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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Sanya
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Match #25: Semi-Finals

(1) Artem Besarab/Szymon Beta, Poland
vs.
(13, Q6) Niklas Held/Luis Kubo, Germany

Artem Besarab
Poland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 16, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lublin

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd ( Puebla 2025)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Leuven 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$1,081.10

Szymon Beta
Poland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd ( Puebla 2025)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,305.76

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$400.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$400.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	10/15-19/2025	U21 World Championships	2	2nd	288	US$0.00

BPT Futures Sanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool A	Seth Grant / Michael Tyler, New Zealand (16, Q8)	Won 21-12, 21-14
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool A	Yuan Liu / Yuan Mao, China (8)	Won 21-12, 21-15
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 2	Hongjun Du / Wei Li, China (15, Q7)	Won 22-20, 21-15
Sun, 3/8/2026	Semi-Finals	Niklas Held / Luis Kubo, Germany (13, Q6)

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
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Artem Besarab												Szymon Beta
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$500.00
9	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	$800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	$612.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	$800.00	Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	2	1	$1,112.50

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
2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	7	3	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Artem Besarab													Szymon Beta
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	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$250.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$500.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	$300.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	$312.50
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	0	1	1	0	1	4	3	0	4	$600.00	Total	Total	17	0	1	0	0	1	5	5	2	3	$912.50

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
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
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1

Niklas Held
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 11, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Qidong 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$1,584.25

Luis Kubo
Germany

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 4, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$300.00

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
Thu, 3/5/2026	Qualifier 1	Sihong Guo / Jinyang Song, China (Q11)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:44
Thu, 3/5/2026	Qualifier 2	Julian Hikel / Ole Sackermann, Germany (Q3)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:37
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool D	Deyu Cao / Xianwu Weng, China (4)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-8
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool D	Jonah Kjemperud / Sebastian Kjemperud, Norway (5)	Won 21-17, 27-25
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 2	Tai Zhang / Chaowei Zhou, China (14)	Won 21-16 Retired
Sun, 3/8/2026	Semi-Finals	Artem Besarab / Szymon Beta, Poland (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$)
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

Niklas Held												Luis Kubo
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	0	0	1	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open
14	0	0	1	1	3	4	4	0	0	$1,350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$300.00
17	0	0	1	1	3	4	4	0	1	$1,350.00	Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$300.00

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

Niklas Held													Luis Kubo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$200.00	2023	FIVB
7	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	$450.00	2024	FIVB
5	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	$500.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
16	0	0	1	1	3	4	4	0	3	$1,150.00	Total	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00

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	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		3-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	0	5-0	100.0%
2025-2026	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		3-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	0	5-0	100.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	0	5-0	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	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Total	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

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 Futures Sanya	Semi-Finals