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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Itapema
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 Stadium Court 13:50

Match #7: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q7) Andressa Cavalcanti/Taina Silva, Brazil
vs.
(Q10) Carolina Horta/Elize Maia, Brazil

Andressa Cavalcanti Ramalho
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 27, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

João Pessoa

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Miguel Pereira 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$77,280.90

Tainá Silva Bigi
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aracaju, Sergipe

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Porto 2013)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Saquarema 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$107,700.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	1	1	4	2	US$41,450.00

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Juliana Felisberta - 33rd	Rebecca Cavalcanti - 33rd
2019	Did not play	Victoria Lopes - 17th
2021	Vitoria De Souza - 5th	Victoria Lopes - 4th
2022	Vitoria De Souza - 3rd	Victoria Lopes - 19th
2023	Vitoria De Souza - 9th	Victoria Lopes - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	22, Q16	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q9	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q13	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	22	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	17	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	16	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	12	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	7	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Elite Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/3/2025	Qualifier 1	Carolina Horta / Elize Maia, Brazil (Q10)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	2	0	$30,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	$11,450.00
Total	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	2	4	0	$41,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andressa Cavalcanti												Taina Silva
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	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
20	0	1	0	0	1	9	5	3	0	$40,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	0	0	0	0	2	12	9	2	0	$40,500.00
20	0	1	3	0	4	3	3	2	0	$30,475.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	1	3	2	2	8	4	7	0	$46,350.00
5	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,850.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
50	2	2	4	0	7	13	10	5	0	$76,625.00	Total	68	1	1	4	2	7	23	13	9	0	$107,700.00

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
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00	2	2	50.0 %
2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	6	8	42.9 %
2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	1	$22,250.00	7	16	30.4 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	2	4	2	$41,450.00	15	27	35.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andressa Cavalcanti													Taina Silva
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	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00	2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$750.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$5,100.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,400.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	$8,000.00
8	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	$25,875.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$11,250.00
12	0	1	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	$23,375.00	2023	FIVB	16	0	1	3	1	2	5	4	0	0	$45,750.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$10,000.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	0	0	$24,625.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	$11,125.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	$11,125.00
49	2	2	4	0	7	13	10	5	6	$76,625.00	Total	Total	67	1	1	4	2	7	23	13	9	7	$107,700.00

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	12	75.0%	0	0.0%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	3	11.5%	3	11.5%	20	76.9%	3-23	11.5%	12-20	37.5%	3-7	30.0%	0	0	15-27	35.7%
2024-2025	10	71.4%	0	0.0%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	3	13.0%	2	8.7%	18	78.3%	3-20	13.0%	10-18	35.7%	3-6	33.3%	0	0	13-24	35.1%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-1	75.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	5	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	5	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11
Total	0	0	2	4	10	15	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	27

Carolina Horta Máximo
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 20, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza (CE)

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$71,900.00

Elize Maia Secomandi
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 20, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vitória

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$123,986.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	US$2,500.00

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Taiana Lima - 17th	Maria Clara Salgado - 33rd
2019	Angela Lavalle - 33rd	Did not play
2021	Did not play	Thamela Coradello - 5th
2022	Did not play	Thamela Coradello - 9th
2023	Ana Luiza - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	22, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Q12	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Elite Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/3/2025	Qualifier 1	Andressa Cavalcanti / Taina Silva, Brazil (Q7)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	$2,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Carolina Horta												Elize Maia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
18	0	1	0	0	1	2	6	5	0	$47,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	1	2	5	6	7	0	$60,625.00
20	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	3	1	$16,225.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	2	1	2	0	3	10	3	1	1	$49,087.50
9	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$8,425.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$7,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
49	2	3	0	1	4	8	13	8	1	$71,900.00	Total	61	3	1	3	1	7	18	10	8	1	$122,862.50

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	$2,500.00	2	6	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	$2,500.00	2	6	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Carolina Horta													Elize Maia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$6,625.00
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	1	$22,187.50	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,687.50
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	$4,287.50	2016	FIVB	12	2	1	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	$57,000.00
5	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	$6,925.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	$21,500.00
8	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$28,000.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	$5,250.00
6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$5,000.00	2019	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$7,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$6,000.00
5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$1,750.00	2023	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$5,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	$1,250.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	$1,250.00
48	2	3	0	1	4	8	13	8	9	$71,900.00	Total	Total	60	3	1	3	1	7	18	10	8	9	$122,862.50

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	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0-5	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%
2024-2025	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0-5	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
12/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Qualifier 1