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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Haikou
Friday, March 13, 2026

Match #6: Pool C

(6, Q1) Harumi Sakai/Shion Tsubouchi, Japan
vs.
(11) Alise Aleksane/Paula Krieva, Latvia

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$3,640.55

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:

4th (FIVB Sanya 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$1,473.43

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	1	US$1,000.00

Previous Haikou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	9, Q1	4th	280	US$400.00
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

BPT Futures Haikou Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Qualifier 2	Wakana Akishige / Noa Kinugasa, Japan (Q8)	Won 21-19, 23-25, 15-12	0:54
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool C	Alise Aleksane / Paula Krieva, Latvia (11)

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	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$1,000.00

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
25	0	1	0	1	2	12	8	0	0	$2,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	26	0	0	0	1	1	11	12	0	0	$1,450.00
31	0	1	0	1	2	13	8	2	0	$3,500.00	Total	30	0	0	0	1	1	11	12	2	0	$1,450.00

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 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	$900.00	10	13	43.5 %

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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
30	0	1	0	1	2	13	8	2	3	$3,450.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	0	1	1	11	12	2	2	$1,400.00

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	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	9	60.0%	3-12	20.0%	5-9	35.7%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	10-13	43.5%
2025-2026	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	9	60.0%	3-12	20.0%	5-9	35.7%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	10-13	43.5%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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	5	3	3	5	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	12
Total	0	0	5	4	3	5	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	13

Alise Aleksane
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 9, 2008 (17 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Balikesir 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$695.62

Paula Krieva
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 29, 2010 (15 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB Sanya 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$191.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$200.00

Previous Haikou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	5	13th	140	US$100.00

BPT Futures Haikou Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool C	Harumi Sakai / Shion Tsubouchi, Japan (6, 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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$200.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alise Aleksane												Paula Krieva
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	1	3	2	0	0	$537.50	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$162.50
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$537.50	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$162.50

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
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alise Aleksane													Paula Krieva
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	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2024	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$437.50	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$62.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	$487.50	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$112.50

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Haikou	Pool C