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

Match #3: Pool B

(2) Francesca Alupei/Beata Vaida, Romania
vs.
(15, Q5) Paurine Oto/Kako Yajima, Japan

Francesca Ioana Alupei
Romania

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 3, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bucuresti

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$5,209.25

Beata Vaida
Romania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 28, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Satu-Mare

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$10,143.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	11	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	US$10,123.21

Previous Coolangatta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Beata Vaida - 21st	Francesca Alupei - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	7	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	3	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	24, Q3	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2025	Futures Bondues Lille Metropole	6	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	9/11-14/2025	Futures Warsaw	9	3rd	320	€ 500.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	8	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q17	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	Futures Nuvali	11, Q2	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	4/8-11/2025	BPT Futures Songkhla	16, Q15	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Q14	21st	60	US$0.00

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool B	Paurine Oto / Kako Yajima, Japan (15, Q5)

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$2,700.00
Total	11	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$9,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francesca Alupei												Beata Vaida
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,125.00
8	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$1,350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	23	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	1	0	$4,550.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
11	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	$4,975.00	Total	36	2	1	1	2	6	5	5	2	0	$9,675.00

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	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	$3,850.00	17	14	54.8 %
2026	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	7	1	87.5 %
Total	FIVB	10	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	$9,850.00	24	15	61.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francesca Alupei													Beata Vaida
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$150.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	$3,200.00
											2019	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	$1,350.00
8	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,925.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,925.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2026	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
10	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	$4,925.00	Total	Total	35	2	1	1	2	6	5	5	2	11	$9,625.00

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	14	70.0%	2	10.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	8	42.1%	3	15.8%	8	42.1%	8-11	42.1%	14-8	63.6%	10-7	58.8%	0	0	24-15	61.5%
2025-2026	14	70.0%	2	10.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	8	42.1%	3	15.8%	8	42.1%	8-11	42.1%	14-8	63.6%	10-7	58.8%	0	0	24-15	61.5%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	1	8	4	0	0	5	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	19	11
Total	0	0	5	2	10	5	0	0	6	5	1	2	1	1	1	0	24	15

Paurine Emiri Oto
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 20, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Ios 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$435.48

Kako Yajima
Japan

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 24, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

First event

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 Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 2	Mollie Allison / Sydney Clough, New Zealand (Q4)	Won 21-16, 23-21	0:42
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool B	Francesca Alupei / Beata Vaida, Romania (2)

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

Paurine Oto												Kako Yajima
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$312.50	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$312.50	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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

Paurine Oto													Kako Yajima
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 Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$262.50	2025	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	$262.50	Total	Total

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