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

Match #9: Pool A

(1) Batuhan Kuru/Yusuf Ozdemir, Türkiye
vs.
(8) Jonah Kjemperud/Sebastian Kjemperud, Norway

Batuhan Kuru
Türkiye

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 12, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$4,216.93

Yusuf Ozdemir
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Seyhan

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$5,627.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	15	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	2	1	3	US$7,553.70

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 Challenge Bhubaneswar	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q6	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	4	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	9, Q1	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	12	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q28	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	8	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/8-11/2025	BPT Futures Madrid	Q1	17th	100	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	BPT Futures Valencia	13, Q6	13th	140	€ 100.00

BPT Futures Haikou Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool A	Majak Gundersen / Havard Solheim, Norway (16, Q6)	Won 21-17, 21-8
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool A	Jonah Kjemperud / Sebastian Kjemperud, Norway (8)	Won 21-12, 15-21, 15-10

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$4,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	15	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	2	1	0	$7,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Batuhan Kuru												Yusuf Ozdemir
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	1	0	$2,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,375.00
14	1	0	0	0	2	6	4	0	0	$1,350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	1	0	0	0	4	8	2	1	0	$2,550.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
20	1	0	0	0	2	7	4	1	0	$3,725.00	Total	27	1	0	0	0	4	9	2	2	0	$4,925.00

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
2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$200.00	2	4	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	3	4	42.9 %
2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	$3,100.00	13	10	56.5 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	2	1	3	$7,050.00	21	20	51.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Batuhan Kuru													Yusuf Ozdemir
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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$950.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$300.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$100.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$100.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00
8	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$1,550.00	2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$1,550.00
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
20	1	0	0	0	2	7	4	1	5	$3,625.00	Total	Total	26	1	0	0	0	4	9	2	2	8	$4,825.00

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	12	54.5%	4	18.2%	6	27.3%	16-6	72.7%	5	26.3%	2	10.5%	12	63.2%	5-14	26.3%	12-12	50.0%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	21-20	51.2%
2025-2026	8	53.3%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	5	38.5%	1	7.7%	7	53.8%	5-8	38.5%	8-7	53.3%	8-5	61.5%	0	0	16-12	57.1%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		4-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	4-0	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	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	2	10	6	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	13
Total	0	0	6	5	10	9	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	21	20

Jonah Andre Lyngaas Kjemperud
Norway

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 10, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stavanger

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$450.00

Sebastian Lyngaas Kjemperud
Norway

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 9, 2008 (18 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 ( Doha 2025)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	US$900.00

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	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2025	Futures Laginha Beach	8	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	12/4-7/2025	Futures Pompano Beach	9	9th	180	US$200.00

BPT Futures Haikou Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool A	Deyu Cao / Xianwu Weng, China (9)	Won 21-15, 21-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool A	Batuhan Kuru / Yusuf Ozdemir, Türkiye (1)	Lost 12-21, 21-15, 10-15

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	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jonah Kjemperud												Sebastian Kjemperud
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	$450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$450.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	$450.00	Total	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	3	4	42.9 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$700.00	5	7	41.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jonah Kjemperud													Sebastian Kjemperud
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
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$250.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$250.00
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	2	4	0	0	$350.00	Total	Total	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$350.00

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	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4	66.7%	0-6	0.0%	3-4	42.9%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	5-7	41.7%
2025-2026	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4	66.7%	0-6	0.0%	3-4	42.9%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	5-7	41.7%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%

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	4	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7
Total	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7

Head to Head Results
Kuru/Ozdemir lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Haikou	Pool A	Kuru/Ozdemir	1	Kjemperud/Kjemperud	8	21-12, 15-21, 15-10