Rio de Janeiro, August 10, 2016 - Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen of the Netherlands tries to close out pool B with a win against Poland's Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak on day five. The Dutch have two wins in the pool, and another win will automatically advance them into the elimination stage. A loss to the Poles will put both teams at 2-1, then a win by Russia in the other pool match will set up a three-way tie, or a loss will advance both teams to the elimination stage.
Head to Head
Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen have won two of the three meetings between the two teams, including the last two in 2013 and 2015.
• Brouwer/Meeuwsen won 21-19 and 21-17 in 36 minutes, Lucerne Open, Pool Play, 05/15/2015
• Brouwer/Meeuwsen won 21-14 and 21-14 in 31 minutes, Corrientes Grand Slam, Pool Play, 05/23/2013
• Kantor/Losiak won 21-19 and 21-18 in 39 minutes, Prague Open, Qualifier Round 1, 05/18/2011
Historically the #2 seed has won two of the three matches against the #11 seed in the Olympic Games.
• Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers (2), United States def. Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera (11), Spain, 19-21, 21-16, 15-13 in 58 minutes, Pool Play, London (2012).
• Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers (2), United States def. Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer (11), Switzerland, 21-15, 21-10 in 41 minutes, Pool Play, Beijing (2008).
• Christoph Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug (11), Germany def. Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran (2), Brazil, 22-20, 21-17 in 48 minutes, Pool Play, Athens (2004).
Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, Seed #2, Pool B, 2-0, 4.000 Set Ratio, 1.1566 Point Ratio, Qualified 2nd with 6,470 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period
• Alexander: November 3, 1989 (26y9m3d), 198 cm (6'6"), 88 kg (195 lbs.), Hometown Leiden, 70th FIVB World Tour event, two gold medals, $314,050 career winnings (ranks 61st)
• Robert: March 21, 1988 (28y4m16d), 207 cm (6'9"), 92 kg (204 lbs.), Hometown Nieuwegein, 61st FIVB World Tour event, two gold medals, $305,862 career winnings (ranks 66th)
• Alexander and Robert have been playing together since 2011. They are playing in their 59th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together (ranks 42nd), two gold medals, $611,725 career winnings (ranks 27th).
• Alexander has played in 13 FIVB World Tour final fours with two gold, five silver, three bronze medals and three 4th place finishes.
• Robert has played in 13 FIVB World Tour final fours with two gold, five silver, three bronze medals and three 4th place finishes.
• Alexander and Robert have played in 10 Final Fours in 2015-2016 (Silver Fuzhou Open 2015, Silver Lucerne Open 2015, Gold Porec Major 2015, Bronze Gstaad Major 2015, 4th Long Beach Grand Slam 2015, 4th World Tour Finals 2015, Silver Puerto Vallarta Open 2015-16, Bronze Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam 2016, Bronze Vitória Open 2016, Silver Hamburg Major 2016).
• Alexander and Robert won the gold medal in the FIVB World Championships in 2013 (Stare Jablonki) and finished 17th in 2015 (The Hague).
• Alexander and Robert are currently ranked 9th in FIVB World Tour points in 2016 with 4,190 points and 5th in winnings with $148,375.
• Alexander and Robert have a career 177-102 (63.4%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events and a 87-33 (72.5%) record in 2015-16.
• Alexander won the silver medal at the U21 World Championships with Christiaan Varenhorst in 2008 (Brighton, England).
• Alexander and Robert won one silver medal and one bronze medal on the European (CEV) Continental Tour in 2012-15.
• Defeated Dmitri Barsouk/Nikita Liamin, Russia (23), 21-15 and 21-14 in 37 minutes.
• Defeated Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany (14), 21-19, 17-21, and 16-14 in 62 minutes.
Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, Seed #11, Pool B, 1-1, 1.000 Set Ratio, 1.0135 Point Ratio, Qualified 11th with 5,180 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period
• Piotr: May 3, 1992 (24y3m3d), 200 cm (6'7"), 90 kg (200 lbs.), Hometown Sosnowiec, 56th FIVB World Tour event, one gold medal, $182,775 career winnings
• Bartosz: May 14, 1992 (24y2m23d), 190 cm (6'3"), 86 kg (191 lbs.), Hometown Jastrzebie Zdroj, 57th FIVB World Tour event, one gold medal, $194,775 career winnings
• Piotr and Bartosz have been playing together since 2009. They are playing in their 56th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together (ranks 48th), one gold medal, $365,550 career winnings (ranks 51st).
• Piotr has played in six FIVB World Tour final fours with one gold, one silver, and four bronze medals.
• Bartosz has played in seven FIVB World Tour final fours with one gold, one silver, four bronze medals and one 4th place finish.
• Piotr and Bartosz have played in five Final Fours in 2015-2016 (Silver Stavanger Major 2015, Bronze Kish Island Open 2016, Gold Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam 2016, Bronze Doha Open 2016, Bronze Moscow Grand Slam 2016).
• Piotr and Bartosz finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships in 2013 (Stare Jablonki).
• Piotr and Bartosz are currently ranked 4th in FIVB World Tour points in 2016 with 4,760 points and 6th in winnings with $139,750.
• Piotr and Bartosz have a career 125-96 (56.6%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events and a 84-49 (63.2%) record in 2015-16.
• Piotr and Bartosz won the gold medal at the U19 World Championships in 2010 (Porto, Portugal).
• Piotr and Bartosz won the silver medal at the U21 World Championships in 2011 (Halifax, Canada) and the gold medal in 2012 (Halifax, Canada).
• Piotr and Bartosz won the gold medal at the U23 World Championships in 2013 (Myslowice, Poland).
• Defeated Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany (14), 21-11, 23-21 in 38 minutes.
• Lost to Dmitri Barsouk/Nikita Liamin, Russia (23), 14-21 and 17-21 in 34 minutes.