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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
July 29 - August 2, 2026

(11) 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$99,477.95

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$27,681.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	US$45,250.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo	1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
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 Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (14)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:30
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool B	Joao Elbert / Lucas Sampaio, Brazil (23, Q13)	Lost 20-22, 21-16, 9-15	0:51
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool B	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (2)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 13-15	0:45
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (8)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 10-15	0:46

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	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00
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	3	0	1	0	0	$45,250.00

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	5	4	0	0	$26,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,100.00
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	16	12	5	1	$99,150.00	Total	38	1	1	0	1	6	15	8	1	5	$27,400.00

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	8	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	$45,250.00	21	12	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	$45,250.00	21	12	63.6 %

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
8	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$22,625.00	2026	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$22,625.00
54	2	4	3	1	10	16	12	5	1	$99,150.00	Total	Total	38	1	1	0	1	6	15	8	1	5	$27,400.00

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	65.0%	4	20.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	7	58.3%	3-9	25.0%	13-7	65.0%	7-5	58.3%	1	0	21-12	63.6%
2025-2026	13	65.0%	4	20.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	7	58.3%	3-9	25.0%	13-7	65.0%	7-5	58.3%	1	0	21-12	63.6%
Against the Field	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	4-6	40.0%

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	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
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	5	0	0	6	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	21	12

Head to Head Results
Hodges/Hood trail the series against the field 4-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-1
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Hodges/Hood	11	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 6 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 0-1
3/28/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 3	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	2	Hodges/Hood	21	21-13, 21-19	0:32
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 0-1
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	8	Hodges/Hood	11	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 14 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 1-0
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Hodges/Hood	11	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	21-13, 21-17	0:30
Series tied with # 17, Q1 Amieva/Bueno, Argentina 1-1
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool C	Hodges/Hood	3	Amieva/Bueno	14	21-18, 21-13	0:35
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 1	Amieva/Bueno	11	Hodges/Hood	28, Q6	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 19, Q3 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 1-0
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool E	Hodges/Hood	28, Q6	Dos Santos/da Silva	5	21-15, 12-21, 15-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 20, Q9 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 # 23, Q13 Elbert/Sampaio, Brazil 0-1
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Elbert/Sampaio	23, Q13	Hodges/Hood	11	22-20, 16-21, 15-9	0:51