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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Stadium Court 16:00

Match #20: Pool B

(11) Matthew Immers/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands
vs.
(23) Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile

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

Esteban Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 1991 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$242,307.78

Marco Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 11, 1989 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Queilen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$242,307.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	114	5	2	1	4	8	0	29	5	21	2	3	14	15	1	3	1	US$484,532.15

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Marco Grimalt - 4th	Esteban Grimalt - 4th
2023	Marco Grimalt - 13th	Esteban Grimalt - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	7	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	8	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	Q2	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	5	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	14, Q4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	18, Q5	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	16, Q11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	Q7	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	17, Q4	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	Q5	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Q5	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	14	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	15, Q8	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	Q6	21st	340	US$0.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/28/2024

Pool B

Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (2)

Lost 14-21, 16-21