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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar
March 5 - 8, 2026

(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$17,977.15

Annique Niederhauser
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 2003 (22 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$16,333.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	US$18,997.79

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q12	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	19	17th	340	US$2,250.00
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 Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool E	Sakura Ito / Mayu Sawame, Japan (12)	Lost 15-21, 21-12, 10-15	0:49
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 1	Katarzyna Lipska / Paulina Szczepanik, Poland (19)	Won 21-8, 21-13	0:27
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 2	Non Matsumoto / Ren Matsumoto, Japan (6)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:31

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	$12,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00
Total	14	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	6	1	0	$18,800.00

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	$3,500.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	1	$8,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$6,250.00
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
49	1	2	4	1	5	14	10	6	1	$16,150.00	Total	29	0	2	0	2	5	5	11	3	0	$15,350.00

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
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	1	1	$10,800.00	13	18	41.9 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	4	1	1	$14,050.00	14	20	41.2 %

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
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	1	$5,400.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$8,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00
47	1	2	4	1	5	14	8	6	6	$13,775.00	Total	Total	28	0	3	0	2	5	5	9	3	1	$12,975.00

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	11	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	5	16.7%	4	13.3%	21	70.0%	5-25	16.7%	11-21	34.4%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	16-25	39.0%
2025-2026	11	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	5	16.7%	4	13.3%	21	70.0%	5-25	16.7%	11-21	34.4%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	16-25	39.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	3	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11
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	3	7	15	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	16	25

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Matsumoto/Matsumoto, Japan 0-1
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 2	Matsumoto/Matsumoto	6	Bentele/Niederhauser	5	21-16, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 12 Ito/Sawame, Japan 0-1
3/5/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Pool E	Ito/Sawame	12	Bentele/Niederhauser	5	21-15, 12-21, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 Mears/Phillips, Australia 1-0
10/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool A	Bentele/Niederhauser	17	Mears/Phillips	16	21-18, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 19 Lipska/Szczepanik, Poland 1-0
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 1	Bentele/Niederhauser	5	Lipska/Szczepanik	19	21-8, 21-13	0:27