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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 10,000 BPT Futures Budapest
Thursday, September 4, 2025 Court #2 16:30

Match #12: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q10) Mikolaj Kaczmarek/Michal Witkos, Poland
vs.
(10, Q2) Martin Melmuka/Martin Pihera, Czech Republic

Mikolaj Kaczmarek
Poland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 12, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Sveti Vlas 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$220.28

Michal Witkos
Poland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 28, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krosno

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$320.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	US$343.11

Previous Budapest Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	BPT Futures Geneva	16, Q8	13th	140	€ 100.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	13, Q14	9th	180	€ 200.00

Futures Budapest Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/4/2025	Qualifier 1	Valentino Salema / Jose Sosaya, Argentina (Q7)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:30
Thu, 9/4/2025	Qualifier 2	Martin Melmuka / Martin Pihera, Czech Republic (10, Q2)	Lost 0-21, 0-21

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$300.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mikolaj Kaczmarek												Michal Witkos
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$150.00	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$250.00

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
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$300.00	6	5	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$300.00	6	5	54.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mikolaj Kaczmarek													Michal Witkos
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$150.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$150.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$150.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$250.00

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	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	5-4	55.6%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%
2024-2025	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	5-4	55.6%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0		0	0	1-1	50.0%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	6	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Total	0	0	6	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6

Martin Melmuka
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 18, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Prague

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$837.40

Martin Pihera
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Prague

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Samsun 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$3,138.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	US$792.31

Previous Budapest Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Did not play	Marcel Myslivecek - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/22-25/2025	BPT Futures Spiez	14, Q5	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	9/12-15/2024	BPT Futures Qingdao	Q12	17th	100	US$0.00
FIVB	9/5-8/2024	BPT Futures Qidong	16, Q14	13th	140	US$100.00

Futures Budapest Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/4/2025	Qualifier 2	Mikolaj Kaczmarek / Michal Witkos, Poland (Q10)	Won 21-0, 21-0
Fri, 9/5/2025	Pool B	Alnakran Abdilla / James Buytrago, Philippines (7)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:38
Sat, 9/6/2025	Pool B	Adrian Mol / Markus Mol, Norway (2)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:33
Sat, 9/6/2025	Winner 1	Martin Appelgren / Fabian Ramen, Sweden (14, Q8)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-8	0:43
Sat, 9/6/2025	Winner 2	Artur Hajos / Bence Streli, Hungary (4)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:35

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$700.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martin Melmuka												Martin Pihera
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	0	0	$650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	0	1	0	0	4	8	6	0	0	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
16	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	0	0	$650.00	Total	21	0	1	0	0	4	8	6	1	0	$2,600.00

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
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	3	3	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$700.00	10	7	58.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martin Melmuka													Martin Pihera
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2018	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	$750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$100.00	2019	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	$1,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2022	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$300.00
14	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	0	3	$650.00	Total	Total	21	0	1	0	0	4	8	6	1	1	$2,600.00

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	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	7-6	53.8%	2-1	66.7%	1	0	10-7	58.8%
2024-2025	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	7-6	53.8%	2-1	66.7%	1	0	10-7	58.8%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	6	1	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7
Total	0	0	6	1	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7

Head to Head Results
Melmuka/Pihera lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
9/4/25	FIVB	Futures Budapest	Qualifier 2	Melmuka/Pihera	10, Q2	Kaczmarek/Witkos	Q10	21-0, 21-0