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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
June 3 - 8, 2014

(11) Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands

Jon Stiekema
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1988 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Groningen

Resides:

Den Haag

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 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valthermond

Resides:

The Hague

Height:

212 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

145

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baku 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$472,115.63

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 Cagliari Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/28-31/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	7	9	160	€ 750.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	22, Q2	17	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	12	3	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	20	4	560	US$12,900.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	23	17	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	25, Q5	5	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	Q11	41	80	US$0.00
CEV	7/31-8/4/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	27	9	250	€ 2,500.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	12	25	150	US$1,500.00
CEV C&S	4/2-6/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	2	9	140	€ 187.50
CEV	8/22-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	1	4	420	€ 2,000.00
CEV C&S	8/8-12/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	2	2	90	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	18	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	22	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	18	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	28, Q8	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	Q9	33	40	US$0.00

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/3/2014	Pool F	Sebastian Chevallier / Alexei Strasser, Switzerland (22)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:39
Wed, 6/4/2014	Pool F	Jan Dumek / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (27)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:52
Thu, 6/5/2014	Pool F	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (6)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:30
Fri, 6/6/2014	Winner 2	Lorenz Petutschnig / Tobias Winter, Austria (24)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:29
Sat, 6/7/2014	Winner 3	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (3)	Lost 9-21, 16-21	0:33

Head to Head Results
Stiekema/Varenhorst lead the series against the field 32-27

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 2-2
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Bronze Medal	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	17-21, 26-24, 16-14	0:56
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	21-17, 21-16	0:37
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool D	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:49
8/3/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	27	28-26, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-5
10/26/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	21-18, 21-19	0:39
4/5/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Contender 4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	2	21-9, 18-21, 15-13	0:51
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
Trail the series against # 3 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-4
6/7/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11	21-9, 21-16	0:33
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	21-19, 21-15	0:35
10/26/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	22-20, 21-19	0:39
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Lupo/Nicolai	10	25-27, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q21	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	7	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	0:57
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 # 5 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-4
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Erdmann/Matysik	11	Stiekema/Varenhorst	22, Q2	25-23, 21-18	0:42
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Stiekema/Varenhorst	27	21-18, 21-19	0:39
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	5	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	By Forfeit
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 # 6 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
6/5/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11	Krasilnikov/Semenov	6	21-12, 21-19	0:30
Lead the series against # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool G	Stiekema/Varenhorst	23	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-18, 21-19	0:38
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Stiekema/Varenhorst	18	Fijalek/Prudel	15	21-13, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 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
Series tied with # 9 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 1-1
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:34
8/6/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q11	24-22, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 10 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-2
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	5	Stiekema/Varenhorst	7	28-26, 21-17	0:44
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	16	Stiekema/Varenhorst	22, Q2	34-32, 22-20	0:49
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	27	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	9	18-21, 27-25, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 12 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/16/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Qualifier 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11, Q9	Bockermann/Urbatzka	Q8	21-19, 21-12	0:35
Series tied with # 14 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
Lead the series against # 15 Plavins/Solovejs, Latvia 1-0
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Plavins/Solovejs	18	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Hadrava/Kufa, Czech Republic 2-1
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Hadrava/Kufa	18	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:47
8/26/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Semi-Finals	Hadrava/Kufa	4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	By Forfeit
8/11/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Winner 3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	2	Hadrava/Kufa	3	22-20, 23-25, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against # 18 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 2-1
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	7	Eithun/Horrem	10	19-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:56
4/4/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 2	Eithun/Horrem	15	Stiekema/Varenhorst	2	21-15, 21-18	0:41
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	18	Eithun/Horrem	29, Q12	21-16, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 20 Garcia/Marco, Spain 5-1
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Garcia/Marco	21	21-19, 21-17	0:39
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Garcia/Marco	24, Q3	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
8/7/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Bronze Medal	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	21-17, 21-10	0:33
8/5/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Winner 2	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	4, Q2	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	21-18, 21-15	0:38
6/2/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	7, Q1	Garcia/Marco	Q16	20-22, 21-19, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 22 Chevallier/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
6/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11	Chevallier/Strasser	22	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 24 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 2-0
6/6/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11	Petutschnig/Winter	24	21-13, 21-11	0:29
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Petutschnig/Winter	22, Q2	21-15, 21-13	0:28
Lead the series against # 26 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-1
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Stiekema/Varenhorst	22, Q2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	27, Q12	21-17, 25-23	0:47
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q21	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q12	24-22, 24-22	0:49
10/5/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Qualifier 3	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22, Q3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q14	21-12, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 27 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
6/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11	Dumek/Kubala	27	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:52
Series tied with # 28 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-1
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Mullner/Wutzl	22	Stiekema/Varenhorst	27	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:51
4/5/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Contender 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	2	Mullner/Wutzl	16	21-14, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 31 Hordvik/Kvamsdal, Norway 1-0
4/29/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	22, Q2	Hordvik/Kvamsdal	Q18	22-20, 21-19	0:39