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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
July 22 - 26, 2026

(9) Izac Carracher/Mark Nicolaidis, Australia

Izac Carracher
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 14, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

St Leonards

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$98,950.00

Mark William Nicolaidis
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Auchenflower

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$99,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	51	3	0	0	3	5	0	15	2	7	10	1	3	2	US$197,900.00

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q8	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	21, Q4	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	4	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	14	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	12	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	7	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	9	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	14, Q2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	6	5th	600	US$5,000.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool H	Aleksander Czachorowski / Jakub Krzeminski, Poland (24, Q1)	Won 21-7, 21-11	0:29
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool H	Laurenc Grossig / Julian Horl, Austria (25)	Won 21-16, 24-22	0:37
Fri, 7/24/2026	Winner 2	Benedikt Sagstetter / Jonas Sagstetter, Germany (10)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:33
Sat, 7/25/2026	Winner 3	Hugo Campos / Joao Pedrosa, Portugal (18)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:34
Sat, 7/25/2026	Semi-Finals	Nils Ehlers / Lui Wust, Germany (2)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:34
Sun, 7/26/2026	Gold Medal	Philipp Huster / Sven Winter, Germany (12)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 16-14	0:55

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$22,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	2	6	2	0	$98,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	0	0	3	2	0	5	0	10	1	1	$74,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	51	3	0	0	3	5	0	15	2	18	3	2	$197,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Izac Carracher												Mark Nicolaidis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$11,400.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$11,400.00
21	0	0	0	0	3	10	6	2	0	$49,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	3	10	6	2	0	$49,200.00
23	1	0	0	3	2	5	10	1	1	$37,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	0	0	3	2	5	10	1	1	$37,250.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
51	3	0	0	3	5	17	18	3	2	$98,950.00	Total	56	3	0	0	3	5	20	20	3	2	$99,100.00

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
2022	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	6	0	0	$45,750.00	22	24	47.8 %
2023	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	1	2	$25,000.00	15	23	39.5 %
2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	$26,500.00	19	14	57.6 %
2025	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	5	0	0	$61,250.00	21	25	45.7 %
2026	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$39,400.00	14	11	56.0 %
Total	FIVB	51	3	0	0	3	5	0	15	2	18	3	2	$197,900.00	91	97	48.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Izac Carracher													Mark Nicolaidis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
13	1	0	0	0	1	5	6	0	0	$22,875.00	2022	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	1	5	6	0	0	$22,875.00
12	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	$12,500.00	2023	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	$12,500.00
8	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$13,250.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$13,250.00
12	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	0	0	$30,625.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	0	0	$30,625.00
6	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	$19,700.00	2026	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	$19,700.00
51	3	0	0	3	5	17	18	3	2	$98,950.00	Total	Total	56	3	0	0	3	5	20	20	3	2	$99,100.00

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	56	64.4%	15	17.2%	16	18.4%	71-16	81.6%	15	16.1%	22	23.7%	56	60.2%	15-78	16.1%	56-56	50.0%	30-38	44.1%	5	3	91-97	48.4%
2025-2026	20	66.7%	5	16.7%	5	16.7%	25-5	83.3%	8	20.5%	9	23.1%	22	56.4%	8-31	20.5%	20-22	47.6%	13-14	48.1%	2	0	35-36	49.3%
Against the Field	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	4	44.4%	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4-5	44.4%	14-2	87.5%	12-14	46.2%	0	0	13-8	61.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	11	3	16	31	1	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	43
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	20	22	0	5	13	7	1	3	0	3	1	0	42	42
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	11	2
Total	0	0	18	5	46	61	1	6	20	19	3	3	0	3	3	0	91	97

Head to Head Results
Carracher/Nicolaidis lead the series against the field 13-8 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Ehlers/Wust, Germany 1-0
7/25/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Semi-Finals	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	Ehlers/Wust	2	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Pearse/Potts, Australia 0-1
3/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Semi-Finals	Pearse/Potts	21, Q2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	4	21-19, 13-21, 15-8	0:43
Series tied with # 4 Bello/Bello, England 2-2
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool B	Carracher/Nicolaidis	7	Bello/Bello	15, Q6	21-18, 21-23, 22-20	1:03
3/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool F	Bello/Bello	6	Carracher/Nicolaidis	7	21-18, 21-16	0:38
7/10/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Qualifier 2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	13, Q2	Bello/Bello	Q7	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	0:52
12/1/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Bello/Bello	14, Q3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11	18-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 6 Gavira/Huerta, Spain 0-1
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Gavira/Huerta	20, Q9	Carracher/Nicolaidis	Q8	21-14, 22-24, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 10 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 2-0
7/24/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Winner 2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	10	21-16, 21-16	0:33
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Lucky Loser	Carracher/Nicolaidis	14	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	24, Q7	19-21, 26-24, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 12 Huster/Winter, Germany 1-0
7/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Gold Medal	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	Huster/Winter	12	19-21, 21-15, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 13 Caldwell/LaBouliere, United States 1-2
4/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Qualifier 1	Caldwell/LaBouliere	24, Q14	Carracher/Nicolaidis	Q3	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:44
3/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	4	Caldwell/LaBouliere	29, Q7	23-25, 21-13, 15-9	0:44
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool D	Caldwell/LaBouliere	29, Q7	Carracher/Nicolaidis	4	21-19, 14-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 16 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 1-0
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	4	Bedritis/Rinkevics	24, Q3	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 18 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 2-1
7/25/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Winner 3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	Campos/Pedrosa	18	21-14, 21-14	0:34
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	6	Campos/Pedrosa	21	27-29, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
11/26/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Winner 2	Campos/Pedrosa	10, Q1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	5	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 23 Brewster/Webber, United States 0-1
3/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Bronze Medal	Brewster/Webber	22	Carracher/Nicolaidis	4	20-22, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 Czachorowski/Krzeminski, Poland 1-0
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool H	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	Czachorowski/Krzeminski	24, Q1	21-7, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 25 Grossig/Horl, Austria 1-0
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool H	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	Grossig/Horl	25	21-16, 24-22	0:37
Lead the series against # Q7 Batrane/Bialokoz, England 1-0
11/3/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool B	Carracher/Nicolaidis	10	Batrane/Bialokoz	15, Q8	21-18, 21-17	0:33