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€ 200,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 28 - August 1, 2015

(1) Madelein Meppelink/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands

Madelein Meppelink
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rhenen

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

142

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$531,260.91

Marleen Ramond-van Iersel
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Breda

Height:

178 cm (5'11")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

191

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$662,013.33

Awards

Most Improved Player 2009
Best Server 2010
Best Setter 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$37,253.35
FIVB	31	0	4	4	2	8	0	8	0	2	3	US$467,375.00
Overall	35	1	4	4	3	9	0	9	0	2	3	US$504,628.35

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2007	Did not play	Marloes Wesselink - 41st
FIVB 2008	Did not play	Marloes Wesselink - 9th
FIVB 2009	Did not play	Sanne Keizer - 5th
FIVB 2010	Marloes Wesselink - 17th	Sanne Keizer - 25th
FIVB 2011	Sophie van Gestel - 17th	Sanne Keizer - 3rd
FIVB 2012	Sophie van Gestel - 2nd	Sanne Keizer - 5th
2013	Sophie van Gestel - 9th	Sanne Keizer - 9th
FIVB 2014	Marleen Van Iersel - 5th	Madelein Meppelink - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	5	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	1	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	2	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	6	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	7	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	5/11-17/2015	Lucerne Open	5	2nd	450	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	9	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	6	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$17,000.00

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/28/2015	Pool A	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (32)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:50
Wed, 7/29/2015	Pool A	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (17)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:40
Thu, 7/30/2015	Pool A	Taru Lahti / Riikka Lehtonen, Finland (16)	Won 22-20, 30-28	0:53
Fri, 7/31/2015	Winner 2	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (12)	Lost 19-21, 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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	2	3	2	6	0	5	0	2	3	0	$419,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,375.00
Confederation Championship	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$26,500.00
Total	34	1	4	4	2	9	0	9	0	2	3	0	$493,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Madelein Meppelink												Marleen Van Iersel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$19,700.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$34,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$16,500.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,000.00
54	1	3	4	3	10	10	11	9	0	$333,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	66	0	3	5	5	12	17	9	8	0	$383,400.00
47	0	2	3	2	7	9	16	7	0	$98,537.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	63	2	2	2	4	8	13	13	7	0	$154,187.50
4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,090.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	$5,090.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	5	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	2	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	$33,625.00	Confederation Championship	15	2	0	0	1	6	6	0	0	0	$41,250.00
133	4	6	7	5	25	32	32	17	0	$508,752.50	Total	171	6	6	10	13	30	45	26	16	0	$629,177.50

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
2014	FIVB	11	0	0	2	1	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	$180,000.00	41	19	68.3 %
2014	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	10	3	76.9 %
2015	FIVB	7	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	$119,000.00	26	12	68.4 %
2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	2	3	1	4	0	4	0	1	3	0	$299,000.00	67	31	68.4 %
Total	CEV	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$24,500.00	13	4	76.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Madelein Meppelink													Marleen Van Iersel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$650.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$3,500.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$6,150.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	7	$15,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	$4,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$5,200.00	2009	FIVB	12	0	0	1	1	5	3	2	0	0	$56,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2009	CEV C&S
12	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	1	2	$25,400.00	2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	3	1	4	3	1	0	$45,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	3	$16,300.00	2011	FIVB	12	2	0	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	$79,950.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,625.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
9	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$39,650.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	$55,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2012	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
8	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	$43,300.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	$24,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2013	CEV C&S
11	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	1	0	$90,000.00	2014	FIVB	11	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	1	0	$90,000.00
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	2014	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
7	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	$59,500.00	2015	FIVB	7	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	$59,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
83	3	4	4	4	15	12	24	12	5	$301,825.00	Total	Total	132	8	4	11	15	21	34	15	8	16	$475,600.00

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	11	73.3%	4	26.7%	0	0.0%	15-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	11-4	73.3%	5-0	100.0%	1	1	17-5	77.3%
2014-2015	8	72.7%	3	27.3%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	8-3	72.7%	4-0	100.0%	1	1	13-4	76.5%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	14-4	77.8%	4-0	100.0%	1	0	10-2	83.3%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	47	22	0	0	29	13	2	5	3	2	0	2	81	44
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	23	6
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	2
Total	0	0	0	0	76	26	0	0	40	20	5	6	4	2	1	4	126	58

Head to Head Results
Meppelink/Van Iersel lead the series against the field 28-12 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 0 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 3 Borger/Buthe, Germany 2-2
7/25/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Borger/Buthe	10	By Forfeit
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool F	Borger/Buthe	11	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:53
5/17/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Gold Medal	Borger/Buthe	4	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	Borger/Buthe	6	26-24, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 3-2
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-11, 21-14	0:31
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Bronze Medal	Meppelink/Van Iersel	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	22-20, 21-19	0:41
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	19-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:47
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	21-15, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 5 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 3-2
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Baquerizo/Fernandez	12	16-21, 21-19, 15-6	0:52
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	21-15, 21-19	0:36
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Baquerizo/Fernandez	5	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
6/15/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Meppelink/Van Iersel	13	Baquerizo/Fernandez	7	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
6/1/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Semi-Finals	Baquerizo/Fernandez	1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	3	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Series tied with # 6 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	21-19, 21-16	0:40
6/6/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Holtwick/Semmler	2	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 7 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-0
6/5/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Laboureur/Sude	11	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 8 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Hansel/Schwaiger	21	29-31, 21-13, 22-20	1:02
Lead the series against # 11 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 2-1
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Brzostek/Wojtasik	21	21-13, 17-21, 16-14	0:48
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool F	Brzostek/Wojtasik	27	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	20-22, 22-20, 15-10	0:52
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Meppelink/Van Iersel	13	Brzostek/Wojtasik	29, Q10	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # 12 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 2-2
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	12	Meppelink/Van Iersel	1	21-19, 21-18	0:37
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Nestarcova/Pridalova	14	22-20, 24-22	0:41
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Nestarcova/Pridalova	19	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:52
5/31/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 4	Meppelink/Van Iersel	3	Nestarcova/Pridalova	4	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 13 Goricanec/Huberli, Switzerland 2-1
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	9	Goricanec/Huberli	14	21-16, 21-15	0:34
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Goricanec/Huberli	28	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-16, 21-11	0:36
6/7/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Goricanec/Huberli	21	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-0
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Mader/Zumkehr	1	21-16, 21-11	0:36
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool A	Meppelink/Van Iersel	1	Mader/Zumkehr	17	21-15, 11-21, 15-13	0:47
Series tied with # 16 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 1-1
7/30/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Meppelink/Van Iersel	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	22-20, 30-28	0:53
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q4	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-19, 23-21	0:41
Lead the series against # 17 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 3-0
7/29/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Meppelink/Van Iersel	1	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	17	22-20, 21-18	0:40
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	10	21-15, 21-19	0:36
6/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	22	21-19, 21-9	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Prokopeva/Syrtseva, Russia 2-0
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Prokopeva/Syrtseva	26	21-16, 21-15	0:37
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Prokopeva/Syrtseva	22	21-18, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 21 Kjolberg/Kongshavn, Norway 1-0
6/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Kjolberg/Kongshavn	27	21-13, 21-10	0:29
Lead the series against # 22 Baran/Sliwka, Poland 1-0
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	1	Baran/Sliwka	35	21-12, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 32 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
7/28/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Meppelink/Van Iersel	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32	17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:50