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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Ostrava
May 27 - 31, 2026

Batuhan Kuru/Yusuf Ozdemir, Türkiye

Batuhan Kuru
Türkiye

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 12, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$6,341.93

Yusuf Ozdemir
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Seyhan

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$7,752.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	17	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	2	3	US$11,803.70

Previous Ostrava Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	27	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	21	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/12-15/2026	BPT Futures Haikou	1	2nd	360	US$700.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q6	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	4	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	9, Q1	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	12	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q28	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	8	25th	220	US$1,500.00

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$8,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	17	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	2	0	$11,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Batuhan Kuru												Yusuf Ozdemir
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$4,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$4,250.00
14	1	1	0	0	2	6	4	0	0	$1,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	1	1	0	0	4	8	2	1	0	$2,800.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
22	1	1	0	0	2	7	5	2	0	$5,850.00	Total	29	1	1	0	0	4	9	3	3	0	$7,050.00

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
2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$200.00	2	4	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	3	4	42.9 %
2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	$3,100.00	13	10	56.5 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$7,700.00	6	7	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	2	3	$11,500.00	24	25	49.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Batuhan Kuru													Yusuf Ozdemir
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$950.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$300.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$100.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$100.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00
8	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$1,550.00	2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$1,550.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$3,850.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$3,850.00
23	1	1	0	0	2	7	5	2	5	$5,850.00	Total	Total	29	1	1	0	0	4	9	3	3	8	$7,050.00

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	13	52.0%	5	20.0%	7	28.0%	18-7	72.0%	6	25.0%	2	8.3%	16	66.7%	6-18	25.0%	13-16	44.8%	11-9	55.0%	0	0	24-25	49.0%
2025-2026	9	50.0%	4	22.2%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	6	33.3%	1	5.6%	11	61.1%	6-12	33.3%	9-11	45.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	19-17	52.8%
Against the Field	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-4	33.3%	10-4	71.4%	0	0	6-4	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	3	1	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	2	10	6	0	0	3	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	21	14
Total	0	0	6	5	11	12	0	0	4	7	2	0	0	0	1	1	24	25

Head to Head Results
Kuru/Ozdemir lead the series against the field 6-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 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
9/5/25	FIVB	Futures Budapest	Pool A	Aas/Ringoen	8	Kuru/Ozdemir	9, Q1	18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:41
Lead the series against Batrane/Bialokoz, England 1-0
9/26/25	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Pool D	Kuru/Ozdemir	4	Batrane/Bialokoz	5	19-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 1-0
9/28/25	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Gold Medal	Kuru/Ozdemir	4	Bedritis/Rinkevics	7	17-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:47
Lead the series against Besarab/Beta, Poland 1-0
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Haikou	Winner 2	Kuru/Ozdemir	1	Besarab/Beta	3	21-19, 16-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against Bulgacs/Graudins, Latvia 1-0
9/28/25	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Semi-Finals	Kuru/Ozdemir	4	Bulgacs/Graudins	9, Q2	21-19, 25-27, 15-7	0:48
Lead the series against Hajos/Streli, Hungary 1-0
9/27/25	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Winner 2	Kuru/Ozdemir	4	Hajos/Streli	1	26-28, 21-16, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against Haussener/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-1
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool E	Haussener/Heidrich	12	Kuru/Ozdemir	21	21-12, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against Kantor/Lejawa, Poland 0-1
5/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Kantor/Lejawa	29, Q8	Kuru/Ozdemir	27	18-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:50
Trail the series against Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 0-1
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool F	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	6	Kuru/Ozdemir	27	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against Semerad/Stocek, Czechia 1-0
8/22/25	FIVB	Futures Brno	Pool D	Kuru/Ozdemir	12	Semerad/Stocek	4, Q1	21-18, 21-14	0:38