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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
November 14 - 23, 2025

(7) Elmer Andersson/Jacob Nilsson, Sweden

Elmer Andersson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 26, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Home Town:

Järstorp

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$105,430.90

Jacob Hölting Nilsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

ST Köpinge

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$105,430.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	21	6	3	1	0	4	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	US$209,878.28
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	22	6	3	1	0	5	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	US$209,878.28

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	3	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	10	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	3	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	24, Q13	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/12-15/2025	BPT Futures Malmo	2	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	16, Q1	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	9	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/28-12/1/2024	Challenge Nuvali	10, Q2	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	11/21-24/2024	Challenge Chennai	19, Q5	1st	800	US$10,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool G	Ben Hood / Oliver Merritt, Australia (42)	Won 21-15, 21-8	0:30
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool G	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (31)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:34
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool G	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (18)	Lost 16-21, 21-12, 13-15	0:42
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Paul Henning / Lui Wust, Germany (21)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:47
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (27)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 11/21/2025	Winner 3	Chaim Schalk / James Shaw, United States (9)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:42
Sat, 11/22/2025	Semi-Finals	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (18)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:35
Sun, 11/23/2025	Gold Medal	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (3)	Lost 23-25, 19-21	0:49

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Jacob Nilsson - 2nd	Elmer Andersson - 2nd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	7	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	$114,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$47,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	21	6	3	1	0	4	0	1	1	3	1	0	$209,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Elmer Andersson												Jacob Nilsson
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
9	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$57,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$57,250.00
6	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$23,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$23,625.00
5	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$1,400.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
21	6	3	1	0	4	2	3	1	0	$104,775.00	Total	25	6	3	1	0	4	3	5	1	0	$104,775.00

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
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$21,800.00	29	6	82.9 %
2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	$187,750.00	49	18	73.1 %
Total	FIVB	21	6	3	1	0	4	0	1	1	3	1	1	$209,550.00	78	24	76.5 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Elmer Andersson													Jacob Nilsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00	2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00
14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00	2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00
22	6	3	1	0	5	2	3	1	1	$104,775.00	Total	Total	26	6	3	1	0	5	3	5	1	2	$104,775.00

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	78.9%	13	18.3%	2	2.8%	69-2	97.2%	9	29.0%	5	16.1%	17	54.8%	9-22	29.0%	56-17	76.7%	22-7	75.9%	0	0	78-24	76.5%
2024-2025	56	78.9%	13	18.3%	2	2.8%	69-2	97.2%	9	29.0%	5	16.1%	17	54.8%	9-22	29.0%	56-17	76.7%	22-7	75.9%	0	0	78-24	76.5%
Against the Field	27	73.0%	9	24.3%	1	2.7%	36-1	97.3%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	12	66.7%	3-15	16.7%	54-24	69.2%	24-8	75.0%	0	0	39-16	70.9%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	13	5	0	0	8	4	3	0	0	0	1	2	28	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	8	2	0	0	8	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	26	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	6	2	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	18	5
Total	0	0	9	3	29	10	0	0	24	7	9	1	1	0	6	3	78	24

Head to Head Results
Andersson/Nilsson lead the series against the field 39-17 (Lead 19 Series, Trail 6 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-3
9/20/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Andersson/Nilsson	3	21-18, 21-17	0:36
8/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Andersson/Nilsson	10	21-19, 21-13	0:36
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	21-18, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
8/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Winner 3	Boermans/de Groot	2	Andersson/Nilsson	9	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-3
11/23/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Gold Medal	Ahman/Hellvig	3	Andersson/Nilsson	7	25-23, 21-19	0:49
8/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Semi-Finals	Andersson/Nilsson	10	Ahman/Hellvig	2	21-17, 18-21, 18-16	0:50
8/15/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool B	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Andersson/Nilsson	10	21-12, 21-15	0:31
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool B	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Andersson/Nilsson	15	21-14, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # 4 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 2-0
8/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool D	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Goncalves/Lanci	4	22-24, 21-19, 15-10	0:52
7/5/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 3	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	Goncalves/Lanci	8	21-16, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 5 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-0
8/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	10	Bryl/Losiak	6	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 6 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 1-1
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool D	Andersson/Nilsson	16, Q1	Alayo/Diaz	4	19-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:49
3/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool E	Alayo/Diaz	5	Andersson/Nilsson	17, Q1	23-21, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 8 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-0
8/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Perusic/Schweiner	5	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 9 Schalk/Shaw, United States 3-0
11/21/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 3	Andersson/Nilsson	7	Schalk/Shaw	9	21-18, 22-20	0:42
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	2	Schalk/Shaw	10	21-17, 21-13	0:32
7/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	Schalk/Shaw	12	21-16, 18-21, 20-18	0:52
Trail the series against # 10 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
7/6/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Gold Medal	Tijan/Younousse	3	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	21-19, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-0
9/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	15	21-18, 24-26, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 12 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-0
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	7	24-22, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Aye/Bassereau, France 3-0
8/10/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Semi-Finals	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Aye/Bassereau	22	23-21, 21-13	0:39
11/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	10, Q2	Aye/Bassereau	4	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:49
11/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	19, Q5	Aye/Bassereau	5	24-22, 27-25	0:48
Lead the series against # 14 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 2-0
10/25/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Winner 3	Andersson/Nilsson	1	Ehlers/Wickler	4	21-13, 21-13	0:31
8/10/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Gold Medal	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Ehlers/Wickler	4	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # 15 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 1-1
10/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Gold Medal	Andersson/Nilsson	1	Berger/Hammarberg	6	21-15, 21-18	0:34
11/11/23	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Winner 3	Berger/Hammarberg	28	Andersson/Nilsson	2	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 16 Budinger/Evans, United States 1-0
3/22/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Budinger/Evans	6	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 17 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 1-0
7/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	Fokerots/Plavins	14	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 2-1
11/22/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Semi-Finals	Andersson/Nilsson	7	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	18	21-18, 21-17	0:35
11/17/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	18	Andersson/Nilsson	7	21-16, 12-21, 15-13	0:42
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool H	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	24	21-16, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 20 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 3-0
8/15/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	10	Pfretzschner/Winter	15, Q5	18-21, 21-14, 18-16	0:50
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 3	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Pfretzschner/Winter	10	21-11, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 1	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Pfretzschner/Winter	7	21-18, 17-21, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # 21 Henning/Wust, Germany 3-1
11/19/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Andersson/Nilsson	7	Henning/Wust	21	23-21, 21-17	0:47
8/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool D	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Henning/Wust	16	21-18, 12-21, 15-8	0:44
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Winner 1	Henning/Wust	11	Andersson/Nilsson	15	13-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:48
12/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Gold Medal	Andersson/Nilsson	10, Q2	Henning/Wust	16, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
4/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Qualifier 1	Andersson/Nilsson	16, Q1	Barbosa/Wanderley	Q16	21-14, 23-21	0:37
Series tied with # 23 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-1
10/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Semi-Finals	Andersson/Nilsson	1	Berntsen/Mol	8	21-15, 19-21, 15-5	0:43
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	9	Andersson/Nilsson	16, Q1	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 24 Dillier/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
7/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	Dillier/Krattiger	20, Q2	21-16, 23-21	0:39
Lead the series against # 27 Lima/Loyola, Brazil 1-0
11/20/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	7	Lima/Loyola	27	21-16, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 29 Dressler/Waller, Austria 0-1
3/22/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 3	Dressler/Waller	17	Andersson/Nilsson	9	21-19, 20-22, 15-6	0:47
Lead the series against # 31 Bello/Bello, England 4-0
11/15/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Andersson/Nilsson	7	Bello/Bello	31	21-14, 21-13	0:34
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	2	Bello/Bello	15, Q6	21-11, 21-12	0:29
8/14/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	10	Bello/Bello	7	21-14, 21-14	0:31
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Bello/Bello	2	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 32 Benesh/Partain, United States 0-1
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	8	Andersson/Nilsson	16, Q1	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 34 Friedli/Haussener, Switzerland 1-0
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool C	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Friedli/Haussener	19	21-16, 21-17	0:32
Series tied with # 36 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-2
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	13, Q1	Andersson/Nilsson	2	25-23, 13-21, 20-18	0:56
8/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 1	Andersson/Nilsson	10	Grimalt/Grimalt	16, Q11	21-16, 24-22	0:39
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:43
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	Andersson/Nilsson	17, Q1	21-15, 27-25	0:42
Lead the series against # 42 Hood/Merritt, Australia 1-0
11/14/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Andersson/Nilsson	7	Hood/Merritt	42	21-15, 21-8	0:30