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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Espinho
May 22 - 26, 2024

(Q8) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Julie Gordon - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	9/21-24/2023	Futures Halifax	1	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	Q14	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	24, Q30	9th	460	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite16 Espinho Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/22/2024	Qualifier 1	Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (15, Q9)	Lost 20-22, 21-19, 9-15	0:58

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	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$21,250.00	20	8	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	13	1	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	4	0	0	$36,000.00	35	17	67.3 %

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
7	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	$10,625.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	$10,625.00
124	4	5	8	1	26	29	24	15	12	$450,750.00	Total	Total	53	2	3	1	1	6	13	10	5	12	$71,700.00

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	12	70.6%	2	11.8%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	2	11.1%	2	11.1%	14	77.8%	2-16	11.1%	24-24	50.0%	8-10	44.4%	0	2	16-19	45.7%

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 lead the series against the field 14-12 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Lead the series against # 4 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 1-0
11/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Bansley/Bukovec	14, Q2	Schoon/Stam	3	21-19, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Gold Medal	Graudina/Samoilova	2	Bansley/Bukovec	18, Q2	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 9 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
4/13/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Winner 1	Bansley/Bukovec	3, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	1	22-20, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 10 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-1
11/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	6	Bansley/Bukovec	14, Q2	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 13, Q4 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 1-2
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 2	Bansley/Bukovec	18, Q2	Lopes/Silva	1	21-18, 28-26	0:43
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Lopes/Silva	1	Bansley/Bukovec	15, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:37
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool A	Lopes/Silva	12	Bansley/Bukovec	24, Q30	18-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:49
Lead the series against # 14, Q6 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-0
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool C	Bansley/Bukovec	3	Alvarez/Moreno	10	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 15, Q9 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
5/22/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Qualifier 1	Mader/Verge-Depre	15, Q9	Bansley/Bukovec	Q8	22-20, 19-21, 15-9	0:58
Trail the series against # 16, Q10 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-2
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 # Q1 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-2
4/14/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Semi-Finals	Bobner/Verge-Depre	12	Bansley/Bukovec	3, Q1	21-18, 18-21, 20-18	0:58
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 1	Bobner/Verge-Depre	9	Bansley/Bukovec	24, Q30	23-21, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # Q2 Borger/Ittlinger, Germany 2-0
4/14/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Bronze Medal	Bansley/Bukovec	3, Q1	Borger/Ittlinger	11	21-18, 21-14	0:38
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Semi-Finals	Bansley/Bukovec	18, Q2	Borger/Ittlinger	5	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # Q11 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 2-0
4/13/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Winner 2	Bansley/Bukovec	3, Q1	Fernandez/Soria	8	21-18, 21-18	0:38
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Lucky Loser	Bansley/Bukovec	15, Q3	Fernandez/Soria	12	21-19, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # Q12 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 0-1
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 1	Klinger/Klinger	Q8	Bansley/Bukovec	Q9	21-15, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # Q13 Hildreth/Van Gunst, United States 2-0
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
Lead the series against # Q14 Placette/Richard, France 1-0
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool F	Bansley/Bukovec	18, Q2	Placette/Richard	7	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q15 Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat, Thailand 2-0
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool A	Bansley/Bukovec	13, Q1	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	12	21-11, 16-21, 16-14	0:50
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool F	Bansley/Bukovec	18, Q2	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	6	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # Q16 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 1-0
7/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Qualifier 2	Bansley/Bukovec	24, Q30	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q14	21-15, 15-21, 15-9	0:49