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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Haikou
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Match #18: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(15, Q5) Julian Hikel/Ole Sackermann, Germany
vs.
(14, Q4) Hongjun Du/Wei Li, China

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$622.19

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$869.04

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$1,060.91
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$1,060.91

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)	Lost 21-16, 16-21, 12-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool B	Tai Zhang / Chaowei Zhou, China (10)	Won 21-14, 21-16
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 1	Hongjun Du / Wei Li, China (14, Q4)

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	$975.00
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	$975.00

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	$487.50	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	$687.50
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	$487.50	Total	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	1	$687.50

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	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$775.00	11	8	57.9 %
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	7	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	3	33.3%	1	11.1%	5	55.6%	3-6	33.3%	7-5	58.3%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	11-8	57.9%
2025-2026	7	77.8%	0	0.0%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	7-4	63.6%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	8-6	57.1%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	8-2	80.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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	4	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8
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	6	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	10

Hongjun Du
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shandong

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Qingdao 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$3,700.00

Wei Li
China

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 1, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Sanya 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$350.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00

Previous Haikou Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Yanwei Wang - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	15, Q7	5th	240	US$300.00

BPT Futures Haikou Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Qualifier 1	Low Jeng Yih / Chong Xuan, Malaysia (Q13)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:28
Thu, 3/12/2026	Qualifier 2	Julian Hikel / Ole Sackermann, Germany (15, Q5)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:33
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool C	Artem Besarab / Szymon Beta, Poland (3)	Won 21-12, 21-9
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool C	Niklas Held / Luis Kubo, Germany (6, Q1)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 10-15
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 1	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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hongjun Du												Wei Li
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	0	0	1	$1,700.00	World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open
9	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	$1,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$350.00
13	0	0	1	1	2	3	2	0	1	$3,700.00	Total	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$350.00

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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	6	4	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hongjun Du													Wei Li
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	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2023	FIVB
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	$1,250.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	$2,100.00	2025	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
12	0	0	1	1	2	3	2	0	3	$3,600.00	Total	Total	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00

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	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	4-3	57.1%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	6-4	60.0%
2025-2026	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	4-3	57.1%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	6-4	60.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	6-4	60.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Total	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4

Head to Head Results
Hikel/Sackermann lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Haikou	Winner 1
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Haikou	Qualifier 2	Hikel/Sackermann	15, Q5	Du/Li	14, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:33