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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Match #53: Semi-Finals

(1) Matyas Dzavoronok/Jakub Sepka, Czechia
vs.
(3) Kevin Cuzmiciov/Eylon Elazar, Israel

Matyas Dzavoronok
Czechia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 5, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brno

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$19,213.18

Jakub Sepka
Czechia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$32,304.13

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	0	0	US$7,000.00

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool A	Oleksii Bublyk / Dmytro Kozii, Ukraine (16)	Won 21-16, 22-20
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 2	Tynan Gannett / Luke de Greeff, Canada (11)	Won 21-19, 21-14
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 3	Karolis Palubinskas / Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania (9)	Won 21-13, 21-18
Sun, 3/8/2026	Semi-Finals	Kevin Cuzmiciov / Eylon Elazar, Israel (3)

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	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matyas Dzavoronok												Jakub Sepka
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	2	0	$18,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$8,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	$11,000.00
21	2	1	2	0	8	4	4	0	0	$3,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$2,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
33	2	1	2	0	9	7	9	0	0	$17,550.00	Total	42	2	1	0	2	4	10	9	6	0	$31,250.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Matyas Dzavoronok													Jakub Sepka
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	2020	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	$900.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$450.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	$2,900.00	2022	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	1	$8,575.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$600.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$2,650.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	$6,600.00
9	1	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	$9,300.00	2025	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	$9,475.00
32	2	1	2	0	9	7	9	0	2	$14,050.00	Total	Total	41	2	1	0	2	4	10	9	6	7	$27,750.00

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	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	3-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	3-0	100.0%
2025-2026	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	3-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	3-0	100.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	6-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	3-0	100.0%

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	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Total	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Kevin Cuzmiciov
Israel

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 14, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ashdod

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$20,202.55

Eylon Elazar
Israel

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 11, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gazit

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$25,864.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	23	2	3	0	0	4	0	4	0	1	1	3	4	US$35,979.92

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	21	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	19, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q5	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	Q4	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	9	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	22, Q2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	Futures Krakow	2	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	30, Q10	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	Futures Nuvali	2	2nd	360	US$700.00
FIVB	4/8-11/2025	BPT Futures Songkhla	5	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Q26	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool C	Jacob Brinck / Nicolai Hovmann, Denmark (19)	Lost 18-21, 19-21
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 1	Gage Basey / Thomas Hurst, United States (17)	Won 19-21, 21-13, 15-11
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 2	Issa Batrane / Frederick Bialokoz, England (4)	Won 21-12, 21-14
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 3	Even Aas / Nils Ringoen, Norway (5)	Won 21-13, 23-21
Sun, 3/8/2026	Semi-Finals	Matyas Dzavoronok / Jakub Sepka, Czechia (1)

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	$28,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	2	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,900.00
Total	23	2	3	0	0	4	0	4	0	2	3	0	$35,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kevin Cuzmiciov												Eylon Elazar
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$3,750.00
13	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	$14,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	4	0	$15,875.00
17	2	4	0	2	3	3	3	0	0	$3,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	3	5	2	0	3	4	3	1	0	$4,600.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
34	2	4	0	2	5	6	5	4	0	$19,125.00	Total	51	3	5	2	0	5	9	9	7	0	$24,225.00

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
2023	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	8	5	61.5 %
2024	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,300.00	9	8	52.9 %
2025	FIVB	12	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	1	$23,950.00	30	15	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	22	2	3	0	0	4	0	4	0	2	3	4	$28,650.00	47	28	62.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kevin Cuzmiciov													Eylon Elazar
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	$700.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$200.00	2022	FIVB	13	0	2	1	0	1	3	4	2	0	$5,450.00
6	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$2,100.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	$1,700.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	$650.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	$1,150.00
12	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	$11,975.00	2025	FIVB	12	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	$11,975.00
33	2	4	0	2	5	6	5	4	5	$15,625.00	Total	Total	50	3	5	2	0	5	9	9	7	10	$20,725.00

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	32	80.0%	3	7.5%	5	12.5%	35-5	87.5%	15	39.5%	6	15.8%	17	44.7%	15-23	39.5%	32-17	65.3%	18-11	62.1%	0	1	50-29	63.3%
2025-2026	25	86.2%	2	6.9%	2	6.9%	27-2	93.1%	6	31.6%	3	15.8%	10	52.6%	6-13	31.6%	25-10	71.4%	8-5	61.5%	0	1	33-16	67.3%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	6-2	75.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-2	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	5	8	5	1	0	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	16
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	13	3	0	0	7	3	5	0	0	0	2	3	27	9
Total	0	0	7	7	21	10	1	0	14	9	5	0	0	0	2	3	50	29

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/8/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Semi-Finals