So far, so good for reigning world champions Alexander Brouwer & Robert Meeuwsen. The Dutch finished first in pool E in Rotterdam with three straight wins. Alvaro & Vitor Felipe barely made the first elimination round as third in pool K in Apeldoorn. Will the Brazilians be able to stop Brouwer & Meeuwsen.
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Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen (NED), 1st Place Pool E, Rotterdam• Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen have been playing together since 2011. They are playing in their 44th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together.
• Alexander has played in 6 FIVB World Tour final fours with two gold medals, three silver medals and one 4th place finish.
• Robert has played in 6 FIVB World Tour final fours with two gold medals, three silver medals and one 4th place finish.
• Alexander and Robert have played in 3 Final Fours in 2015 (Silver Fuzhou Open, Silver Lucerne Open, Gold Porec Major Series).
• Alexander and Robert are the defending FIVB World Champions (Stare Jablonki 2013). No men’s team has ever repeated as FIVB World Champions
• Alexander and Robert are currently ranked 1st in FIVB World Tour points in 2015 with 2,940 points and 2nd in winnings with $108,000. They have one win in 2015 (Porec Major Series).
• Alexander ($198,862) ranks 92nd and Robert ($190,675) ranks 99th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings.
• Alexander and Robert won the silver medal at the 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters in 2012 (Varna, Bulgaria).
• Alexander won the silver medal at the U21 World Championships with Christiaan Varenhorst in 2008 (Brighton, England).
• Vitor Felipe and Alvaro Filho (BRA), 3rd Place Pool K, Apeldoorn
• Vitor Felipe and Alvaro Filho are playing in their 5th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together.
• Vitor has played in 2 FIVB World Tour final fours with two gold medals.
• Alvaro has played in 8 FIVB World Tour final fours with two gold, two silver, two bronze medals and two 4th place finishes.
• Alvaro and Ricardo Santos lost the gold medal match to Brouwer/Meeuwsen at the 2013 FIVB World Championships (Stare Jablonki).
• Vitor and Alvaro are currently ranked 24th in FIVB World Tour points in 2015 with 1,320 points and 24th in winnings with $31,400.
• Vitor ($136,500) ranks 126th and Alvaro ($192,237) ranks 96th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings.
• Vitor and Alvaro won silver medals at the U21 World Championships in 2009 (Blackpool, England) and 2010 (Alanya, Turkey).
• Vitor won the bronze medal at the U21 World Championships with Marcus Carvalhaes in 2011 (Halifax, Canada).
• Vitor won the silver medal at the U23 World Championships with Marcio Guadie in 2013 (Myslowice, Poland).
• Brouwer/Meeuwsen lead the Head to Head 1-0
• Stavanger Major Series, 06/11/2015, Pool D , Brouwer/Meeuwsen won by forfeit