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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Friday, November 14, 2025 Court #2 12:00

Match #17: Pool I

(9) Valentina Gottardi/Reka Orsi Toth, Italy
vs.
(40) Marie-Alex Belanger/Lea Monkhouse, Canada

Valentina Gottardi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Modena

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$170,218.50

Reka Orsi Toth
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 12, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Budapest

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$87,185.03

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	11	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	US$144,000.00

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	2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	4	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	6	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	9	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	2	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	13	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	11	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	12/4-7/2024	Finals Doha 2024	10	7th	240	US$15,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool I	Marie-Alex Belanger / Lea Monkhouse, Canada (40)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:38
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool I	Olivia MacDonald / Shaunna Polley, New Zealand (33)	Lost 18-21, 21-13, 16-18	0:51
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool I	Lexy Denaburg / Julia Donlin, United States (16)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:31
Tue, 11/18/2025	Winner 1	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (8)	Won 21-12, 25-23	0:37
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Linda Bock / Louisa Lippmann, Germany (17)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:33
Fri, 11/21/2025	Winner 3	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:40

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Marta Menegatti - 5th	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 37th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Did not play
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Reka Orsi Toth - 5th	Valentina Gottardi - 5th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	9	5th	960	US$18,000.00

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
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	8	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	$98,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	11	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	$144,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Valentina Gottardi												Reka Orsi Toth
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$23,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$10,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
24	1	0	0	4	10	7	2	0	0	$103,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	1	0	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	$54,500.00
8	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$30,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$9,125.00
4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	1	2	5	1	5	3	1	0	0	$3,650.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U17 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
44	3	4	1	5	14	13	3	0	0	$169,750.00	Total	42	2	3	5	1	13	10	6	1	1	$85,475.00

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	$121,000.00	29	15	65.9 %
Total	FIVB	11	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	$144,000.00	33	19	63.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Valentina Gottardi													Reka Orsi Toth
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,850.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
9	0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	$19,400.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	$2,850.00
10	1	1	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	$35,250.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	$1,400.00
10	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	0	$39,500.00	2024	FIVB	10	1	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$16,600.00
11	2	1	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	$71,750.00	2025	FIVB	11	1	1	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	$64,375.00
44	3	4	1	5	14	13	3	0	1	$169,750.00	Total	Total	42	2	3	5	1	13	10	6	1	1	$85,475.00

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	23	71.9%	5	15.6%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	5	25.0%	8	40.0%	7	35.0%	5-15	25.0%	23-7	76.7%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	33-19	63.5%
2024-2025	23	71.9%	5	15.6%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	5	25.0%	8	40.0%	7	35.0%	5-15	25.0%	23-7	76.7%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	33-19	63.5%
Against the Field	16	66.7%	4	16.7%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	3	18.8%	6	37.5%	7	43.8%	3-13	18.8%	32-14	69.6%	14-20	41.2%	0	0	23-17	57.5%

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
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	0	0	12	6	0	0	9	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Total	0	0	0	0	17	10	0	0	13	8	2	0	0	0	1	1	33	19

Marie-Alex Bélanger
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Joliette

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Halifax 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$11,400.00

Lea Monkhouse
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 16, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mississauga

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Halifax 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$11,796.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	37	Money
FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	US$21,800.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	16	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	25, Q3	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	24, Q13	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q12	25th	300	US$0.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool I	Valentina Gottardi / Reka Orsi Toth, Italy (9)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:38
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool I	Lexy Denaburg / Julia Donlin, United States (16)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 7-15	0:46
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool I	Olivia MacDonald / Shaunna Polley, New Zealand (33)	Lost 15-21, 21-16, 11-15	0:45

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Lea Monkhouse - 37th	Marie-Alex Belanger - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	40	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Total	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	1	$21,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marie-Alex Belanger												Lea Monkhouse
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
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$6,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$3,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$3,250.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$800.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
19	0	1	0	0	0	4	7	3	1	$11,400.00	Total	17	0	1	1	0	0	6	5	2	1	$11,750.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$200.00	2	3	40.0 %
2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$700.00	5	3	62.5 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$16,400.00	5	13	27.8 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	1	$17,300.00	12	19	38.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marie-Alex Belanger													Lea Monkhouse
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$500.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$100.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	$850.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$350.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	$8,200.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	$8,200.00
18	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	3	4	$9,150.00	Total	Total	16	0	1	1	0	0	5	5	2	2	$9,500.00

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	8	53.3%	2	13.3%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	2	11.1%	7	38.9%	9	50.0%	2-16	11.1%	8-9	47.1%	4-12	25.0%	1	0	13-21	38.2%
2024-2025	7	50.0%	2	14.3%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	1	7.1%	6	42.9%	7	50.0%	1-13	7.1%	7-7	50.0%	3-11	21.4%	1	0	11-18	37.9%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	10.0%	4	40.0%	5	50.0%	1-9	10.0%	2-10	16.7%	4-12	25.0%	0	0	3-11	21.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	3	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	3
Total	0	0	4	4	6	12	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	21

Head to Head Results
Gottardi/Orsi Toth 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 I	Gottardi/Orsi Toth	9	Belanger/Monkhouse	40	21-18, 21-17	0:38