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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) Niklas Held/Luis Kubo, Germany
vs.
(11) Yuan Liu/Yuan Mao, China

Niklas Held
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 11, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sanya 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$1,934.25

Luis Kubo
Germany

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 4, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sanya 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$650.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,100.00

Previous Haikou Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Hennes Nissen - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	13, Q6	1st	400	US$1,000.00

BPT Futures Haikou Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Qualifier 1	Fabian Isaksson / Vincent Sundell, Sweden (Q16)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:32
Thu, 3/12/2026	Qualifier 2	Sihong Guo / Jinyang Song, China (Q8)	Won 21-10, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool C	Yuan Liu / Yuan Mao, China (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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00
Total	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Niklas Held												Luis Kubo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open
15	1	0	1	1	3	4	4	0	0	$1,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00
18	1	0	1	1	3	4	4	0	1	$1,700.00	Total	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00

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
2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	9	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	9	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Niklas Held													Luis Kubo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$200.00	2023	FIVB
7	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	$450.00	2024	FIVB
5	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	$500.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
17	1	0	1	1	3	4	4	0	3	$1,650.00	Total	Total	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00

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%	3	37.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		5-0	100.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	0	9-0	100.0%
2025-2026	5	62.5%	3	37.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		5-0	100.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	0	9-0	100.0%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	0	8-0	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	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
Total	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0

Yuan Liu
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 2008 (17 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sichuan

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,000.00

Yuan Mao
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sichuan

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	US$2,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	US$2,000.00

Previous Haikou Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Yuan Mao - 33rd	Yuan Liu - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	8	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB Age Group WC	10/15-19/2025	U21 World Championships	13	9th	144	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2025	BPT Futures Qingshan	11	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	8	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/8-11/2025	BPT Futures Songkhla	Q12	17th	100	US$0.00

BPT Futures Haikou Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool C	Niklas Held / Luis Kubo, Germany (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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$500.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Yuan Liu												Yuan Mao
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$1,000.00	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$1,000.00

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
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$1,700.00	2	5	28.6 %
2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	$1,900.00	3	8	27.3 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Yuan Liu													Yuan Mao
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	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$850.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$950.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	$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	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	1-7	12.5%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	3-8	27.3%
2025-2026	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	1-7	12.5%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-7	30.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0		0	0	0-2	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	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Total	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8

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