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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Monday, November 17, 2025 Court #2 18:00

Match #62: Pool G

(31) Joaquin Bello/Luis Javier Bello, England
vs.
(42) Ben Hood/Oliver Merritt, Australia

Joaquin Bello
England

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madrid, Spain

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$80,822.83

Luis Javier Bello Fernandez Echevarria
England

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madrid, Spain

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$80,822.83

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	65	2	1	6	1	6	1	13	8	7	1	5	3	5	0	6	US$159,992.00
FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	69	2	1	6	1	8	1	13	8	7	1	5	3	6	1	6	US$159,992.00

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	5	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	15, Q6	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	13	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q12	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	7	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	6	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	12/4-7/2024	Finals Doha 2024	9	7th	240	US$15,000.00
FIVB	11/28-12/1/2024	Challenge Nuvali	1	3rd	720	US$7,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool G	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (18)	Lost 21-17, 15-21, 9-15	0:47
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool G	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (7)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:34
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool G	Ben Hood / Oliver Merritt, Australia (42)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:48
Tue, 11/18/2025	Lucky Loser	Bradley Fuller / Ben O'Dea, New Zealand (30)	Lost 17-21, 20-22	0:40

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Luis Javier Bello - 33rd	Joaquin Bello - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	33rd	320	US$4,800.00

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$)
Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	8	2	0	$75,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	1	3	1	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	$58,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	22	1	0	3	0	5	0	7	2	3	0	0	$5,800.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	69	2	1	6	1	8	1	13	8	13	3	0	$159,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joaquin Bello												Luis Javier Bello
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
19	1	0	0	0	0	8	8	2	0	$37,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	1	0	0	0	0	8	8	2	0	$37,750.00
22	0	1	3	1	1	4	2	1	0	$29,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	1	3	1	1	4	2	1	0	$29,125.00
22	1	0	3	0	5	9	3	0	0	$2,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	23	1	0	3	0	5	9	4	0	0	$2,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
69	2	1	6	1	9	21	13	3	0	$79,675.00	Total	70	2	1	6	1	9	21	14	3	0	$79,675.00

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
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$500.00	3	5	37.5 %
2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	3	72.7 %
2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	11	13	45.8 %
2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2021	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	$2,300.00	19	10	65.5 %
2022	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	2	$14,000.00	17	22	43.6 %
2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	$16,750.00	11	9	55.0 %
2024	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	7	0	0	$75,500.00	26	23	53.1 %
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	1	$48,800.00	15	22	40.5 %
Total	FIVB	65	2	1	6	1	6	1	13	8	13	3	11	$159,350.00	102	104	49.5 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	10	5	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joaquin Bello													Luis Javier Bello
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	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$250.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	3	$750.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	3	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	$1,150.00	2021	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	$1,150.00
12	0	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	$7,000.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	$7,000.00
6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	$8,375.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	$8,375.00
14	1	0	2	0	1	3	7	0	0	$37,750.00	2024	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	1	3	7	0	0	$37,750.00
11	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	2	1	$24,400.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	2	1	$24,400.00
69	2	1	6	1	9	21	13	3	13	$79,675.00	Total	Total	70	2	1	6	1	9	21	14	3	13	$79,675.00

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	58	61.1%	17	17.9%	20	21.1%	75-20	78.9%	24	22.2%	21	19.4%	63	58.3%	24-84	22.2%	58-63	47.9%	41-41	50.0%	3	0	102-104	49.5%
2024-2025	22	56.4%	7	17.9%	10	25.6%	29-10	74.4%	11	23.9%	10	21.7%	25	54.3%	11-35	23.9%	22-25	46.8%	18-20	47.4%	1	0	41-45	47.7%
Against the Field	8	42.1%	2	10.5%	9	47.4%	10-9	52.6%	7	17.9%	7	17.9%	25	64.1%	7-32	17.9%	16-48	25.0%	18-32	36.0%	1	0	18-40	31.0%

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
Youth Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	9	6	21	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	33
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	10	16	8	0	2	12	5	1	4	3	1	0	1	34	31
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	9	4	21	15	0	0	8	12	1	3	3	0	1	0	43	34
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Total	0	0	26	25	50	50	0	3	25	22	3	7	6	1	2	1	112	109

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
Bello/Bello lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/17/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Bello/Bello	31	Hood/Merritt	42	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:48