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Netherlands and Poland battle in pool E on day four
- Updated: August 9, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 2016 – Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst of the Netherlands will look to continue their winning ways against Poland’s Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, who are looking for their first win in pool E.
Head to Head
Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst have won three of the four meetings between the two teams on the FIVB World Tour. The Dutch won the first two matches in the series, a three-set pool play win at the Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam in March and a three-set round of 16 win at the Moscow Grand Slam in May. The Poles won in three sets in pool play at the Hamburg Major in June and the Dutch won the final meeting in a round of 24 match in Gstaad in July.
Historically the #5 seed has won two of the three pool play meetings against the #17 seed and four of five overall in the Olympic Games. The lower seed pulled a straight-set upset in pool play in London (2012), but the #5 seed got revenge in a bronze-medal rematch in three sets. The higher seed won the pool play matches in three sets in both Beijing (2008) and Athens (2004) and also won the bronze medal rematch in 2004 in three sets.
Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, Seed #5, Pool E, 1-0, MAX Set Ratio, 1.4483 Point Ratio Qualified 5th with 5,960 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period
• Reinder: September 10, 1976 (39y10m27d), 194 cm (6’4″), 87 kg (193 lbs.), Hometown IJsselmuiden, 101st FIVB World Tour event (ranks 69th), 12 gold medals (ranks 13th), $643,687 career winnings (ranks 19th)
• Christiaan: May 6, 1990 (26y3m0d), 212 cm (6’11-1/2″), 106 kg (235 lbs.), Hometown Valthermond, 63rd FIVB World Tour event, three gold medals, $299,262 career winnings (ranks 68th)
• Reinder and Christiaan have been playing together since 2014. They are playing in their 23rd FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together, three gold medals, $388,125 career winnings (ranks 48th).
• Reinder has played in 27 FIVB World Tour final fours with 12 gold, seven silver, two bronze medals and six 4th place finishes.
• Christiaan has played in eight FIVB World Tour final fours with three gold, two silver, one bronze medal and two 4th place finishes.
• Reinder and Christiaan have played in four Final Fours in 2015-2016 (4th Porec Major 2015, Silver St. Petersburg Grand Slam 2015, …
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