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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 13 - 17, 2026

(17) 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$21,852.15

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$20,208.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	18	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	4	2	2	2	1	US$26,747.79

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Muriel Bossart - 33rd	Leona Kernen - 25th
2025	Annique Niederhauser - 33rd	Menia Bentele - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	21, Q7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	16	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
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

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool A	Heleene Hollas / Liisa Remmelg, Estonia (16)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:49
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool A	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (1)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:37
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	Sofiia Kurnikova / Tetiana Lazarenko, Ukraine (10)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:47
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 2	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (4)	Lost 19-21, 24-26	0:44

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	$20,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00
Total	18	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	8	2	0	$26,550.00

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
19	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	1	$12,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	0	$10,125.00
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
53	1	2	4	1	5	15	12	7	1	$20,025.00	Total	33	0	2	0	2	5	6	13	4	0	$19,225.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$11,250.00	5	9	35.7 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	6	1	1	$22,050.00	18	27	40.0 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$5,625.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$5,625.00
50	1	2	4	1	5	15	10	6	6	$17,775.00	Total	Total	31	0	3	0	2	5	6	11	3	1	$16,975.00

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	13	76.5%	2	11.8%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	5	14.3%	5	14.3%	25	71.4%	5-30	14.3%	13-25	34.2%	7-7	50.0%	0	0	20-32	38.5%
2025-2026	13	76.5%	2	11.8%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	5	14.3%	5	14.3%	25	71.4%	5-30	14.3%	13-25	34.2%	7-7	50.0%	0	0	20-32	38.5%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	15.4%	11	84.6%	0-13	0.0%	0-22	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	2-14	12.5%

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	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	4	4	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	7
Total	0	0	4	4	10	18	0	0	5	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	32

Head to Head Results
Bentele/Niederhauser trail the series against the field 2-12 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Xia/Yan, China 0-2
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool A	Xia/Yan	1	Bentele/Niederhauser	17	21-19, 21-16	0:37
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 1	Xia/Yan	6	Bentele/Niederhauser	16	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-2
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	4	Bentele/Niederhauser	17	21-19, 26-24	0:44
8/7/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool F	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	27, Q6	Bentele/Niederhauser	22, Q2	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 10 Kurnikova/Lazarenko, Ukraine 1-0
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Bentele/Niederhauser	17	Kurnikova/Lazarenko	10	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # 13 Parkkinen/Prihti, Finland 0-1
10/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Parkkinen/Prihti	25, Q4	Bentele/Niederhauser	17	21-14, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 Hollas/Remmelg, Estonia 1-0
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool A	Bentele/Niederhauser	17	Hollas/Remmelg	16	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 20 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 # Q4 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