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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Veracruz
October 1 - 5, 2025

(19) 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$26,294.36

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 (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$20,979.81

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	20	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	4	2	2	3	1	US$27,951.82

Previous Veracruz Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q10	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	22, Q2	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/26-29/2025	BPT Futures Geneva	1	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Messina	6	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	5/21-24/2025	BPT Futures Spiez	5	9th	180	€ 200.00
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 Challenge Veracruz Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/2/2025	Pool C	Hailey Harward / Molly Phillips, United States (14)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:36
Thu, 10/2/2025	Pool C	Marie-Sara Stochlova / Marketa Svozilova, Czechia (3)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:35
Fri, 10/3/2025	Winner 1	Anna Pavelkova / Katerina Pavelkova, Czechia (18)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:27

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	1	$20,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,350.00
Total	20	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	8	3	1	$27,600.00

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	$3,500.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	6	$12,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	1	$10,125.00
26	1	3	3	1	5	10	2	1	0	$4,425.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	0	3	0	2	5	3	3	0	0	$2,625.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	Confederation Championship
57	1	3	4	1	6	15	13	8	6	$23,050.00	Total	36	0	4	0	2	5	6	13	5	1	$19,750.00

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	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	1	$7,550.00	11	15	42.3 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	1	$7,550.00	11	15	42.3 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2022	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV
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
9	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	1	$3,775.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	1	$3,775.00
46	1	2	4	1	6	12	8	6	6	$13,025.00	Total	Total	24	0	3	0	2	5	3	7	3	1	$6,225.00

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	16	72.7%	2	9.1%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	6	16.2%	5	13.5%	26	70.3%	6-31	16.2%	16-26	38.1%	8-9	47.1%	0	0	24-35	40.7%
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	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	5.9%	2	11.8%	14	82.4%	1-16	5.9%	4-28	12.5%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	4-18	18.2%

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	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	6	9	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	17
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	11	9
Total	0	0	4	5	11	19	0	0	7	9	2	0	0	0	0	2	24	35

Head to Head Results
Bentele/Niederhauser trail the series against the field 3-9 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Stochlova/Svozilova, Czechia 0-2
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool C	Stochlova/Svozilova	3	Bentele/Niederhauser	19	21-19, 21-16	0:35
7/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool D	Stochlova/Svozilova	21, Q5	Bentele/Niederhauser	16	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
8/7/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool F	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	27, Q6	Bentele/Niederhauser	22, Q2	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 14 Harward/Phillips, United States 1-0
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool C	Bentele/Niederhauser	19	Harward/Phillips	14	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Maixnerova/Neuschaeferova, Czechia 0-2
6/22/25	FIVB	Futures Messina	Gold Medal	Maixnerova/Neuschaeferova	3	Bentele/Niederhauser	6	23-21, 21-19	0:36
6/20/25	FIVB	Futures Messina	Pool C	Maixnerova/Neuschaeferova	3	Bentele/Niederhauser	6	21-19, 27-25	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Placette/Richard, France 0-1
8/13/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	Q7	Bentele/Niederhauser	Q10	22-20, 21-19	0:35
Series tied with # 18 Pavelkova/Pavelkova, Czechia 1-1
10/3/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 1	Pavelkova/Pavelkova	18	Bentele/Niederhauser	19	21-14, 21-13	0:27
6/22/25	FIVB	Futures Messina	Semi-Finals	Bentele/Niederhauser	6	Pavelkova/Pavelkova	1	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 29, Q8 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
Series tied with # 30, Q10 Coens/Piret, Belgium 1-1
6/21/25	FIVB	Futures Messina	Winner 1	Bentele/Niederhauser	6	Coens/Piret	8	21-17, 21-11	0:25
5/23/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Spiez	Winner 1	Coens/Piret	6	Bentele/Niederhauser	5	21-16, 19-21, 15-7	0:42