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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar
Thursday, March 5, 2026

Match #6: Pool C

(14) Jie Dong/Jiang Kaiyue, China
vs.
(19) Katarzyna Lipska/Paulina Szczepanik, Poland

Jie Dong
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shan Dong

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$41,426.38

Jiang Kaiyue
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Haikou 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$7,775.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	US$10,750.00

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool C	Katarzyna Lipska / Paulina Szczepanik, Poland (19)	Won 21-3, 21-5	0:24
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool C	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (3)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:38
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 1	Sofia Bisgaard / Cirkeline Hog, Denmark (15)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:34
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 2	Sofiia Kurnikova / Yeva Serdiuk, Ukraine (17)	Lost 22-24, 23-25	0:48

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$10,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jie Dong												Jiang Kaiyue
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$5,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
21	0	1	0	2	1	8	5	3	1	$25,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	$5,625.00
16	4	0	1	0	0	0	8	3	0	$6,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
46	4	1	1	2	2	10	18	6	1	$41,075.00	Total	16	1	3	1	0	1	6	0	2	1	$7,775.00

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
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jie Dong													Jiang Kaiyue
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	0	0	2	0	0	$1,300.00	2017	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$1,400.00	2018	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$750.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	2020	FIVB
9	2	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	$10,500.00	2022	FIVB
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	1	1	$10,625.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00
8	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	$8,500.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,050.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00	2025	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00
43	3	1	1	2	2	8	18	6	2	$37,325.00	Total	Total	13	0	3	1	0	1	4	0	2	2	$4,025.00

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	9	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	6	75.0%	2-6	25.0%	9-6	60.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	11-6	64.7%
2025-2026	9	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	6	75.0%	2-6	25.0%	9-6	60.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	11-6	64.7%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	6-8	42.9%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Total	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	6

Katarzyna Lipska
Poland

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wieruszów

Height:

163 cm (5'4")

Weight:

49 kg (108 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (FIVB Bhubaneswar 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$1,125.00

Paulina Szczepanik
Poland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 9, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (FIVB Bhubaneswar 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$1,125.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$2,250.00

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool C	Jie Dong / Jiang Kaiyue, China (14)	Lost 3-21, 5-21	0:24
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 1	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (5)	Lost 8-21, 13-21	0:27

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Katarzyna Lipska												Paulina Szczepanik
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	$1,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,125.00

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
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Katarzyna Lipska													Paulina Szczepanik
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	Total	Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,125.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Head to Head Results
Dong/Kaiyue lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/5/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Pool C	Dong/Kaiyue	14	Lipska/Szczepanik	19	21-3, 21-5	0:24