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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Friday, November 14, 2025 Stadium Court 16:00

Match #13: Pool G

(7) Elmer Andersson/Jacob Nilsson, Sweden
vs.
(42) Ben Hood/Oliver Merritt, Australia

Elmer Andersson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 26, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Home Town:

Järstorp

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$105,430.90

Jacob Hölting Nilsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

ST Köpinge

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$105,430.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	21	6	3	1	0	4	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	US$209,878.28
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	22	6	3	1	0	5	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	US$209,878.28

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	3	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	10	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	3	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	24, Q13	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/12-15/2025	BPT Futures Malmo	2	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	16, Q1	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	9	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/28-12/1/2024	Challenge Nuvali	10, Q2	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	11/21-24/2024	Challenge Chennai	19, Q5	1st	800	US$10,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool G	Ben Hood / Oliver Merritt, Australia (42)	Won 21-15, 21-8	0:30
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool G	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (31)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:34
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool G	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (18)	Lost 16-21, 21-12, 13-15	0:42
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Paul Henning / Lui Wust, Germany (21)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:47
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (27)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 11/21/2025	Winner 3	Chaim Schalk / James Shaw, United States (9)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:42
Sat, 11/22/2025	Semi-Finals	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (18)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:35
Sun, 11/23/2025	Gold Medal	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (3)	Lost 23-25, 19-21	0:49

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Jacob Nilsson - 2nd	Elmer Andersson - 2nd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	7	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	$114,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$47,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	21	6	3	1	0	4	0	1	1	3	1	0	$209,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Elmer Andersson												Jacob Nilsson
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
9	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$57,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$57,250.00
6	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$23,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$23,625.00
5	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$1,400.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
21	6	3	1	0	4	2	3	1	0	$104,775.00	Total	25	6	3	1	0	4	3	5	1	0	$104,775.00

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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$21,800.00	29	6	82.9 %
2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	$187,750.00	49	18	73.1 %
Total	FIVB	21	6	3	1	0	4	0	1	1	3	1	1	$209,550.00	78	24	76.5 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Elmer Andersson													Jacob Nilsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00	2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00
14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00	2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00
22	6	3	1	0	5	2	3	1	1	$104,775.00	Total	Total	26	6	3	1	0	5	3	5	1	2	$104,775.00

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	56	78.9%	13	18.3%	2	2.8%	69-2	97.2%	9	29.0%	5	16.1%	17	54.8%	9-22	29.0%	56-17	76.7%	22-7	75.9%	0	0	78-24	76.5%
2024-2025	56	78.9%	13	18.3%	2	2.8%	69-2	97.2%	9	29.0%	5	16.1%	17	54.8%	9-22	29.0%	56-17	76.7%	22-7	75.9%	0	0	78-24	76.5%
Against the Field	27	73.0%	9	24.3%	1	2.7%	36-1	97.3%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	12	66.7%	3-15	16.7%	54-24	69.2%	24-8	75.0%	0	0	39-16	70.9%

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	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	13	5	0	0	8	4	3	0	0	0	1	2	28	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	8	2	0	0	8	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	26	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	6	2	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	18	5
Total	0	0	9	3	29	10	0	0	24	7	9	1	1	0	6	3	78	24

Ben Hood
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 22, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toowoomba

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Maunganui 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$5,056.10

Oliver Merritt
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Caloundra

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Maunganui 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$3,425.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	41	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	US$6,350.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	26, Q5	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q22	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Qidong	3	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	6/12-15/2025	Futures Qingdao	7	13th	140	US$100.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Futures Coolangatta	13	5th	240	US$300.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool G	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (7)	Lost 15-21, 8-21	0:30
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool G	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (18)	Lost 18-21, 23-21, 12-15	0:48
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool G	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (31)	Lost 21-18, 17-21, 14-16	0:48

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Oliver Merritt - 37th	Ben Hood - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	42	37th	160	US$3,400.00

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	0	0	1	$3,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	$6,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ben Hood												Oliver Merritt
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	1	$1,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$1,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
20	0	1	0	1	3	11	4	0	0	$1,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
29	0	1	0	1	3	12	6	1	2	$4,775.00	Total	9	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	1	$3,425.00

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	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	$6,350.00	6	11	35.3 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	$6,350.00	6	11	35.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ben Hood													Oliver Merritt
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$500.00	2023	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
12	0	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	3	$1,100.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	$3,175.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	2	$3,375.00
30	0	1	0	1	3	12	7	1	5	$4,775.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	2	$3,425.00

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	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	6	46.2%	3-10	23.1%	1-6	14.3%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
2024-2025	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	6	46.2%	3-10	23.1%	1-6	14.3%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	0-4	0.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Total	0	0	1	1	4	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11

Head to Head Results
Andersson/Nilsson lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/14/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Andersson/Nilsson	7	Hood/Merritt	42	21-15, 21-8	0:30