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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar
Friday, March 6, 2026

Match #49: Winner's Bracket Round 3

(2) Reika Murakami/Asami Shiba, Japan
vs.
(7) Francesca Alupei/Beata Vaida, Romania

Reika Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 10, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hyogo

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$36,046.45

Asami Shiba
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$30,963.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	4	2	US$30,750.00

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	29	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q14	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Q3	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	24, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q12	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	23	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	30, Q13	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	31	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q14	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	9	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Q6	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool B	Kadeliye Halaiti / Mingli Zhou, China (18)	Won 21-15, 24-22
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 2	Deepika Kandasamy / Pavithra Sudalaikasi, India (20)	Won 21-10, 21-7
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 3	Francesca Alupei / Beata Vaida, Romania (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	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	$18,750.00
Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	4	0	$30,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Reika Murakami												Asami Shiba
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	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$8,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$8,000.00
34	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	10	0	$12,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	8	2	$13,625.00
29	2	3	3	2	7	5	2	3	0	$11,375.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	2	0	5	0	4	6	2	3	0	$5,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
75	2	3	3	2	8	9	14	15	0	$35,250.00	Total	65	2	0	5	0	5	10	13	13	2	$30,425.00

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
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	4	2	$22,750.00	9	23	28.1 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	4	2	$25,750.00	11	25	30.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Reika Murakami													Asami Shiba
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
9	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	$6,225.00	2018	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$650.00
16	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	8	$3,800.00	2019	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	2	4	$2,600.00
4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$900.00	2020	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
12	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	1	$7,550.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	$6,600.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	2	$800.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	$2,600.00
6	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	$2,100.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	$2,100.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	2	$11,375.00	2025	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	2	$11,375.00
74	2	3	3	2	8	9	14	15	18	$32,750.00	Total	Total	64	2	0	5	0	5	10	13	13	16	$27,925.00

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	10	55.6%	3	16.7%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	0	0.0%	3	15.0%	17	85.0%	0-20	0.0%	10-17	37.0%	3-8	27.3%	0	0	13-25	34.2%
2025-2026	9	60.0%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	0	0.0%	3	15.8%	16	84.2%	0-19	0.0%	9-16	36.0%	2-7	22.2%	0	0	11-23	32.4%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-0		0	0	2-1	66.7%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	5	8	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Total	0	0	3	7	7	13	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	25

Francesca Ioana Alupei
Romania

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 3, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bucuresti

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$5,159.25

Beata Vaida
Romania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 28, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Satu-Mare

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$10,093.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	10	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	US$10,023.21

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	3	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	24, Q3	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2025	Futures Bondues Lille Metropole	6	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	9/11-14/2025	Futures Warsaw	9	3rd	320	€ 500.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	8	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q17	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	Futures Nuvali	11, Q2	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	4/8-11/2025	BPT Futures Songkhla	16, Q15	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Q14	21st	60	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool G	Stefania Kun / Lilla Villam, Hungary (10)	Won 19-21, 21-12, 15-12
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 2	Chenoa Christ / Sophia Neuss, Germany (11)	Won 21-18, 22-20
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 3	Reika Murakami / Asami Shiba, Japan (2)

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	0	0	1	0	0	$7,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$2,600.00
Total	10	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$9,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francesca Alupei												Beata Vaida
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,125.00
7	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$1,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	22	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	1	0	$4,500.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	$4,925.00	Total	35	2	1	1	2	5	5	5	2	0	$9,625.00

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	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	$3,850.00	17	14	54.8 %
2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	$4,850.00	24	14	63.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francesca Alupei													Beata Vaida
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$150.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	$3,200.00
											2019	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	$1,350.00
8	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,925.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,925.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
9	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$2,425.00	Total	Total	34	2	1	1	2	5	5	5	2	11	$7,125.00

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	14	73.7%	2	10.5%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	8	42.1%	3	15.8%	8	42.1%	8-11	42.1%	14-8	63.6%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	24-14	63.2%
2025-2026	14	73.7%	2	10.5%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	8	42.1%	3	15.8%	8	42.1%	8-11	42.1%	14-8	63.6%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	24-14	63.2%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-4	33.3%	8-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	1	8	4	0	0	5	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	19	11
Total	0	0	5	2	10	5	0	0	6	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	24	14

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 3