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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Joao Pessoa
October 16 - 20, 2024

(9) Heather Bansley/Sophie Bukovec, Canada

Heather Bansley
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 13, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$458,625.00

Sophie Bukovec
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Halifax 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$80,922.34

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2015, 2016, 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	19	1	1	1	1	2	0	4	1	1	1	5	1	US$51,750.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Sophie Bukovec - 13th	Heather Bansley - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/27-8/9/2024	Olympic Games Paris 2024	23	19th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	Q11	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	13	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Q8	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	Q2	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	3	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	3, Q1	3rd	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	13, Q1	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	18, Q2	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	Q9	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	15, Q3	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	14, Q2	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	12	5th	600	US$3,750.00

Elite16 Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/17/2024	Pool A	Hegeile Almeida / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (8)	Won 24-22, 21-13	0:40
Thu, 10/17/2024	Pool A	Kimberly Hildreth / Teegan Van Gunst, United States (1, Q1)	Lost 21-14, 11-21, 8-15	0:42
Fri, 10/18/2024	Pool A	Maria Carro / Sofia Gonzalez, Spain (16, Q7)	Won 21-11, 27-25	0:39
Sat, 10/19/2024	Winner 1	Andressa Cavalcanti / Taina Silva, Brazil (7)	Lost 22-20, 13-21, 13-15	0:59

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	$11,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	$39,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	19	1	1	1	1	2	0	4	1	7	1	0	$51,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Heather Bansley												Sophie Bukovec
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	$28,500.00	World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$31,750.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
58	0	2	4	0	6	15	14	10	0	$259,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	0	$21,500.00
52	2	3	4	1	14	11	6	6	0	$131,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	1	1	1	3	4	2	4	0	$26,250.00
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	1	1	0	1	1	1	4	2	0	$6,325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Satellite
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
129	4	5	8	2	26	29	27	16	0	$458,475.00	Total	60	2	3	1	2	6	14	13	7	0	$80,325.00

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	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$14,750.00	15	9	62.5 %
2024	FIVB	11	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	0	$33,250.00	25	17	59.5 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	1	1	1	2	0	4	1	6	0	0	$48,000.00	40	26	60.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Heather Bansley													Sophie Bukovec
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	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$5,400.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2010	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	5	$21,000.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2011	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	$18,000.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	$16,600.00	2013	FIVB
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	1	0	$45,187.50	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	2	2	1	4	1	1	1	0	$103,687.50	2015	FIVB
9	0	1	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	$67,250.00	2016	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	$34,000.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	$56,500.00	2018	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	$5,000.00
11	2	0	2	0	2	2	3	0	0	$46,500.00	2019	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	$2,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2020	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	$16,000.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$650.00
											2022	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	$39,375.00
6	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$7,375.00	2023	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$13,375.00
11	0	1	1	1	1	2	5	0	0	$16,625.00	2024	FIVB	11	0	1	1	1	1	2	5	0	0	$16,625.00
128	4	5	8	2	26	30	26	15	12	$456,750.00	Total	Total	57	2	3	1	2	6	14	12	5	12	$77,700.00

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	29	74.4%	5	12.8%	5	12.8%	34-5	87.2%	7	23.3%	5	16.7%	18	60.0%	7-23	23.3%	29-18	61.7%	12-10	54.5%	0	2	41-30	57.7%
2023-2024	28	73.7%	5	13.2%	5	13.2%	33-5	86.8%	7	26.9%	5	19.2%	14	53.8%	7-19	26.9%	28-14	66.7%	12-10	54.5%	0	2	40-26	60.6%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	0	0.0%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	16-10	61.5%	0-10	0.0%	0	1	8-11	42.1%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	5	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	0	12	8	2	0	8	6	1	2	1	1	0	1	32	18
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Total	0	0	9	5	17	14	2	0	9	7	2	2	1	1	1	1	41	30

Head to Head Results
Bansley/Bukovec trail the series against the field 8-11 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1, Q1 Hildreth/Van Gunst, United States 2-1
10/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Hildreth/Van Gunst	1, Q1	Bansley/Bukovec	9	14-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:42
4/13/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Lucky Loser	Bansley/Bukovec	3, Q1	Hildreth/Van Gunst	16, Q3	21-14, 21-18	0:38
9/24/23	FIVB	Futures Halifax	Gold Medal	Bansley/Bukovec	1	Hildreth/Van Gunst	5	21-16, 25-23	0:44
Series tied with # 2 Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti, Brazil 1-1
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool A	Bansley/Bukovec	13, Q1	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	1	21-18, 21-17	0:37
11/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	11	Bansley/Bukovec	14, Q2	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-2
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 2	Salgado/Seixas	1	Bansley/Bukovec	12	23-21, 21-16	0:42
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool A	Salgado/Seixas	1	Bansley/Bukovec	12	21-17, 23-21	0:43
Series tied with # 5 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 1-1
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Winner 2	Bansley/Bukovec	13	Klinger/Klinger	14	21-14, 21-16	0:35
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 1	Klinger/Klinger	Q8	Bansley/Bukovec	Q9	21-15, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-3
5/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Pool A	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	12	Bansley/Bukovec	13	16-21, 25-23, 16-14	0:59
4/27/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	8	Bansley/Bukovec	3	21-19, 21-14	0:33
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool C	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	10	Bansley/Bukovec	15, Q3	By Forfeit	1:51
Trail the series against # 7 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 0-1
10/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Cavalcanti/Silva	7	Bansley/Bukovec	9	20-22, 21-13, 15-13	0:59
Series tied with # 8 Almeida/De Souza, Brazil 1-1
10/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Bansley/Bukovec	9	Almeida/De Souza	8	24-22, 21-13	0:40
6/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Almeida/De Souza	Q6	Bansley/Bukovec	Q11	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	0:59
Trail the series against # 12 Antunes/Lima, Brazil 0-1
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	21, Q7	Bansley/Bukovec	13, Q1	18-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 14, Q11 Denaburg/Kraft, United States 1-0
5/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Pool A	Bansley/Bukovec	13	Denaburg/Kraft	24, Q25	21-14, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 16, Q7 Carro/Gonzalez, Spain 1-0
10/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Bansley/Bukovec	9	Carro/Gonzalez	16, Q7	21-11, 27-25	0:39
Lead the series against # Q14 Belanger/Monkhouse, Canada 1-0
11/30/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Qualifier 2	Bansley/Bukovec	15, Q3	Belanger/Monkhouse	Q19	21-15, 21-16	0:38