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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Ostrava
Friday, May 29, 2026 Court #2 16:10

Match #34: Pool D

(4) Elmer Andersson/Jacob Nilsson, Sweden
vs.
(9) Yorick de Groot/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands

Elmer Andersson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 26, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Home Town:

Järstorp

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$142,905.90

Jacob Hölting Nilsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

ST Köpinge

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$142,905.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	26	7	4	1	0	4	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	US$284,828.28
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	27	7	4	1	0	5	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	US$284,828.28

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Jacob Nilsson - 25th	Elmer Andersson - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	2	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	3	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	2	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	7	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	3	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	10	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	3	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	24, Q13	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/12-15/2025	BPT Futures Malmo	2	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool D	Matyas Dzavoronok / Jakub Sepka, Czechia (21, Q7)	Won 21-9, 21-17	0:32
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool D	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (16)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool D	Yorick de Groot / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (9)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	2	3	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	$186,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$50,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	26	7	4	1	0	4	0	3	1	3	1	0	$284,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Elmer Andersson												Jacob Nilsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
13	2	3	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	$93,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	2	3	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	$93,100.00
7	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$25,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$25,250.00
5	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$1,400.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
26	7	4	1	0	4	4	3	1	0	$142,250.00	Total	30	7	4	1	0	4	5	5	1	0	$142,250.00

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
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$21,800.00	29	6	82.9 %
2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	$187,750.00	49	18	73.1 %
2026	FIVB	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$72,450.00	19	4	82.6 %
Total	FIVB	25	7	4	1	0	4	0	3	1	3	1	1	$282,000.00	97	28	77.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Elmer Andersson													Jacob Nilsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00	2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00
14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00	2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00
4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$36,225.00	2026	FIVB	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$36,225.00
26	7	4	1	0	5	4	3	1	1	$141,000.00	Total	Total	30	7	4	1	0	5	5	5	1	2	$141,000.00

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	71	80.7%	14	15.9%	3	3.4%	85-3	96.6%	11	31.4%	5	14.3%	19	54.3%	11-24	31.4%	71-19	78.9%	25-8	75.8%	1	1	97-28	77.6%
2025-2026	50	79.4%	11	17.5%	2	3.2%	61-2	96.8%	6	24.0%	3	12.0%	16	64.0%	6-19	24.0%	50-16	75.8%	17-5	77.3%	1	1	68-22	75.6%
Against the Field	22	81.5%	4	14.8%	1	3.7%	26-1	96.3%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	6	60.0%	2-8	20.0%	44-10	81.5%	12-6	66.7%	1	0	29-8	78.4%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	23	6	0	0	12	5	5	0	0	0	2	3	45	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	10	2	0	0	8	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	28	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	6	2	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	18	5
Total	0	0	9	3	41	11	0	0	28	9	11	1	1	0	7	4	97	28

Yorick de Groot
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sliedrecht

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$202,388.09

Steven van de Velde
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 8, 1994 (31 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$200,800.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,500.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Dirk Boehle - 25th
2019	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 33rd
2021	Stefan Boermans - 9th	Christiaan Varenhorst - 5th
2022	Did not play	Christiaan Varenhorst - 21st
2023	Did not play	Matthew Immers - 21st
2024	Stefan Boermans - 2nd	Matthew Immers - 5th
2025	Stefan Boermans - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool D	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (16)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:33
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool D	Matyas Dzavoronok / Jakub Sepka, Czechia (21, Q7)	Won 25-23, 21-16	0:38
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool D	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (4)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Yorick de Groot												Steven van de Velde
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$34,750.00
22	2	1	7	1	3	7	0	0	0	$139,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	0	1	1	4	10	2	6	4	0	$95,750.00
13	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	$32,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	1	0	2	0	7	8	5	2	0	$52,650.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$775.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	$5,150.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
50	3	3	9	3	9	12	5	1	0	$202,025.00	Total	79	1	1	5	4	21	14	14	7	0	$200,800.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Yorick de Groot													Steven van de Velde
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,900.00
											2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$4,500.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	3	2	$7,150.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$2,225.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	$21,000.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00
8	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	$19,050.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	$42,500.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$7,250.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$16,375.00
8	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	$37,500.00	2023	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	2	2	5	0	0	$21,000.00
10	1	1	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	$66,500.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	0	$44,875.00
8	1	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	$68,250.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	$31,250.00
49	3	3	9	3	9	12	5	1	4	$200,775.00	Total	Total	78	1	1	5	4	21	14	14	7	11	$199,550.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	2-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	2-0	100.0%
2025-2026	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	2-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	2-0	100.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	4-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	2-0	100.0%

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	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool D