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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Hamburg
August 5 - 9, 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$8,037.89

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$9,448.71

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	19	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	3	US$14,849.02

Previous Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-28/2026	BPT Futures Balikesir	1	2nd	360	€ 1,050.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	8	25th	220	US$1,500.00
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$1,050.00
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

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	$10,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	2	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$4,400.00
Total	19	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	3	$14,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Batuhan Kuru												Yusuf Ozdemir
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$5,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	$5,000.00
15	1	2	0	0	2	6	4	0	0	$2,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	1	2	0	0	4	8	2	1	1	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
25	1	2	0	0	2	7	5	3	5	$7,300.00	Total	31	1	2	0	0	4	9	3	4	8	$8,500.00

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	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$10,600.00	10	10	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	3	$14,400.00	28	28	50.0 %

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
6	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,300.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,300.00
25	1	2	0	0	2	7	5	3	5	$7,300.00	Total	Total	31	1	2	0	0	4	9	3	4	8	$8,500.00

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	15	53.6%	6	21.4%	7	25.0%	21-7	75.0%	7	25.0%	2	7.1%	19	67.9%	7-21	25.0%	15-19	44.1%	13-9	59.1%	0	0	28-28	50.0%
2025-2026	11	52.4%	5	23.8%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	7	31.8%	1	4.5%	14	63.6%	7-15	31.8%	11-14	44.0%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	23-20	53.5%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	3	30.0%	0	0.0%	7	70.0%	3-7	30.0%	2-14	12.5%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	5-9	35.7%

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	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	2	12	6	0	0	4	5	3	0	0	0	1	2	25	15
Total	0	0	6	5	13	14	0	0	5	7	3	0	0	0	1	2	28	28

Head to Head Results
Kuru/Ozdemir trail the series against the field 5-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 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 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
Series tied with Bradford/Cory, United States 1-1
5/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool F	Kuru/Ozdemir	27	Bradford/Cory	11	21-19, 21-19	0:41
3/7/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 2	Bradford/Cory	2	Kuru/Ozdemir	14	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against Gavira/Huerta, Spain 0-1
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool H	Gavira/Huerta	9	Kuru/Ozdemir	8	21-14, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against Groenewold/Sonneville, Netherlands 0-1
9/6/25	FIVB	Futures Budapest	Winner 1	Groenewold/Sonneville	5	Kuru/Ozdemir	9, Q1	21-19, 21-10	0:33
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
Lead the series against Held/Kubo, Germany 1-0
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Haikou	Semi-Finals	Kuru/Ozdemir	1	Held/Kubo	6, Q1	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:49
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 Moiseiev/Savvin, Ukraine 0-1
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool E	Moiseiev/Savvin	28, Q5	Kuru/Ozdemir	21	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against Pickett/Schachter, Canada 0-1
6/11/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool H	Pickett/Schachter	25	Kuru/Ozdemir	8	21-17, 21-16	0:42
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 Sedlak/Sepka, Czechia 1-0
8/6/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Qualifier 1	Kuru/Ozdemir	Q28	Sedlak/Sepka	Q5	10-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:44