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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Veracruz
October 1 - 5, 2025

(5) Sergiy Popov/Eduard Reznik, Ukraine

Sergiy Popov
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaporishya

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Porec 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$70,014.60

Eduard Reznik
Ukraine

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 14, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Odessa

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$38,748.23

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	28	0	3	0	1	8	0	4	0	2	2	4	4	US$74,773.62

Previous Veracruz Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	15	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q5	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	8	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	7	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	11/6-10/2024	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	12	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/16-20/2024	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	11	9th	600	US$6,000.00

BPT Challenge Veracruz Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/2/2025	Pool E	Paul Burnett / Thomas Hodges, Australia (28, Q6)	Won 26-24, 21-18	0:37
Fri, 10/3/2025	Pool E	Manuel Alfieri / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (12)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:37
Sat, 10/4/2025	Winner 2	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (22)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 11-15	0:48

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	2	0	$14,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	1	0	1	6	0	3	0	2	2	0	$52,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
Total	28	0	3	0	1	8	0	4	0	8	4	0	$74,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sergiy Popov												Eduard Reznik
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
20	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	0	$11,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	0	$7,000.00
36	0	1	0	1	7	4	10	4	0	$42,300.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	1	0	1	6	4	2	2	0	$27,000.00
17	1	2	1	1	6	1	1	0	0	$8,665.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
80	3	3	1	2	14	6	21	8	0	$69,265.00	Total	29	0	3	0	1	8	5	8	4	0	$38,350.00

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
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2022	FIVB	8	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	$19,450.00	26	11	70.3 %
2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	$17,000.00	9	11	45.0 %
2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$19,750.00	5	12	29.4 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	$16,500.00	10	7	58.8 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	3	0	1	8	0	4	0	7	4	0	$74,700.00	52	43	54.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sergiy Popov													Eduard Reznik
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	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00	2012	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	$7,900.00	2013	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$400.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2016	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2017	FIVB
12	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	6	$2,315.00	2018	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	4	$10,000.00	2019	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$5,000.00	2020	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
8	0	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$9,725.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$9,725.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	$8,500.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	$8,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	$10,875.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,875.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	$8,250.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	$8,250.00
79	3	3	1	2	14	6	20	8	22	$69,265.00	Total	Total	28	0	3	0	1	8	5	7	4	0	$38,350.00

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	34	72.3%	5	10.6%	8	17.0%	39-8	83.0%	13	27.1%	7	14.6%	28	58.3%	13-35	27.1%	34-28	54.8%	18-15	54.5%	0	1	52-44	54.2%
2024-2025	10	66.7%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	13	68.4%	4-15	21.1%	10-13	43.5%	5-6	45.5%	0	1	15-20	42.9%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4-3	57.1%	10-4	71.4%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	9-4	69.2%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	7	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	15	13	2	0	11	9	1	1	0	1	0	1	34	26
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	12	3
Total	0	0	8	8	25	18	2	0	14	13	3	1	0	1	0	3	52	44

Head to Head Results
Popov/Reznik lead the series against the field 9-3 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Budinger/Evans, United States 1-1
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool H	Popov/Reznik	8	Budinger/Evans	9, Q1	18-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:50
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	45	Popov/Reznik	28	21-15, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 2 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool F	Popov/Reznik	7	Campos/Pedrosa	18, Q11	21-13, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Dressler/Waller, Austria 1-0
8/7/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool B	Popov/Reznik	15	Dressler/Waller	18	22-24, 21-19, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 12 Alfieri/Ranghieri, Italy 2-0
10/3/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool E	Popov/Reznik	5	Alfieri/Ranghieri	12	21-18, 21-19	0:37
6/26/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool H	Popov/Reznik	8	Alfieri/Ranghieri	25, Q5	20-22, 21-14, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 13 Bello/Bello, England 2-1
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool B	Popov/Reznik	15	Bello/Bello	2	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:47
11/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Bello/Bello	14, Q4	Popov/Reznik	12	21-19, 21-13	0:37
10/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Popov/Reznik	11	Bello/Bello	14, Q2	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 19 Friedli/Haussener, Switzerland 1-0
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 2	Popov/Reznik	15	Friedli/Haussener	19	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 0-1
10/4/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	Popov/Reznik	5	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Burnett/Hodges, Australia 1-0
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool E	Popov/Reznik	5	Burnett/Hodges	28, Q6	26-24, 21-18	0:37