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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Brasília
Friday, May 3, 2024 Court #2 19:00

Match #20: Pool B

(2) Andy Benesh/Miles Partain, United States
vs.
(15, Q7) Mathias Berntsen/Hendrik Mol, Norway

Andy Benesh
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Resides:

Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'9")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$74,900.00

Miles Partain
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 2001 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Palisades, CA

Resides:

Pacific Palisades, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$71,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	14	2	1	1	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	US$143,500.00

Previous Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	4	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	5	9	0	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	3	5	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	1	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	2	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	2	2	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	9	1	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	13, Q3	3	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	8, Q2	4	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	13, Q3	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	10/27-30/2022	Dubai 2nd Challenge	4, Q1	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/22-25/2022	Dubai 1st Challenge	15, Q3	1	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	22, Q9	5	600	US$3,750.00

Elite16 Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/2/2024	Pool B	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (10)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:43
Thu, 5/2/2024	Pool B	Matthew Immers / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (7)	Lost 18-21, 21-23	0:39
Fri, 5/3/2024	Pool B	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (15, Q7)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:37
Sat, 5/4/2024	Winner 1	Stefan Boermans / Yorick de Groot, Netherlands (1)	Won 21-18, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
Sat, 5/4/2024	Winner 2	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Mariano, Brazil (4)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 9-15	0:53

Mathias Berntsen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1996 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Arendal, Aust-Agder

Resides:

Aamli

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$87,926.38

Hendrik Nikolai Mol
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 10, 1994 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Strandvik

Resides:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$78,126.38

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	56	0	2	2	0	8	0	12	2	9	3	1	5	6	6	US$151,916.10
Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	57	0	2	2	0	8	1	12	2	9	3	1	5	6	6	US$151,916.10

Previous Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	10	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	Q8	17	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	17	19	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	12	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	9	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	4	19	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	2	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	27	17	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	16	2	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	14	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q6	17	400	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	5	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	3	19	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	9	3	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	13	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	3	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/9-13/2022	Uberlandia Elite 16	8	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/2-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	9	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	10	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Agadir Challenge	2	2	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	27	9	530	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	30	17	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	16, Q6	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	19, Q4	5	600	US$3,750.00

Elite16 Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/1/2024	Qualifier 1	Laurenc Grossig / Mathias Seiser, Austria (Q10)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:36
Wed, 5/1/2024	Qualifier 2	Remi Bassereau / Julien Lyneel, France (Q2)	Won 21-17, 24-22	0:38
Thu, 5/2/2024	Pool B	Matthew Immers / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (7)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:36
Thu, 5/2/2024	Pool B	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (10)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:35
Fri, 5/3/2024	Pool B	Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (2)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:37

Head to Head Results
Benesh/Partain lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/3/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool B	Benesh/Partain	2	Berntsen/Mol	15, Q7	21-19, 21-15	0:37
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Benesh/Partain	3	Berntsen/Mol	27	23-21, 21-17	0:40