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

(6) Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands

Jon Stiekema
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Groningen

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV C&S Aalsmeer 2011)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (Niechorze 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$116,244.35

Christiaan Varenhorst
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valthermond

Height:

212 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

151

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baku 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$478,802.63

Awards

Top Rookie 2012
Best Hitter 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	8	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	US$29,787.28
CEV C&S	6	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$8,427.24
FIVB	29	0	0	1	1	4	1	6	0	4	4	3	5	US$184,800.00
Overall	43	0	2	3	3	6	2	10	1	4	4	3	5	US$223,014.51

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2008	Did not play	Johan van der Poel - 5th
FIVB 2009	Tim Oude Elferink - 25th	Alexander Brouwer - 25th
FIVB 2010	Christiaan Varenhorst - 41st	Jon Stiekema - 41st
FIVB 2011	Christiaan Varenhorst - 33rd	Jon Stiekema - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	30, Q9	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	31, Q23	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	31, Q21	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	31, Q15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	Q14	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q18	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	8/10-14/2011	CEV European Championship Final	16	9th	320	€ 2,500.00
CEV C&S	8/3-7/2011	CEV Satellite Vaduz	1	3rd	80	€ 975.00
CEV C&S	7/28-31/2011	CEV Varna Challenger	4, Q2	4th	140	€ 1,800.00
CEV	7/19-24/2011	CEV Polish Masters	8, Q2	3rd	480	€ 5,250.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	9	13th	180	€ 1,000.00
CEV C&S	6/16-19/2011	CEV Satellite Lausanne	11, Q9	2nd	90	€ 1,600.00
CEV C&S	6/1-5/2011	CEV Satellite Baden	7, Q1	7th	50	€ 300.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool O	Philip Gabathuler / Mirco Gerson, Switzerland (27)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:31
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool O	Ward Coucke / Tom van Walle, Belgium (22)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:32
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool O	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (11)	Lost 19-21, 11-21	0:31
Fri, 6/1/2012	Winner 1	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (13)	Won 21-10, 21-19	0:31
Fri, 6/1/2012	Winner 2	Martin Laciga / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (28)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:35
Sat, 6/2/2012	Winner 3	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (17)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:36

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	19	0	0	0	1	4	0	6	0	4	2	0	$167,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	$17,100.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	33	0	0	1	1	6	1	8	0	4	4	0	$197,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jon Stiekema												Christiaan Varenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$43,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
19	0	0	0	1	4	6	4	2	0	$83,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	51	2	1	1	2	9	13	16	4	0	$270,650.00
18	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	$9,550.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	1	0	3	1	11	9	8	6	0	$79,237.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Confederation Championship	12	0	0	1	0	5	5	1	0	0	$21,250.00
42	0	0	1	1	7	9	4	5	0	$99,900.00	Total	132	3	4	6	4	30	29	27	11	0	$451,487.50

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
2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	7	5	58.3 %
2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$8,750.00	10	6	62.5 %
2011	CEV C&S	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,675.00	18	8	69.2 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	$18,200.00	15	10	60.0 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	6	$18,200.00	23	16	59.0 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$12,750.00	13	9	59.1 %
Total	CEV C&S	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,675.00	18	8	69.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jon Stiekema													Christiaan Varenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$400.00	2009	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$325.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											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	$300.00	2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,375.00	2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,375.00
5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$3,162.50	2011	CEV C&S	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,337.50
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$9,100.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$9,100.00
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	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	CEV C&S
36	1	1	2	1	5	4	4	3	15	$20,337.50	Total	Total	34	0	3	3	1	6	5	2	3	11	$19,287.50

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	15	75.0%	3	15.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	5	27.8%	1	5.6%	12	66.7%	5-13	27.8%	15-12	55.6%	8-3	72.7%	0	2	23-17	57.5%
2011-2012	11	78.6%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	3	27.3%	0	0.0%	8	72.7%	3-8	27.3%	11-8	57.9%	5-1	83.3%	0	2	16-11	59.3%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	10	76.9%	2-11	15.4%	10-20	33.3%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	7-13	35.0%

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	9	2	31	20	0	0	11	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	51	38
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	13	6	2	4	0	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	15
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	10
Total	2	0	22	8	39	30	0	0	21	20	0	2	1	1	0	0	86	63

Head to Head Results
Stiekema/Varenhorst trail the series against the field 13-16 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool J	Brink/Reckermann	1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	16	21-16, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 3 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 2-1
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	30, Q9	Boersma/Spijkers	14	13-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:50
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Boersma/Spijkers	18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q23	25-23, 21-18	0:46
7/23/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	8, Q2	Boersma/Spijkers	5	21-10, 21-15	0:30
Trail the series against # 4 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
8/13/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	16	23-25, 21-15, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against # 7 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	30, Q9	Plavins/Smedins	17	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q15	26-24, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 1-0
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q23	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	15	16-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:51
Trail the series against # 11 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Doppler/Horst	11	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	21-19, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 12 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
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 # 13 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	Gavira/Herrera	13	21-10, 21-19	0:31
Trail the series against # 15 Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-4
4/25/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q15	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	Q18	21-15, 21-11	0:33
7/31/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Semi-Finals	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	4, Q2	21-18, 21-13	0:29
7/24/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Semi-Finals	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	10	Stiekema/Varenhorst	8, Q2	21-14, 21-12	0:31
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 2	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	16	Stiekema/Varenhorst	9	21-16, 21-12	0:33
6/19/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Gold Medal	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11, Q9	21-19, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 17 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 0-2
6/2/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	21-17, 21-18	0:36
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q21	21-16, 13-21, 15-6	0:43
Series tied with # 18 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-2
8/24/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q18	Huber/Seidl	Q15	21-14, 21-15	0:31
7/31/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Bronze Medal	Huber/Seidl	3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	4, Q2	21-15, 21-14	0:31
7/15/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Winner 2	Huber/Seidl	8	Stiekema/Varenhorst	9	21-16, 21-16	0:34
6/19/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Semi-Finals	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11, Q9	Huber/Seidl	8, Q3	21-18, 11-21, 15-11	0:45
Trail the series against # 22 Coucke/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Coucke/van Walle	22	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	21-17, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 27 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	Gabathuler/Gerson	27	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 28 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	Laciga/Weingart	28	21-12, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 29 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 2-1
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool J	Gogtepe/Sekerci	17	Stiekema/Varenhorst	16	21-14, 21-19	0:33
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	4, Q2	Gogtepe/Sekerci	1	21-18, 21-18	0:39
6/18/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Contender 4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11, Q9	Gogtepe/Sekerci	1	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 30 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q23	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q7	22-20, 18-21, 15-12	0:53