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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Thursday, November 20, 2025 Court #2 21:00

Match #96: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(7) Molly Shaw/Kelly Cheng, United States
vs.
(46) Martina Maixnerova/Kylie Neuschaeferova, Czech Republic

Molly Turner Shaw
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 23, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Naperville, IL

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

55 kg (121 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$77,262.20

Kelly Claes Cheng
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$455,125.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	9	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	US$116,000.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	9	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	9	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	7	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	6	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	8	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	6	4th	900	US$12,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool G	Stefanie Fejes / Jasmine Fleming, Australia (42)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:37
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool G	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (31)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:29
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool G	Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (18)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:31
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (14)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:36
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Martina Maixnerova / Kylie Neuschaeferova, Czech Republic (46)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Sara Hughes - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Sarah Marmelstein - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Betsi Flint - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Sara Hughes - 1st

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	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$105,000.00
Total	9	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$116,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Molly Shaw												Kelly Cheng
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$50,000.00
											World Tour Finals	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00
8	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	$52,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	5	1	1	6	8	11	2	0	0	$210,000.00
9	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	$17,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	0	$97,375.00
6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
24	4	3	2	3	2	3	1	3	0	$76,700.00	Total	82	10	4	4	7	20	23	7	1	0	$455,125.00

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	8	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$105,000.00	30	14	68.2 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$105,000.00	30	14	68.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Molly Shaw													Kelly Cheng
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00
											2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB	15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2021	FIVB	9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00
6	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	$5,350.00	2022	FIVB	8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB	11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00
4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00	2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00
8	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	$52,500.00	2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	$52,500.00
23	4	3	2	3	2	3	1	3	2	$71,200.00	Total	Total	81	10	4	4	7	20	23	7	1	5	$449,625.00

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	17	68.0%	6	24.0%	2	8.0%	23-2	92.0%	7	36.8%	2	10.5%	10	52.6%	7-12	36.8%	17-10	63.0%	13-4	76.5%	0	0	30-14	68.2%
2024-2025	17	68.0%	6	24.0%	2	8.0%	23-2	92.0%	7	36.8%	2	10.5%	10	52.6%	7-12	36.8%	17-10	63.0%	13-4	76.5%	0	0	30-14	68.2%
Against the Field	10	55.6%	6	33.3%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	6	35.3%	2	11.8%	9	52.9%	6-11	35.3%	20-18	52.6%	24-8	75.0%	0	0	22-13	62.9%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	14	3	0	0	11	4	1	3	0	3	1	0	27	13
Total	0	0	0	0	16	4	0	0	12	4	1	3	0	3	1	0	30	14

Martina Maixnerova
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 24, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Praha

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$20,094.88

Kylie Neuschaeferova
Czech Republic

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 22, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$18,016.53

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	15	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	US$31,471.22

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	15	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	6	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q8	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	15	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	22, Q10	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	1	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q13	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q4	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-6/2025	Futures Montpellier	4	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Q12	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Messina	3	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	Futures Prague	7	3rd	320	€ 500.00
FIVB	5/8-11/2025	Futures Cervia	6	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	4/30-5/3/2025	BPT Futures Valencia	9	5th	240	€ 300.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool C	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Nuss, United States (3)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:31
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool C	Wies Bekhuis / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (22)	Lost 10-21, 16-21	0:29
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool C	Hegeile Almeida / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (27)	Won 21-7, 21-17	0:33
Tue, 11/18/2025	Lucky Loser	Giuliana Corrales / Michelle Valiente, Paraguay (25)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:46
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Terese Cannon / Megan Kraft, United States (4)	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:30
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Kelly Cheng / Molly Shaw, United States (7)

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	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$7,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	15	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	$31,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martina Maixnerova												Kylie Neuschaeferova
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	$5,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$3,500.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$6,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$5,125.00
14	2	0	1	1	6	1	2	1	0	$4,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	2	0	1	1	6	3	1	0	0	$2,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	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	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
31	2	0	1	2	7	5	5	2	0	$19,275.00	Total	28	2	0	1	2	6	7	6	1	0	$16,775.00

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
2025	FIVB	14	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	3	0	2	$20,050.00	31	21	59.6 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	3	0	2	$20,050.00	31	21	59.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martina Maixnerova													Kylie Neuschaeferova
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$350.00	2018	FIVB
9	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	$3,400.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$350.00
											2024	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$900.00
14	1	0	1	2	3	2	3	0	2	$10,025.00	2025	FIVB	15	1	0	1	2	3	2	3	1	2	$10,025.00
30	2	0	1	2	7	5	5	2	6	$13,775.00	Total	Total	27	2	0	1	2	6	7	6	1	2	$11,275.00

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	22	68.8%	5	15.6%	5	15.6%	27-5	84.4%	4	20.0%	5	25.0%	11	55.0%	4-16	20.0%	22-11	66.7%	9-10	47.4%	0	0	31-21	59.6%
2024-2025	22	68.8%	5	15.6%	5	15.6%	27-5	84.4%	4	20.0%	5	25.0%	11	55.0%	4-16	20.0%	22-11	66.7%	9-10	47.4%	0	0	31-21	59.6%
Against the Field	3	37.5%	0	0.0%	5	62.5%	3-5	37.5%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	6-10	37.5%	2-12	14.3%	0	0	4-11	26.7%

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	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	18	7
Total	0	0	3	4	16	7	1	0	8	5	1	3	1	2	1	0	31	21

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/20/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2