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

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$94,752.95

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$22,956.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	US$35,800.00

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

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	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$35,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00
Total	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	$35,800.00

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
31	2	2	1	1	8	8	5	4	0	$62,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	$18,875.00
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
52	2	4	3	1	10	14	12	5	1	$94,425.00	Total	35	1	1	0	1	6	13	7	1	2	$22,675.00

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	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	$35,800.00	18	8	69.2 %
Total	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	$35,800.00	18	8	69.2 %

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
6	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$17,900.00	2026	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$17,900.00
52	2	4	3	1	10	14	12	5	1	$94,425.00	Total	Total	36	1	1	0	1	6	13	8	1	5	$22,675.00

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	10	66.7%	4	26.7%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	6	60.0%	3-7	30.0%	10-6	62.5%	7-2	77.8%	1	0	18-8	69.2%
2025-2026	10	66.7%	4	26.7%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	6	60.0%	3-7	30.0%	10-6	62.5%	7-2	77.8%	1	0	18-8	69.2%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	10-8	55.6%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%

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	7	3	0	0	6	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	16	7
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	9	3	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	8

Head to Head Results
Hodges/Hood lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against 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
Lead the series against Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 3-0
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
Trail the series against 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
Trail the series against 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
Lead the series against 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 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 Kemp/Rahnavard, Canada 1-0
3/27/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool E	Hodges/Hood	21	Kemp/Rahnavard	28, Q5	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against 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
Trail the series against 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 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