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

Match #26: Semi-Finals

(9, Q1) Harumi Sakai/Shion Tsubouchi, Japan
vs.
(10) Siyu Qi/Yu Tong, China

Harumi Sakai
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Daegu 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$3,590.55

Shion Tsubouchi
Japan

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kyoto

Height:

166 cm (5'5")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Coolangatta 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$1,423.43

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	1	US$900.00

Previous Sanya 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	Q13	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	8/14-17/2025	Futures Busan Gwangalli	Q4	21st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Qidong	10	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	6/12-15/2025	Futures Qingdao	Q7	21st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	4/8-11/2025	BPT Futures Songkhla	Q2	21st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Futures Coolangatta	15, Q3	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/6-9/2025	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	11, Q1	13th	140	US$100.00

BPT Futures Sanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Qualifier 2	Xiaochen Li / Rouzi Maidinuer, China (Q8)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:41
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool A	Cathrine Hjeltnes / Julia Tennoy, Norway (8)	Won 20-22, 21-11, 15-12
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool A	Shuting Cao / Ahedan Mushajiang, China (1)	Lost 14-21, 16-21
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 1	Mei Mori / Sayaka Yamada, Japan (15, Q5)	Won 21-18, 21-16
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 2	Zhang Kexin / Lvwen Yuan, China (12)	Won 20-22, 21-11, 15-8
Sat, 3/7/2026	Semi-Finals	Siyu Qi / Yu Tong, China (10)

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	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$900.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Harumi Sakai												Shion Tsubouchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$1,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00
24	0	1	0	0	2	12	8	0	0	$2,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	0	0	0	0	1	11	12	0	0	$1,400.00
30	0	1	0	0	2	13	8	2	0	$3,450.00	Total	29	0	0	0	0	1	11	12	2	0	$1,400.00

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
2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	$500.00	5	10	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	$500.00	5	10	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Harumi Sakai													Shion Tsubouchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2020	FIVB
											2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	$2,100.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	$350.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	$600.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$200.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	$200.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$400.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	$250.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	$250.00
29	0	1	0	0	2	13	8	2	3	$3,250.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	0	1	11	12	2	2	$1,200.00

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	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3-11	21.4%	5-8	38.5%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	9-11	45.0%
2025-2026	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3-11	21.4%	5-8	38.5%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	9-11	45.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	4-2	66.7%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	3	3	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	10
Total	0	0	4	4	3	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11

Siyu Qi
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 21, 2009 (16 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jiangsu

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Qingdao 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$500.00

Yu Tong
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 7, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$2,250.00

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	0	0	US$400.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Sanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool B	Nadezhda Ivanchenko / Laura Kabulbekova, Kazakhstan (7)	Won 21-18, 21-15
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool B	Miki Ishii / Mayu Kikuchi, Japan (2)	Won 21-19, 21-18
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 2	Laura Kubistova / Amalie Tonova, Czechia (11)	Won 21-18, 20-22, 15-11
Sat, 3/7/2026	Semi-Finals	Harumi Sakai / Shion Tsubouchi, Japan (9, Q1)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Siyu Qi												Yu Tong
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	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$750.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$500.00	Total	13	0	2	1	0	1	3	1	3	1	$2,250.00

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

Siyu Qi													Yu Tong
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	$300.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC
											2025	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,100.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	$300.00	Total	Total	12	0	2	1	0	1	3	1	3	1	$2,050.00

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	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	2-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-0	100.0%
2025-2026	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	2-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-0	100.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	4-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Total	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/7/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Sanya	Semi-Finals