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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 13 - 17, 2026

(15) Thomas Hodges/Ben Hood, Australia

Thomas Hodges
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

East Melbourne

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$93,127.95

Ben Hood
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 22, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toowoomba

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Nuvali 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$21,331.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	US$32,550.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Zachery Schubert - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	21	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	28, Q6	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	1	5th	240	US$300.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool B	Momme Lorenz / Tilo Rietschel, Germany (18)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:27
Fri, 5/15/2026	Pool B	Kevin Cuzmiciov / Eylon Elazar, Israel (2)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 13-15	0:51
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (23)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:34
Sat, 5/16/2026	Winner 2	Yves Haussener / Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland (12)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:37
Sat, 5/16/2026	Winner 3	Jack Pearse / D'Artagnan Potts, Australia (4)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:33

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$32,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00
Total	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$32,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Hodges												Ben Hood
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,200.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
10	0	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	$23,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
30	2	2	1	1	8	7	5	4	0	$60,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	$17,250.00
6	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	0	1	0	1	4	11	4	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
51	2	4	3	1	10	13	12	5	1	$92,800.00	Total	34	1	1	0	1	6	12	7	1	2	$21,050.00

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
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$12,550.00	10	7	58.8 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$12,550.00	10	7	58.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thomas Hodges													Ben Hood
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB
10	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	$16,575.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
14	1	1	1	0	2	5	4	0	0	$29,000.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$500.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$19,125.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	3	$1,100.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	$11,825.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	$3,175.00
4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$6,275.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$6,275.00
50	1	4	3	1	10	13	12	5	1	$82,800.00	Total	Total	34	0	1	0	1	6	12	8	1	5	$11,050.00

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	8	61.5%	4	30.8%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	3	33.3%	0	0.0%	6	66.7%	3-6	33.3%	8-6	57.1%	7-1	87.5%	1	0	16-7	69.6%
2025-2026	8	61.5%	4	30.8%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	3	33.3%	0	0.0%	6	66.7%	3-6	33.3%	8-6	57.1%	7-1	87.5%	1	0	16-7	69.6%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	12-8	60.0%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	11-5	68.8%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	5	3	0	0	6	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	1	0	7	3	0	0	6	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	16	7

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 5-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 0-1
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool B	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	2	Hodges/Hood	15	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 4 Pearse/Potts, Australia 0-2
5/16/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 3	Pearse/Potts	4	Hodges/Hood	15	21-16, 21-15	0:33
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool E	Pearse/Potts	21, Q2	Hodges/Hood	28, Q6	23-21, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 0-1
3/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool E	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	12	Hodges/Hood	21	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 9 Dressler/Seiser, Austria 1-0
3/28/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 2	Hodges/Hood	21	Dressler/Seiser	11	21-18, 18-21, 19-17	0:57
Lead the series against # 12 Haussener/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-0
5/16/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Hodges/Hood	15	Haussener/Heidrich	12	22-20, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 18 Lorenz/Rietschel, Germany 1-0
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool B	Hodges/Hood	15	Lorenz/Rietschel	18	21-12, 21-12	0:27
Lead the series against # 23 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 1-0
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Hodges/Hood	15	Bedritis/Rinkevics	23	21-17, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Dos Reis/Ferdinand, Brazil 1-0
3/18/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Qualifier 2	Hodges/Hood	28, Q6	Dos Reis/Ferdinand	Q11	21-16, 15-21, 15-9	0:46
Trail the series against # Q10 Bushby/Schumann, Australia 0-1
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Winner 2	Bushby/Schumann	5, Q2	Hodges/Hood	1	21-16, 21-19	0:30