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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Match #38: Lucky Loser

(24, Q7) Benedikt Sagstetter/Jonas Sagstetter, Germany
vs.
(14) Izac Carracher/Mark Nicolaidis, Australia

Benedikt Sagstetter
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 30, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Munich

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$25,583.85

Jonas Sagstetter
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 21, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Ios 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$25,363.58

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	26	0	1	1	1	7	1	3	1	1	4	1	4	US$48,650.66

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Jonas Sagstetter - 19th	Benedikt Sagstetter - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	6	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	21, Q10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	20, Q6	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	16	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	22, Q13	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	10	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	24, Q14	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	21	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 1	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (21, Q10)	Lost 19-21, 21-23	0:40
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool A	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)	Lost 17-21, 17-21
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool A	Hugo Campos / Joao Pedrosa, Portugal (12)	Won 22-20, 21-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool A	Jonathan Pickett / Sam Schachter, Canada (13)	Lost 17-21, 24-22, 9-15
Sat, 3/14/2026	Lucky Loser	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (14)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$28,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	0	$16,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	1	1	1	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,400.00
Total	26	0	1	1	1	7	1	3	1	6	4	0	$48,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Benedikt Sagstetter												Jonas Sagstetter
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	1	4	1	0	$14,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	$14,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	$8,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	$8,250.00
13	0	2	1	1	5	3	1	0	0	$2,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	1	2	1	5	2	1	0	0	$1,950.00
30	0	2	1	1	8	5	7	4	0	$24,600.00	Total	28	0	1	2	1	8	4	7	4	0	$24,450.00

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
2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	$400.00	5	5	50.0 %
2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,700.00	18	12	60.0 %
2024	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	$9,300.00	17	10	63.0 %
2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	3	0	$32,500.00	12	18	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	1	1	1	7	1	3	1	6	4	0	$43,900.00	52	45	53.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Benedikt Sagstetter													Jonas Sagstetter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	$600.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$200.00
6	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$850.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$850.00
7	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	$4,650.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	$4,900.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	0	$16,250.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	0	$16,250.00
29	0	2	1	1	8	5	7	4	1	$22,350.00	Total	Total	27	0	1	2	1	8	4	7	4	0	$22,200.00

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	40	81.6%	4	8.2%	5	10.2%	44-5	89.8%	8	15.7%	15	29.4%	28	54.9%	8-43	15.7%	40-28	58.8%	12-20	37.5%	1	0	53-48	52.5%
2025-2026	8	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	4	16.0%	4	16.0%	17	68.0%	4-21	16.0%	8-17	32.0%	4-4	50.0%	1	0	13-21	38.2%
Against the Field	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	7	63.6%	1-10	9.1%	16-12	57.1%	2-8	20.0%	1	0	10-10	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	2	4	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	5	9	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	14
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	8	1	11	9	0	0	9	6	1	2	1	1	0	1	30	20
Total	0	0	18	4	20	27	0	0	13	13	1	2	1	1	0	1	53	48

Izac Carracher
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 14, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

St Leonards

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$81,500.00

Mark William Nicolaidis
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Auchenflower

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$81,650.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	46	2	0	0	2	5	0	13	2	7	10	1	1	2	US$163,000.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Mark Nicolaidis - 19th	Izac Carracher - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	12	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	7	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	9	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	14, Q2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	6	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	19	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	13	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	11	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	11	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	7	19th	380	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool B	Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb, United States (11)	Lost 19-21, 16-21
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool B	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (2)	Lost 16-21, 20-22
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool B	Heitor Barbosa / Vinicius Rezende, Brazil (23, Q5)	Won 26-24, 19-21, 15-13
Sat, 3/14/2026	Lucky Loser	Benedikt Sagstetter / Jonas Sagstetter, Germany (24, Q7)

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$22,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	2	6	0	0	$90,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	0	10	1	0	$47,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	46	2	0	0	2	5	0	13	2	18	1	1	$163,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Izac Carracher												Mark Nicolaidis
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	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$11,400.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$11,400.00
18	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	0	0	$45,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	0	0	$45,250.00
21	0	0	0	2	2	5	10	1	0	$23,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	2	2	5	10	1	0	$23,750.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
46	2	0	0	2	5	15	18	1	1	$81,500.00	Total	51	2	0	0	2	5	18	20	1	1	$81,650.00

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
2022	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	6	0	0	$45,750.00	22	24	47.8 %
2023	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	1	2	$25,000.00	15	23	39.5 %
2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	$26,500.00	19	14	57.6 %
2025	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	5	0	0	$61,250.00	21	25	45.7 %
Total	FIVB	45	2	0	0	2	5	0	13	2	18	1	2	$158,500.00	77	86	47.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Izac Carracher													Mark Nicolaidis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
13	1	0	0	0	1	5	6	0	0	$22,875.00	2022	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	1	5	6	0	0	$22,875.00
12	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	$12,500.00	2023	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	$12,500.00
8	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$13,250.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$13,250.00
12	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	0	0	$30,625.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	0	0	$30,625.00
45	2	0	0	2	5	15	18	1	2	$79,250.00	Total	Total	50	2	0	0	2	5	18	20	1	2	$79,400.00

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	48	63.2%	14	18.4%	14	18.4%	62-14	81.6%	12	14.5%	17	20.5%	54	65.1%	12-71	14.5%	48-54	47.1%	26-31	45.6%	4	3	78-88	47.0%
2025-2026	12	63.2%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	5	17.2%	4	13.8%	20	69.0%	5-24	17.2%	12-20	37.5%	9-7	56.3%	1	0	22-27	44.9%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	3	14.3%	4	19.0%	14	66.7%	3-18	14.3%	4-26	13.3%	8-14	36.4%	1	0	7-20	25.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	1	15	29	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	37
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	17	21	0	5	8	7	0	2	0	2	0	0	32	39
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	11	2
Total	0	0	17	3	42	58	0	6	15	17	2	2	0	2	2	0	78	88

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Lucky Loser