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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 10,000 BPT Futures Spiez
May 21 - 24, 2025

(5) Menia Bentele/Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland

Menia Bentele
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 26, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Immenstadt

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Cervia 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$20,727.15

Annique Niederhauser
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hondrich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$19,083.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	17	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	3	2	2	2	1	US$24,497.79

Previous Spiez Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Anna Lutz - 5th	Leona Kernen - 5th
2024	Muriel Bossart - 9th	Leona Kernen - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q12	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/3/2025	BPT Futures Valencia	6	13th	140	€ 100.00

BPT Futures Spiez Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/22/2025	Pool D	Livia Stolz / Shana Zobrist, Switzerland (12, Q1)	Won 13-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:41
Thu, 5/22/2025	Pool D	Darby Dunn / Alison Mckay, Canada (13)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:34
Fri, 5/23/2025	Winner 1	Youna Coens / Ines Piret, Belgium (6)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 7-15	0:42

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	$18,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00
Total	17	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	7	2	0	$24,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Menia Bentele												Annique Niederhauser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	$3,500.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	1	$11,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	$9,000.00
25	1	2	3	1	5	10	2	1	0	$3,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	0	2	0	2	5	3	3	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
52	1	2	4	1	5	15	11	7	1	$18,900.00	Total	32	0	2	0	2	5	6	12	4	0	$18,100.00

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
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$300.00	2	5	28.6 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$300.00	2	5	28.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Menia Bentele													Annique Niederhauser
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	1	0	0	$0.00	2020	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	$500.00	2021	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	$4,000.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00
12	1	0	3	0	1	2	1	3	1	$1,600.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$700.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	$650.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$150.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$150.00
38	1	1	4	1	4	12	4	5	6	$6,900.00	Total	Total	18	0	2	0	2	4	3	4	2	1	$2,600.00

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	12	80.0%	2	13.3%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	5	14.7%	5	14.7%	24	70.6%	5-29	14.7%	12-24	33.3%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	19-30	38.8%
2024-2025	9	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	4	18.2%	2	9.1%	16	72.7%	4-18	18.2%	9-16	36.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	13-18	41.9%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	5	8	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	15
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	7
Total	0	0	4	4	9	17	0	0	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	19	30

Head to Head Results
Bentele/Niederhauser trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Coens/Piret, Belgium 0-1
5/23/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Spiez	Winner 1	Coens/Piret	6	Bentele/Niederhauser	5	21-16, 19-21, 15-7	0:42
Lead the series against # 12, Q1 Stolz/Zobrist, Switzerland 1-0
5/22/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Spiez	Pool D	Bentele/Niederhauser	5	Stolz/Zobrist	12, Q1	13-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:41
Trail the series against # 13 Dunn/Mckay, Canada 0-1
5/22/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Spiez	Pool D	Dunn/Mckay	13	Bentele/Niederhauser	5	21-18, 21-18	0:34