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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championship Final
August 16 - 20, 2017

(15) Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, 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

Sophie van Gestel
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oostelbeers

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (The Hague 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$165,365.33

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	US$11,234.25
CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,550.64
FIVB	27	1	1	0	2	2	1	7	0	10	3	US$208,600.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	32	2	1	0	2	4	1	9	0	10	3	US$221,384.89

Previous Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/5/2017	Vienna World Championships	22	17th	320	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	18	17th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/1/2017	Porec Major Five Star	20	25th	180	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	14	25th	90	US$1,000.00
FIVB	5/16-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	12	9th	240	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/7-12/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	12	9th	360	US$8,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/16/2017	Pool B	Riikka Lehtonen / Nette Tuominen, Finland (18)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:33
Thu, 8/17/2017	Pool B	Inna Makhno / Iryna Makhno, Ukraine (31)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:29
Thu, 8/17/2017	Pool B	Karla Borger / Margareta Kozuch, Germany (2)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 19-21	0:55
Fri, 8/18/2017	Winner 1	Svetlana Kholomina / Olga Motrich, Russia (23)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:33
Fri, 8/18/2017	Winner 2	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (1)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:32

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	1	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	5	1	0	$162,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	$31,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	31	1	1	0	2	4	1	9	0	10	3	0	$217,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Madelein Meppelink												Sophie van Gestel
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	1	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$19,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$16,500.00	World Tour Finals
54	1	3	4	3	10	10	11	9	0	$333,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	1	1	0	2	2	5	8	4	0	$110,300.00
47	0	2	3	2	7	9	16	7	0	$98,537.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	3	2	4	7	1	0	$33,125.00
4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,090.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Satellite
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	2	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	$33,625.00	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$6,250.00
133	4	6	7	5	25	32	32	17	0	$508,752.50	Total	65	1	3	1	5	6	14	20	6	0	$160,675.00

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
2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %
2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$12,700.00	7	9	43.8 %
2012	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	$79,300.00	33	19	63.5 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2013	FIVB	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$86,600.00	31	13	70.5 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2013	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	6	0	100.0 %
2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	$30,000.00	8	14	36.4 %
2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	1	1	0	2	2	1	7	0	10	3	0	$208,600.00	79	55	59.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	10	6	62.5 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	6	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Madelein Meppelink													Sophie van Gestel
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
											2007	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$5,200.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$6,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,525.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2010	CEV
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	3	$16,300.00	2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$6,350.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,625.00	2011	CEV
9	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$39,650.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$39,650.00
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
8	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	$43,300.00	2013	FIVB	8	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	$43,300.00
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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
11	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	1	0	$90,000.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	2014	CEV
11	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	$94,500.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	$17,500.00
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	$0.00
9	0	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	$49,187.50	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	0	1	7	1	1	$19,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2016	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	$16,000.00	2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$15,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
105	3	6	5	5	20	20	27	14	5	$405,262.50	Total	Total	73	2	4	2	6	6	16	20	6	11	$161,375.00

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	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1-5	16.7%	7-2	77.8%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	10-6	62.5%
2016-2017	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	8-2	80.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	0	31	17	0	0	11	12	2	1	0	1	1	1	52	32
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	3	2	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	20	15
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	6
Total	0	0	14	0	49	27	1	0	21	25	2	2	0	2	1	1	94	62

Head to Head Results
Meppelink/van Gestel lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-2
8/18/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Laboureur/Sude	1	Meppelink/van Gestel	15	21-12, 21-17	0:32
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 2	Laboureur/Sude	3	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	25-23, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Borger/Kozuch, Germany 0-1
8/17/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Borger/Kozuch	2	Meppelink/van Gestel	15	21-18, 16-21, 21-19	0:55
Series tied with # 6 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 2-2
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool B	Meppelink/van Gestel	18	Bieneck/Schneider	15	21-19, 24-22	0:37
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool C	Bieneck/Schneider	19	Meppelink/van Gestel	14	By Forfeit
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	Bieneck/Schneider	20	21-18, 21-18	0:33
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool E	Bieneck/Schneider	21	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 7 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
4/6/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Gold Medal	Meppelink/van Gestel	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 Schutzenhofer/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool D	Schutzenhofer/Schwaiger	29	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	21-17, 12-21, 15-11	0:43
Lead the series against # 18 Lehtonen/Tuominen, Finland 1-0
8/16/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Meppelink/van Gestel	15	Lehtonen/Tuominen	18	21-17, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 20 Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene, Lithuania 1-0
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Meppelink/van Gestel	16	Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene	32	21-7, 21-17	0:29
Lead the series against # 23 Kholomina/Motrich, Russia 1-0
8/18/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	15	Kholomina/Motrich	23	21-19, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 31 Makhno/Makhno, Ukraine 1-0
8/17/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Meppelink/van Gestel	15	Makhno/Makhno	31	21-15, 21-14	0:29