Hoyer/Hoyer	10, Q3	21-17, 21-11	0:34
8/10/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	Hoyer/Hoyer	8	21-12, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 11, Q4 Giginoglu/Sekerci, Türkiye 1-0
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Giginoglu/Sekerci	11, Q4	21-15, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Hadzhiev/Raev, Bulgaria 1-0
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Hadzhiev/Raev	15	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q2 Babich/Ioisher, Ukraine 1-0
8/6/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Babich/Ioisher	2	21-15, 21-18	0:42