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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Sunday, November 16, 2025 Court #3 21:30

Match #72: Pool L

(36) Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile
vs.
(37) Soufiane El Gharouti/Ilyas Lazaar, Morocco

Esteban Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 1991 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

132

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$280,657.78

Marco Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 11, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Queilen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

132

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$280,657.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	132	5	2	2	4	9	0	33	8	24	6	3	16	15	1	3	1	US$561,232.15

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	13, Q1	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q14	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	21, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	16, Q11	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	13	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q4	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	10	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	19, Q7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	12	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	12	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	8	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool L	Calvin Aye / Remi Daubas, France (13)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 12-15	0:46
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool L	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (12)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool L	Soufiane El Gharouti / Ilyas Lazaar, Morocco (37)	Won 21-10, 21-11	0:27
Tue, 11/18/2025	Winner 1	Ondrej Perusic / David Schweiner, Czechia (8)	Lost 14-21, 27-25, 10-15	0:55

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Marco Grimalt - 33rd	Esteban Grimalt - 33rd
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Marco Grimalt - 37th	Esteban Grimalt - 37th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	25	33rd	50	US$4,800.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	19	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/6/2017	Vienna World Championships	20	17th	320	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	10	37th	160	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	9	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	14	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	36	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	$47,200.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	59	1	0	2	1	3	0	13	8	15	9	0	$308,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	2	0	3	5	0	16	0	13	6	0	$176,275.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$21,300.00
Total	132	5	2	2	4	9	0	33	8	33	16	0	$561,175.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Esteban Grimalt												Marco Grimalt
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$23,600.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$23,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
59	1	0	2	1	3	21	15	9	0	$154,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	59	1	0	2	1	3	21	15	9	0	$154,450.00
56	2	2	0	3	5	16	13	6	0	$88,137.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	2	0	3	5	16	13	6	0	$88,137.50
5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$10,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$10,650.00
132	5	2	2	4	9	41	33	16	0	$280,587.50	Total	132	5	2	2	4	9	41	33	16	0	$280,587.50

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
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	$14,000.00	9	10	47.4 %
2014	FIVB	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	3	$60,375.00	31	17	64.6 %
2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	0	$47,500.00	11	21	34.4 %
2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	3	0	1	$41,400.00	28	29	49.1 %
2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$28,000.00	7	15	31.8 %
2018	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	1	$34,000.00	21	17	55.3 %
2019	FIVB	13	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	2	$78,400.00	32	22	59.3 %
2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,300.00	7	4	63.6 %
2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	$14,000.00	6	15	28.6 %
2022	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	$63,500.00	24	20	54.5 %
2023	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	4	0	0	$46,500.00	13	23	36.1 %
2024	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	2	$44,500.00	22	22	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	5	2	0	$56,500.00	22	27	44.9 %
Total	FIVB	128	5	2	2	4	8	0	32	8	31	16	20	$540,975.00	238	247	49.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Esteban Grimalt													Marco Grimalt
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$7,000.00	2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$7,000.00
11	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	$30,187.50	2014	FIVB	11	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	$30,187.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	$23,750.00	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	$23,750.00
12	0	0	0	2	0	6	3	0	1	$20,700.00	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	0	6	3	0	1	$20,700.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$14,000.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$14,000.00
10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$17,000.00	2018	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$17,000.00
13	2	0	0	1	1	3	4	0	2	$39,200.00	2019	FIVB	13	2	0	0	1	1	3	4	0	2	$39,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$5,150.00	2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$5,150.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	$7,000.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	$7,000.00
10	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	1	$31,750.00	2022	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	1	$31,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	$23,250.00	2023	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	$23,250.00
11	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	2	$22,250.00	2024	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	2	$22,250.00
14	0	0	1	0	0	6	5	2	0	$28,250.00	2025	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	0	6	5	2	0	$28,250.00
128	5	2	2	4	8	40	31	16	20	$270,487.50	Total	Total	128	5	2	2	4	8	40	31	16	20	$270,487.50

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	149	66.2%	32	14.2%	44	19.6%	181-44	80.4%	54	20.4%	48	18.1%	163	61.5%	54-211	20.4%	149-163	47.8%	86-92	48.3%	8	1	243-256	48.7%
2024-2025	26	66.7%	4	10.3%	9	23.1%	30-9	76.9%	14	25.9%	10	18.5%	30	55.6%	14-40	25.9%	26-30	46.4%	18-19	48.6%	3	1	47-50	48.5%
Against the Field	13	46.4%	7	25.0%	8	28.6%	20-8	71.4%	9	12.5%	13	18.1%	50	69.4%	9-63	12.5%	26-98	21.0%	32-42	43.2%	1	0	30-70	30.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
World Championships	0	0	0	0	9	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	17
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	30	14	45	79	0	0	15	25	1	3	2	1	1	0	94	122
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	19	9	57	48	1	1	34	33	4	3	0	3	2	2	117	100
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	14	4
Total	0	0	50	25	120	151	5	1	54	66	7	6	2	4	5	2	243	256

Soufiane El Gharouti
Morocco

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 23, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

CASABLANCA

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Bujumbura 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$4,200.00

Ilyas Rhouni Lazaar
Morocco

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

El Jadida

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB Cervia 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$1,920.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$3,400.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool L	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (12)	Lost 11-21, 12-21	0:33
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool L	Calvin Aye / Remi Daubas, France (13)	Lost 14-21, 11-21	0:32
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool L	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (36)	Lost 10-21, 11-21	0:27

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Mohamed Abicha - 37th	Did not play
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Ilyas Lazaar - 37th	Soufiane El Gharouti - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	37	37th	160	US$3,400.00

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Soufiane El Gharouti												Ilyas Lazaar
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$3,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	$4,200.00	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$1,850.00

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
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00	0	3	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Soufiane El Gharouti													Ilyas Lazaar
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2017	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,200.00	2022	FIVB
											2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,850.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	$4,200.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,700.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-3	0.0%
2024-2025	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-3	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-3	0.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

Head to Head Results
Grimalt/Grimalt lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/16/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Grimalt/Grimalt	36	El Gharouti/Lazaar	37	21-10, 21-11	0:27