Rio de Janeiro, August 18, 2016 - Russia's Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Konstantin Semenov, pool E winners, square off against the 2013 World Champions, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen of the Netherlands for the bronze medal on Copacabana Beach. The Dutch have won four of the five meetings in FIVB World Tour competition, including the last four. The winner will win the bronze medal, the loser finishes in 4th place.
Head to Head
Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen have won four of the five meetings on the FIVB World Tour, including the last four and the only match in 2016.
• Brouwer/Meeuwsen won 21-18 and 21-16 in 34 minutes, Major Hamburg, Semi-finals, 06/12/2016
• Brouwer/Meeuwsen won 21-17 and 21-17 in 37 minutes, Long Beach Grand Slam, Quarterfinals, 08/21/2015
• Brouwer/Meeuwsen won 21-17, 18-21, and 18-16 in 57 minutes, Lucerne Open, Quarterfinals, 05/16/2015
• Brouwer/Meeuwsen won 21-17 and 21-15 in 31 minutes, Stavanger Grand Slam, Pool Play, 06/27/2014
• Krasilnikov/Semenov won 16-21, 21-19, and 15-12 in 50 minutes, Berlin Grand Slam, Quarterfinals, 08/09/2013
Historically the #2 seed defeated the #8 seed in the only meeting in the Olympic Games.
• Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers (2), United States def. David Klemperer/Eric Koreng (8), Germany, 21-13, 25-23 in 52 minutes, Quarterfinals, Beijing (2008).
Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, Seed #8, Pool E, 3-0, 1st Place, Qualified 9th with 5,230 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period
• Viacheslav: April 28, 1991 (25y3m21d), 196 cm (6'5"), 73 kg (162 lbs.), Hometown Gelengzik, 34th FIVB World Tour event, one gold medal, $176,387 career winnings
• Konstantin: June 9, 1989 (27y2m9d), 210 cm (6'11"), 100 kg (222 lbs.), Hometown Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan, 74th FIVB World Tour event, two gold medals, $269,362 career winnings (ranks 77th)
• Viacheslav and Konstantin have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 32nd FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together, one gold medal, $340,775 career winnings (ranks 52nd).
• Viacheslav has played in nine FIVB World Tour final fours with one gold, three silver, two bronze medals and three 4th place finishes.
• Konstantin has played in 10 FIVB World Tour final fours with two gold, three silver, two bronze medals and three 4th place finishes.
• Viacheslav and Konstantin have played in five Final Fours in 2015-2016 (4th Yokohama Grand Slam 2015, 4th Sochi Open 2015, 4th Xiamen Open 2016, Silver Sochi Open 2016, Bronze Hamburg Major 2016).
• Konstantin finished 9th in the Olympic Games with Serguey Prokopyev in 2012 (London).
• Viacheslav and Konstantin finished 9th in the FIVB World Championships in 2015 (The Hague).
• Konstantin finished 9th in the FIVB World Championships in 2011 (Rome) and 9th in 2013 (Stare Jablonki), both with Yaroslav Koshkarev.
• Viacheslav and Konstantin are currently ranked 21st in FIVB World Tour points in 2016 with 3,180 points and 18th in winnings with $82,700.
• Viacheslav and Konstantin have a career 106-57 (65.0%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events and a 69-36 (65.7%) record in 2015-16. Excluding forfeits, they are 74-30 (71.2%) in two sets and 27-26 (50.9%) in three sets, including 94-17 (84.7%) when winning the 1st set and 7-39 (15.2%) when losing the 1st set.
• Viacheslav and Konstantin won the silver medal at the European (CEV) Continental Championships in 2016 (Biel, Switzerland).
• Yaroslav and Konstantin Semenov won one gold medal on the CEV Continental Tour in 2013.
• Pool E: Defeated Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland (17), 21-14 and 21-13 in 38 minutes.
• Pool E: Defeated Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile (20), 21-17 and 21-14 in 35 minutes.
• Pool E: Defeated Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (5), 21-15, 14-21, and 15-9 in 45 minutes.
• Round of 16: Defeated Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar (19), 21-13 and 21-13 in 32 minutes.
• Quarterfinals: Defeated Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba (21), 22-20, 22-24, and 18-16 in 61 minutes.
• Semi-finals: Lost to Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy (10), 21-15, 16-21, and 13-15 in 56 minutes.
Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, Seed #2, Pool B, 3-0, 1st Place, Qualified 2nd with 6,470 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period
• Alexander: November 3, 1989 (26y9m15d), 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 (28y4m28d), 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 180-103 (63.6%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events and a 90-34 (72.6%) record in 2015-16. Excluding forfeits, they are 121-52 (69.9%) in two sets and 54-48 (52.9%) in three sets, including 145-30 (82.9%) when winning the 1st set and 30-70 (30.0%) when losing the 1st set.
• 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.
• Pool B: Defeated Dmitri Barsouk/Nikita Liamin, Russia (23), 21-15 and 21-14 in 37 minutes.
• Pool B: Defeated Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany (14), 21-19, 17-21, and 16-14 in 58 minutes.
• Pool B: Defeated Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland (11), 21-19 and 21-19 in 39 minutes.
• Round of 16: Defeated Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada (16), 21-12 and 21-15 in 37 minutes.
• Semi-finals: Lost to Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil (1), 17-21, 23-21, and 14-16 in 56 minutes.