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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 Court #3 10:00

Match #7: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q7) Giuliana Corrales/Michelle Valiente, Paraguay
vs.
(Q10) Sunniva Helland-Hansen/Nina Pavlova, Norway

Giuliana Poletti Corrales
Paraguay

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 30, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Asuncion

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Battipaglia 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$21,371.65

Michelle Sharon Valiente Amarilla
Paraguay

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fernando de la Mora

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Battipaglia 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$34,582.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	2	1	US$37,145.43
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	3	2	1	US$37,145.43

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Michelle Valiente - 19th	Giuliana Corrales - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	25	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	25	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	24, Q14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	3	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	4	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	23, Q8	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	14	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 1	Sunniva Helland-Hansen / Nina Pavlova, Norway (Q10)

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$23,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$7,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	2	0	$37,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Giuliana Corrales												Michelle Valiente
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	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,800.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$11,700.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$11,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$14,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$3,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	$5,150.00
3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	1	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	$2,350.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
21	1	1	0	0	0	5	7	2	1	$20,950.00	Total	46	1	1	1	0	4	9	11	8	1	$33,950.00

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
2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
2024	FIVB	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,700.00	10	7	58.8 %
2025	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	$29,300.00	9	18	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	2	1	$37,000.00	19	25	43.2 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Giuliana Corrales													Michelle Valiente
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$1,700.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,500.00
											2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$2,400.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2023	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$2,900.00
6	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,850.00	2024	FIVB	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$3,850.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	1	$14,650.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	1	$15,900.00
20	1	1	0	0	0	5	7	2	4	$20,950.00	Total	Total	45	1	1	1	0	4	9	11	8	10	$33,950.00

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	8	53.3%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	8	28.6%	4	14.3%	16	57.1%	8-20	28.6%	8-16	33.3%	11-8	57.9%	0	1	19-25	43.2%
2025-2026	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	10	58.8%	4-13	23.5%	3-10	23.1%	6-7	46.2%	0	1	9-18	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	0-16	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-9	10.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	0	4	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	9	1
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	3	0	14	18	0	1	2	6	2	0	0	0	1	1	22	26

Sunniva Helland-Hansen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 5, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bergen

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Busan Gwangalli 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$17,981.10

Nina Pavlova
Norway

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Banska Bistrica

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Busan Gwangalli 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$4,467.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	US$8,785.39

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Emilie Olimstad - 17th	Did not play
2025	Nina Pavlova - 25th	Sunniva Helland-Hansen - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	Q5	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	24, Q11	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q1	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	2	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q12	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	3	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/14-17/2025	Futures Busan Gwangalli	7	2nd	360	US$700.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q19	41st	100	US$0.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 1	Giuliana Corrales / Michelle Valiente, Paraguay (Q7)

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$7,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	$8,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sunniva Helland-Hansen												Nina Pavlova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	$5,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$3,750.00
26	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	5	0	$11,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
45	0	1	0	1	5	5	11	7	0	$17,700.00	Total	9	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	$4,350.00

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	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	$8,700.00	10	11	47.6 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	$8,700.00	10	11	47.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sunniva Helland-Hansen													Nina Pavlova
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	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$650.00	2019	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00	2021	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	1	0	$7,875.00	2022	FIVB
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	$3,325.00	2023	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$500.00	2024	FIVB
8	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	$4,350.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	$4,350.00
44	0	1	0	1	5	5	11	7	14	$17,700.00	Total	Total	8	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	$4,350.00

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	8	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	8	72.7%	2-9	18.2%	8-8	50.0%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	10-11	47.6%
2025-2026	8	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	8	72.7%	2-9	18.2%	8-8	50.0%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	10-11	47.6%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	5
Total	0	0	1	4	5	3	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	11

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Qualifier 1