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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Coolangatta
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Match #1: Pool A

(1) Thomas Hodges/Ben Hood, Australia
vs.
(16, Q12) Pawel Lewandowski/Mateusz Zieba, Poland

Thomas Hodges
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

East Melbourne

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Jurmala 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$76,902.95

Ben Hood
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 22, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toowoomba

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$5,106.10

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$100.00

Previous Coolangatta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Maximilian Guehrer - 3rd	Toby Bergh - 21st
2023	Did not play	Lucas Josefsen - 5th
2024	Did not play	D'Artagnan Potts - 13th
2025	Did not play	Oliver Merritt - 5th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool A	Pawel Lewandowski / Mateusz Zieba, Poland (16, Q12)

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	$100.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Hodges												Ben Hood
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,200.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
10	0	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	$23,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
26	1	2	1	1	6	7	4	4	0	$44,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$1,125.00
6	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	0	1	0	1	3	11	4	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
47	1	4	3	1	7	13	11	5	1	$76,575.00	Total	30	0	1	0	1	3	12	6	1	2	$4,825.00

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

Thomas Hodges													Ben Hood
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	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB
10	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	$16,575.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
14	1	1	1	0	2	5	4	0	0	$29,000.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$500.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$19,125.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	3	$1,100.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	$11,825.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	$3,175.00
46	1	4	3	1	7	13	11	5	1	$76,525.00	Total	Total	30	0	1	0	1	3	12	7	1	5	$4,775.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pawel Lewandowski
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 10, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wroclaw

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Apeldoorn 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$3,435.63

Mateusz Zieba
Poland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 30, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Milejewo

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

21st (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$50.00

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$100.00

Previous Coolangatta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Jakub Zdybek - 4th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 1	Matthew Abela / Robert Reeves, Australia (Q5)	Won 21-11, 19-21, 15-12	0:48
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 2	Lewis Jupp / Timothee Philippe, Australia (Q4)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:36
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool A	Thomas Hodges / Ben Hood, Australia (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	$100.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pawel Lewandowski												Mateusz Zieba
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	0	2	3	0	$1,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open
13	1	0	1	1	3	2	3	0	0	$1,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$50.00
24	1	0	1	1	3	2	5	3	0	$2,850.00	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$50.00

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

Pawel Lewandowski													Mateusz Zieba
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	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$100.00	2020	FIVB
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$650.00	2021	FIVB
10	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	3	1	$2,000.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$50.00	2023	FIVB
23	1	0	1	1	3	2	5	3	7	$2,800.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00

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	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	1-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	100.0%
2025-2026	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	1-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	100.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	2-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Pool A