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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Sanya
Saturday, March 7, 2026

Match #17: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(5) Jonah Kjemperud/Sebastian Kjemperud, Norway
vs.
(15, Q7) Hongjun Du/Wei Li, China

Jonah Andre Lyngaas Kjemperud
Norway

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 10, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stavanger

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$450.00

Sebastian Lyngaas Kjemperud
Norway

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 9, 2008 (18 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 ( Doha 2025)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	US$900.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/11-14/2025	Futures Laginha Beach	8	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	12/4-7/2025	Futures Pompano Beach	9	9th	180	US$200.00

BPT Futures Sanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool D	Sergey Bogatu / Kirill Gurin, Kazakhstan (12, Q4)	Won 21-15, 20-22, 15-13	0:46
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool D	Niklas Held / Luis Kubo, Germany (13, Q6)	Lost 17-21, 25-27	0:47
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 1	Hongjun Du / Wei Li, China (15, Q7)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 14-16	0:34

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jonah Kjemperud												Sebastian Kjemperud
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	$450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$450.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	$450.00	Total	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$450.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	3	4	42.9 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$700.00	4	6	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jonah Kjemperud													Sebastian Kjemperud
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$250.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$250.00
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	$350.00	Total	Total	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$350.00

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	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	3	42.9%	4	57.1%	0-7	0.0%	3-4	42.9%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	5-8	38.5%
2025-2026	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	3	42.9%	4	57.1%	0-7	0.0%	3-4	42.9%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	5-8	38.5%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-2	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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Total	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8

Hongjun Du
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shandong

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Qingdao 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$3,750.00

Wei Li
China

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 1, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$400.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$600.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Sanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Qualifier 1	Lucas Heggie / Noah Smith, New Zealand (Q10)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:33
Thu, 3/5/2026	Qualifier 2	Nassim Malki / Yu Takuma, Japan (Q2)	Won 19-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:48
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool B	Jumpei Ikeda / Takumi Takahashi, Japan (2)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:34
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool B	Tuna Imdat / Sacit Kurt, Türkiye (10)	Won 23-21, 21-14	0:32
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 1	Jonah Kjemperud / Sebastian Kjemperud, Norway (5)	Won 15-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:34
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 2	Artem Besarab / Szymon Beta, Poland (1)	Lost 20-22, 15-21	0:35

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hongjun Du												Wei Li
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open
9	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	0	$1,050.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$400.00
13	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	0	1	$3,750.00	Total	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$400.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hongjun Du													Wei Li
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	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2023	FIVB
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	$1,250.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	$2,100.00	2025	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
12	0	0	1	1	2	3	2	0	3	$3,600.00	Total	Total	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00

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	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	4-4	50.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%
2025-2026	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	4-4	50.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	6-8	42.9%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	6-5	54.5%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Total	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5

Head to Head Results
Du/Li lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/7/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Sanya	Winner 1	Du/Li	15, Q7	Kjemperud/Kjemperud	5	15-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:34