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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
July 22 - 26, 2026

(1) Thomas Hodges/Ben Hood, Australia

Thomas Hodges
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

East Melbourne

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$97,627.95

Ben Hood
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 22, 2004 (22 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$25,831.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	US$41,550.00

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	3	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	10	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	15	5th	600	US$5,000.00
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 Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool A	Tynan Gannett / Luke de Greeff, Canada (32, Q12)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:33
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool A	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (16)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:30
Fri, 7/24/2026	Winner 2	Philipp Huster / Sven Winter, Germany (12)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:36

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$38,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00
Total	8	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	$41,550.00

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
11	0	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	$25,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
32	2	2	1	1	8	9	5	4	0	$64,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	$20,500.00
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
54	2	4	3	1	10	15	12	5	1	$97,300.00	Total	38	1	1	0	1	6	14	8	1	5	$25,550.00

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	7	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	$39,050.00	20	9	69.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	$39,050.00	20	9	69.0 %

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
7	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$19,525.00	2026	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$19,525.00
53	2	4	3	1	10	15	12	5	1	$96,050.00	Total	Total	37	1	1	0	1	6	14	8	1	5	$24,300.00

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	13	72.2%	4	22.2%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	7	58.3%	3-9	25.0%	13-7	65.0%	7-3	70.0%	1	0	21-10	67.7%
2025-2026	13	72.2%	4	22.2%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	7	58.3%	3-9	25.0%	13-7	65.0%	7-3	70.0%	1	0	21-10	67.7%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	14-10	58.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	9-6	60.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	9	3	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	8
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	12	4	0	0	6	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	21	10

Head to Head Results
Hodges/Hood lead the series against the field 9-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 Aas/Ringoen, Norway 0-1
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 2	Aas/Ringoen	17	Hodges/Hood	3	21-18, 18-21, 17-15	0:51
Trail the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 12 Huster/Winter, Germany 0-1
7/24/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Winner 2	Huster/Winter	12	Hodges/Hood	1	21-14, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 4-0
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool A	Hodges/Hood	1	Bedritis/Rinkevics	16	21-15, 21-18	0:30
5/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 3	Hodges/Hood	10	Bedritis/Rinkevics	23	21-18, 21-11	0:31
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool G	Hodges/Hood	10	Bedritis/Rinkevics	23	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:47
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 # 17 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 # 19 Alfieri/Ranghieri, Italy 1-0
5/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool G	Hodges/Hood	10	Alfieri/Ranghieri	7	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 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 # 28, Q4 Howat/Ryan, Australia 1-0
5/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Hodges/Hood	10	Howat/Ryan	30, Q11	21-13, 22-20	0:35
Lead the series against # 32, Q12 de Greeff/Gannett, Canada 1-0
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool A	Hodges/Hood	1	Gannett/de Greeff	32, Q12	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # Q11 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