Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
November 14 - 23, 2025
(42) Ben Hood/Oliver Merritt, Australia
 
Ben Hood
Australia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jun 22, 2004 (21 yrs old)
Seasons: 4
Tournaments: 29
Career Best: 2nd (FIVB Maunganui 2024)
Career Winnings: US$5,756.10
Oliver Merritt
Australia
Photo not available
Personal Info
Birth Date: May 21, 2001 (24 yrs old)
Seasons: 2
Tournaments: 8
Career Best: 4th (FIVB Maunganui 2025)
Career Winnings: US$4,125.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172541Money
FIVB500002001101 US$2,950.00
Previous Adelaide Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 10/15-19/2025 BPT Challenge Nuvali 26, Q5 17th 340 US$2,250.00
FIVB 8/6-10/2025 BPT Challenge Baden Q22 41st 100 US$0.00
FIVB 6/19-22/2025 Futures Qidong 3 5th 240 US$300.00
FIVB 6/12-15/2025 Futures Qingdao 7 13th 140 US$100.00
FIVB 3/26-30/2025 BPT Futures Coolangatta 13 5th 240 US$300.00
2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 11/14/2025 Pool G Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (7)    
Sat, 11/15/2025 Pool G Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (18)    
Mon, 11/17/2025 Pool G Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (31)    
Head to Head Results
Hood/Merritt trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 40 Pearse/Potts, Australia 0-1
10/17/25FIVBBPT Challenge Nuvali Winner 1 Pearse/Potts 25, Q3 Hood/Merritt 26, Q5 21-16, 21-18 0:34
Trail the series against Batrane/Bialokoz, England 0-1
6/20/25FIVBFutures Qidong Pool C Batrane/Bialokoz 6, Q1 Hood/Merritt 3 21-19, 13-21, 15-11 0:53
Lead the series against Hasegawa/Kurokawa, Japan 1-0
6/21/25FIVBFutures Qidong Winner 1 Hood/Merritt 3 Hasegawa/Kurokawa 8 21-19, 21-18 0:43