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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Saturday, November 15, 2025 Stadium Court 10:00

Match #38: Pool G

(18) Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Teo Rotar, France
vs.
(42) Ben Hood/Oliver Merritt, Australia

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 22, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saint Maurice

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$137,563.58

Téo Rotar
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Martigues

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$60,216.73

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	11	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	2	US$92,000.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	10	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	11	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	12	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	7	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	10, Q1	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	20	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	Q5	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Q9	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	24	5th	600	US$5,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool G	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (31)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:47
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool G	Ben Hood / Oliver Merritt, Australia (42)	Won 21-18, 21-23, 15-12	0:48
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool G	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (7)	Won 21-16, 12-21, 15-13	0:42
Tue, 11/18/2025	Winner 1	Bautista Amieva / Maciel Bueno, Argentina (28)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:34
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (10)	Won 15-21, 21-16, 23-21	0:54
Fri, 11/21/2025	Winner 3	Lukas Pfretzschner / Sven Winter, Germany (20)	Won 21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
Sat, 11/22/2025	Semi-Finals	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (7)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:35
Sun, 11/23/2025	Bronze Medal	Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (14)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:36

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Youssef Krou - 17th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Youssef Krou - 37th	Did not play
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Teo Rotar - 3rd	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat - 3rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	18	3rd	1280	US$35,000.00

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	$25,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$32,000.00
Total	11	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	0	$92,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat												Teo Rotar
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$22,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	World Tour Finals
19	1	0	0	0	1	8	5	2	0	$45,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	2	0	$16,500.00
33	0	3	1	0	4	11	2	4	0	$49,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	1	1	0	4	2	2	2	0	$23,250.00
22	1	3	1	0	5	8	2	2	0	$14,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	1	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
82	2	6	3	0	11	30	11	8	1	$136,650.00	Total	44	3	2	3	0	7	8	14	4	0	$59,350.00

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
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	0	$92,000.00	31	15	67.4 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	0	$92,000.00	31	15	67.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat													Teo Rotar
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,400.00	2017	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	3	$6,600.00	2018	FIVB
15	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	2	4	$14,000.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,850.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$3,000.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$650.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	1	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$31,500.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	$5,600.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	2	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	$20,550.00	2023	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	$6,500.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$7,750.00	2024	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$500.00
11	0	1	2	0	2	3	1	2	0	$46,000.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	2	0	2	3	1	2	0	$46,000.00
82	2	6	3	0	11	30	11	8	11	$136,650.00	Total	Total	45	3	2	4	0	7	8	14	4	3	$59,350.00

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	20	80.0%	5	20.0%	0	0.0%	25-0	100.0%	5	25.0%	5	25.0%	10	50.0%	5-15	25.0%	20-10	66.7%	10-5	66.7%	1	0	31-15	67.4%
2024-2025	20	80.0%	5	20.0%	0	0.0%	25-0	100.0%	5	25.0%	5	25.0%	10	50.0%	5-15	25.0%	20-10	66.7%	10-5	66.7%	1	0	31-15	67.4%
Against the Field	12	75.0%	4	25.0%	0	0.0%	16-0	100.0%	4	23.5%	5	29.4%	8	47.1%	4-13	23.5%	24-14	63.2%	16-10	61.5%	1	0	21-12	63.6%

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	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	17	5
Total	0	0	2	2	14	5	0	0	12	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	31	15

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
Gauthier-Rat/Rotar lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/15/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	18	Hood/Merritt	42	21-18, 21-23, 15-12	0:48