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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
Sunday, July 28, 2024 Stadium Court 10:00

Match #8: Pool B

(11) Matthew Immers/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands
vs.
(14) Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri, Italy

Matthew Immers
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 13, 2000 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leidschendam-Voorburg

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$89,724.60

Steven van de Velde
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 8, 1994 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

The Hague

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Chiang Mai 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$161,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	21	1	1	0	2	8	0	4	0	1	1	3	0	US$118,250.00

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Stefan Boermans - 5th	Did not play
2023	Steven van de Velde - 21st	Matthew Immers - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	4	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	9	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	1	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	8	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	7	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	9	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	2	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	15, Q8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	4	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	15	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	Q13	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	Q5	21st	340	US$0.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/28/2024

Pool B

Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (14)

Lost 20-22, 21-19, 13-15

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew Immers	Total	43	21	10	0.256	0	7	0	2
	1	17	6	7	-0.059	0	3	0	1
	2	15	7	1	0.400	0	2	0	0
	3	11	8	2	0.545	0	2	0	1
Steven van de Velde	Total	22	11	8	0.136	6	2	2	7
	1	5	3	2	0.200	5	0	1	1
	2	12	6	4	0.167	1	1	0	2
	3	5	2	2	0.000	0	1	1	4

Wed, 7/31/2024

Pool B

Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (23)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew Immers	Total	29	20	6	0.483	0	6	0	1
	1	15	11	3	0.533	0	1	0	1
	2	14	9	3	0.429	0	5	0	0
Steven van de Velde	Total	11	8	1	0.636	5	1	0	1
	1	4	2	1	0.250	2	1	0	1
	2	7	6	0	0.857	3	0	0	0

Fri, 8/2/2024

Pool B

Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (2)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew Immers	Total	31	18	6	0.387	0	7	0	2
	1	13	8	3	0.385	0	3	0	0
	2	18	10	3	0.389	0	4	0	2
Steven van de Velde	Total	13	7	2	0.385	3	0	0	3
	1	7	3	2	0.143	1	0	0	2
	2	6	4	0	0.667	2	0	0	1

Sun, 8/4/2024

Winner 1

Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Mariano, Brazil (8)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew Immers	Total	19	9	2	0.368	1	3	0	2
	1	6	3	0	0.500	1	2	0	0
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	1	0	2
Steven van de Velde	Total	13	9	1	0.615	3	0	1	2
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	0	1	0
	2	6	4	1	0.500	2	0	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matthew Immers	122	68	24	0.361	1	23	0	7
Steven van de Velde	59	35	12	0.390	17	3	3	13
Total	181	103	36	0.370	18	26	3	20
Opponents	182	102	36	0.363	16	26	13	19

World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Michiel van Dorsten - 17th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 5th
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 3rd
2022	World Championships	Rome	Stefan Boermans - 17th	Christiaan Varenhorst - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Steven van de Velde - 9th	Matthew Immers - 9th

Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Montevideo, Uruguay

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$258,125.00

Alex Ranghieri
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pordenone

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$297,640.15

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	49	2	1	4	3	9	0	13	4	5	1	3	3	1	US$362,500.00

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Enrico Rossi - 17th	Did not play
2023	Alex Ranghieri - 13th	Adrian Carambula - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	Q13	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	Q11	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	11	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Q5	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	10	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	4	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	6	9th	0	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	5	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	5	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	7	13th	460	US$5,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/28/2024

Pool B

Matthew Immers / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (11)

Won 22-20, 19-21, 15-13

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Carambula	Total	25	13	6	0.280	0	6	0	2
	1	10	4	4	0.000	0	2	0	1
	2	9	5	2	0.333	0	2	0	0
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	2	0	1
Alex Ranghieri	Total	30	16	6	0.333	5	0	0	5
	1	13	7	3	0.308	2	0	0	2
	2	14	7	3	0.286	1	0	0	2
	3	3	2	0	0.667	2	0	0	1

Wed, 7/31/2024

Pool B

Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (2)

Lost 12-21, 15-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Carambula	Total	19	10	0	0.526	0	6	0	2
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	2	0	1
	2	13	7	0	0.538	0	4	0	1
Alex Ranghieri	Total	23	9	6	0.130	1	0	1	2
	1	14	4	4	0.000	1	0	1	2
	2	9	5	2	0.333	0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/2/2024

Pool B

Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (23)

Lost 15-21, 21-23

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Carambula	Total	7	4	1	0.429	0	4	1	1
	1	4	2	1	0.250	0	2	1	1
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	2	0	0
Alex Ranghieri	Total	37	22	7	0.405	0	0	2	4
	1	16	6	5	0.063	0	0	1	1
	2	21	16	2	0.667	0	0	1	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Carambula	51	27	7	0.392	0	16	1	5
Alex Ranghieri	90	47	19	0.311	6	0	3	11
Total	141	74	26	0.340	6	16	4	16
Opponents	141	89	23	0.468	15	25	6	15

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Alex Ranghieri - 9th	Adrian Carambula - 9th
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Alex Ranghieri - 9th	Adrian Carambula - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Alex Ranghieri - 17th	Adrian Carambula - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Enrico Rossi - 5th	Marco Caminati - 33rd
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Enrico Rossi - 9th	Did not play
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Enrico Rossi - 19th	Did not play
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Enrico Rossi - 7th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Enrico Rossi - 17th	Daniele Lupo - 9th
2022	World Tour Finals	Doha	Alex Ranghieri - 5th	Adrian Carambula - 5th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Alex Ranghieri - 9th	Adrian Carambula - 9th
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Alex Ranghieri - 9th	Adrian Carambula - 9th

Head to Head Results
Series tied 1-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/28/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool B	Carambula/Ranghieri	14	Immers/van de Velde	11	22-20, 19-21, 15-13	0:57
4/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	12	Carambula/Ranghieri	5	By Forfeit

Overall Head to Head Results
Immers/van de Velde lead the series 2-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/28/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool B	Carambula/Ranghieri	14	Immers/van de Velde	11	22-20, 19-21, 15-13	0:57
8/4/23	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Immers/van de Velde	10	Carambula/Ranghieri	5	21-11, 21-18	0:32
4/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	12	Carambula/Ranghieri	5	By Forfeit