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

Match #3: Pool B

(2) Olivers Bulgacs/Markuss Graudins, Latvia
vs.
(15, Q5) Julian Hikel/Ole Sackermann, Germany

Olivers Bulgacs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 11, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Dikili 2022)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,561.86

Markuss Graudins
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Nuvali 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,824.46

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	US$5,263.81

Previous Haikou Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Edgars Tocs - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	18	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	9, Q2	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Warsaw	7	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	Futures Jurmala	9	13th	140	€ 225.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	Futures Prague	10	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/8-11/2025	Futures Cervia	Q1	17th	100	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	Futures Nuvali	10, Q1	3rd	320	US$500.00

BPT Futures Haikou Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool B	Julian Hikel / Ole Sackermann, Germany (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	$1,825.00
Total	13	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	5	0	0	$5,075.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Olivers Bulgacs												Markuss Graudins
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	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$1,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00
16	0	0	2	1	2	4	6	0	0	$1,462.50	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	1	1	0	4	5	0	0	$912.50
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
25	0	1	2	1	2	5	8	3	0	$3,087.50	Total	13	0	0	1	1	0	5	5	0	0	$2,537.50

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$200.00	5	4	55.6 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$1,525.00	14	11	56.0 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	5	0	0	$4,975.00	21	19	52.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Olivers Bulgacs													Markuss Graudins
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	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	$550.00	2023	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00
6	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	$762.50	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	$762.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00
25	0	1	2	1	2	5	8	4	2	$3,037.50	Total	Total	12	0	0	1	1	0	5	5	0	0	$2,487.50

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	12	63.2%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	15-4	78.9%	6	28.6%	4	19.0%	11	52.4%	6-15	28.6%	12-11	52.2%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	21-19	52.5%
2025-2026	8	57.1%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	8	57.1%	4-10	28.6%	8-8	50.0%	7-5	58.3%	0	0	15-13	53.6%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0		0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-1	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	9	5	7	5	0	0	3	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	20	17
Total	0	0	9	5	7	6	0	0	4	5	0	2	1	1	0	0	21	19

Julian Hikel
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 9, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Shangluo 2024)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$572.19

Ole Sackermann
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 29, 2006 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Shangluo 2024)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$819.04

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	US$960.91
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	US$960.91

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	Q3	17th	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	Futures Jurmala	12	9th	180	€ 375.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	11, Q2	9th	180	€ 200.00

BPT Futures Haikou Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Qualifier 1	Takumi Bando / Shuma Watanabe, Japan (Q12)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:30
Thu, 3/12/2026	Qualifier 2	Hongjun Du / Wei Li, China (14, Q4)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:33
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool B	Olivers Bulgacs / Markuss Graudins, Latvia (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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$875.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	$875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julian Hikel												Ole Sackermann
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	3	2	0	0	$437.50	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	$637.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$437.50	Total	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	1	$637.50

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
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	3	2	60.0 %
2024	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %
2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$575.00	4	4	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$775.00	10	7	58.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julian Hikel													Ole Sackermann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$200.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$287.50	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$387.50
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$387.50	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	2	$587.50

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	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	3	33.3%	1	11.1%	5	55.6%	3-6	33.3%	6-5	54.5%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	10-7	58.8%
2025-2026	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	6-4	60.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0-0		0	0	3-1	75.0%

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	6	1	3	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	6	1	5	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	9

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 B