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

(11) Jiri Sedlak/Jakub Sepka, Czechia

Jiri Sedlak
Czechia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 19, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brno

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$56,540.73

Jakub Sepka
Czechia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$52,161.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,780.80
FIVB	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	3	1	1	5	3	1	US$49,274.47
Overall	27	2	1	0	1	1	0	4	2	5	1	1	5	3	1	US$56,055.27

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	22, Q13	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	6	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	Q7	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	15	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	15	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	1	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q5	41st	100	US$0.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	30	17th	360	€ 1,000.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool F	Oliver Merritt / Jed Walker, Australia (22)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:32
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool F	Adrian Gavira / Alejandro Huerta, Spain (6)	Won 24-22, 21-16	0:39
Fri, 7/24/2026	Winner 2	Cody Caldwell / Jacob LaBouliere, United States (13)	Won 21-15, 25-23	0:38
Sat, 7/25/2026	Winner 3	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (4)	Won 23-21, 22-24, 15-13	1:04
Sat, 7/25/2026	Semi-Finals	Philipp Huster / Sven Winter, Germany (12)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:36
Sun, 7/26/2026	Bronze Medal	Nils Ehlers / Lui Wust, Germany (2)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	2	0	$31,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	$14,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	27	2	1	0	1	1	0	4	2	7	5	4	$54,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jiri Sedlak												Jakub Sepka
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	0	1	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
16	0	1	0	0	0	8	5	2	0	$35,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	3	0	$23,600.00
18	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	7	$12,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	4	7	$19,750.00
21	2	1	0	2	6	5	4	1	0	$3,050.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$2,250.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$3,750.00
59	2	2	0	3	8	14	13	10	7	$53,800.00	Total	54	2	2	0	3	5	11	16	8	7	$49,350.00

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
2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	$13,200.00	11	11	50.0 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
2025	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	$18,950.00	17	14	54.8 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$11,750.00	6	8	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	23	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	5	5	4	$43,900.00	34	34	50.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jiri Sedlak													Jakub Sepka
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$250.00	2020	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	$1,300.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$450.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	$1,800.00	2022	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	1	$8,575.00
											2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	$2,700.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$2,650.00
											2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
11	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	2	$6,900.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	$6,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
14	1	1	0	0	1	4	2	3	2	$17,975.00	2025	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	$9,475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
5	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	$17,375.00	2026	FIVB	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	$15,350.00
57	2	2	0	3	8	13	12	10	7	$50,800.00	Total	Total	52	2	2	0	3	5	10	15	8	7	$46,350.00

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	28	71.8%	5	12.8%	6	15.4%	33-6	84.6%	3	9.4%	8	25.0%	21	65.6%	3-29	9.4%	28-21	57.1%	8-14	36.4%	0	2	36-37	49.3%
2025-2026	19	76.0%	3	12.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	3	13.0%	7	30.4%	13	56.5%	3-20	13.0%	19-13	59.4%	6-10	37.5%	0	2	25-25	50.0%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	12-14	46.2%	4-2	66.7%	0	1	8-9	47.1%

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	5	4	5	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	19
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	5	4	6	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	15
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	15	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5
Total	0	0	9	9	21	20	0	0	7	10	3	1	0	1	2	1	42	42

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Ehlers/Wust, Germany 0-1
7/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Bronze Medal	Ehlers/Wust	2	Sedlak/Sepka	11	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 4 Bello/Bello, England 2-0
7/25/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Winner 3	Sedlak/Sepka	11	Bello/Bello	4	23-21, 22-24, 15-13	1:04
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Sedlak/Sepka	22, Q13	Bello/Bello	Q4	21-15, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 6 Gavira/Huerta, Spain 1-0
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool F	Sedlak/Sepka	11	Gavira/Huerta	6	24-22, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Aas/Ringoen, Norway 0-1
10/3/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool B	Aas/Ringoen	31, Q9	Sedlak/Sepka	15	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 10 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 1-0
7/20/24	FIVB	Futures Leuven	Pool C	Sedlak/Sepka	3	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	6	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 12 Huster/Winter, Germany 0-1
7/25/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Semi-Finals	Huster/Winter	12	Sedlak/Sepka	11	21-16, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 13 Caldwell/LaBouliere, United States 1-0
7/24/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Winner 2	Sedlak/Sepka	11	Caldwell/LaBouliere	13	21-15, 25-23	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Semerad/Stocek, Czechia 1-0
6/7/25	FIVB	Futures Prague	Winner 2	Sedlak/Sepka	1	Semerad/Stocek	7	22-24, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 16 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 0-1
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool C	Bedritis/Rinkevics	19	Sedlak/Sepka	14	21-16, 21-12	0:31
Trail the series against # 18 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-2
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 1	Campos/Pedrosa	15	Sedlak/Sepka	6	21-15, 24-26, 15-12	0:58
5/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Qualifier 1	Campos/Pedrosa	24, Q11	Sedlak/Sepka	Q22	21-18, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 22 Merritt/Walker, Australia 1-1
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool F	Sedlak/Sepka	11	Merritt/Walker	22	21-16, 21-11	0:32
6/11/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool F	Merritt/Walker	27, Q10	Sedlak/Sepka	6	21-15, 24-22	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Brewster/Webber, United States 0-1
4/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Qualifier 1	Brewster/Webber	22, Q10	Sedlak/Sepka	Q7	22-20, 23-21	0:40
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Kurka/Oliva, Czechia 1-0
8/23/25	FIVB	Futures Brno	Winner 2	Sedlak/Sepka	1	Kurka/Oliva	14	21-15, 25-23	0:36