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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Coolangatta
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Match #26: Semi-Finals

(5) Takemi Nishibori/Riko Tsujimura, Japan
vs.
(2) Francesca Alupei/Beata Vaida, Romania

Takemi "Take" Nishibori
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 20, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hiratsuka

Height:

171 cm (5'7")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

173

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Manila 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$76,037.50

Riko Tsujimura
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 19, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Nuvali 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$1,970.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	US$2,200.00

Previous Coolangatta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Asami Shiba - 9th	Did not play
2023	Did not play	Kana Motomura - 5th
2024	Sayaka Yamada - 9th	Megumi Murakami - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/11-14/2025	Futures Laginha Beach	5	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	Q12	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q5	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	8/14-17/2025	Futures Busan Gwangalli	8	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q18	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2025	BPT Futures Qingshan	5	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q14	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	Futures Nuvali	5	5th	240	US$300.00

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool D	Erica Brok / Kaeli Crews, United States (12)	Lost 15-21, 21-17, 9-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool D	Lara Limbrick / Lina Mueller, Australia (13, Q2)	Won 21-8, 21-14
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 1	Suzuna Fukuda / Ami Shirahata, Japan (10, Q1)	Won 21-12, 21-12
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 2	Kayla Mears / Tara Phillips, Australia (3)	Won 22-20, 21-11
Sun, 3/15/2026	Semi-Finals	Francesca Alupei / Beata Vaida, Romania (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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	10	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Takemi Nishibori												Riko Tsujimura
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
51	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	0	$22,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
90	0	1	0	0	1	7	15	17	0	$40,062.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
31	1	1	2	2	9	12	2	1	0	$13,225.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	0	0	1	1	7	2	6	0	0	$1,900.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenger
173	1	3	2	2	10	22	18	24	0	$76,037.50	Total	27	0	0	1	1	7	2	6	2	0	$1,900.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	1	80.0 %
2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,300.00	10	11	47.6 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,800.00	14	12	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Takemi Nishibori													Riko Tsujimura
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00	2006	FIVB
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	$2,150.00	2008	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	$5,150.00	2009	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	$1,400.00	2010	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	$3,525.00	2011	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$4,550.00	2012	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	$6,750.00	2013	FIVB
11	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	$7,000.00	2014	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB C&S
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	5	$14,600.00	2015	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	$3,287.50	2016	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$800.00	2017	FIVB
10	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	1	$5,425.00	2018	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	1	$8,600.00	2019	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$150.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$500.00	2020	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2021	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	$6,600.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	$400.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	$400.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$450.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$500.00
8	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	$650.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	$650.00
172	1	3	2	2	10	22	18	24	90	$75,837.50	Total	Total	26	0	0	1	1	7	2	6	2	7	$1,700.00

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	9	64.3%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	5	31.3%	4	25.0%	7	43.8%	5-11	31.3%	9-7	56.3%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	17-13	56.7%
2025-2026	7	58.3%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	6	46.2%	3-10	23.1%	7-6	53.8%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	13-12	52.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-2	50.0%	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	6	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	16	9
Total	0	0	1	4	9	3	0	0	6	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	17	13

Francesca Ioana Alupei
Romania

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 3, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bucuresti

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$5,359.25

Beata Vaida
Romania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 28, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Satu-Mare

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$10,293.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	11	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	US$10,423.21

Previous Coolangatta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Beata Vaida - 21st	Francesca Alupei - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	7	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	3	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	24, Q3	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2025	Futures Bondues Lille Metropole	6	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	9/11-14/2025	Futures Warsaw	9	3rd	320	€ 500.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	8	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q17	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	Futures Nuvali	11, Q2	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	4/8-11/2025	BPT Futures Songkhla	16, Q15	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Q14	21st	60	US$0.00

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool B	Paurine Oto / Kako Yajima, Japan (15, Q5)	Won 21-8, 21-14
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool B	Suzuna Fukuda / Ami Shirahata, Japan (10, Q1)	Won 21-17, 21-13
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 2	Devin Corah / Kayla Law-Heese, Canada (6)	Won 20-22, 21-18, 19-17
Sun, 3/15/2026	Semi-Finals	Takemi Nishibori / Riko Tsujimura, Japan (5)

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	11	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$10,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francesca Alupei												Beata Vaida
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,125.00
8	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$1,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	23	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	1	0	$4,700.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
11	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	$5,125.00	Total	36	2	1	1	2	6	5	5	2	0	$9,825.00

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	8	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	$3,850.00	17	14	54.8 %
2026	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	10	1	90.9 %
Total	FIVB	10	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	$9,850.00	27	15	64.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francesca Alupei													Beata Vaida
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$150.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	$3,200.00
											2019	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	$1,350.00
8	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,925.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,925.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2026	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
10	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	$4,925.00	Total	Total	35	2	1	1	2	6	5	5	2	11	$9,625.00

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	16	72.7%	2	9.1%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	9	45.0%	3	15.0%	8	40.0%	9-11	45.0%	16-8	66.7%	11-7	61.1%	0	0	27-15	64.3%
2025-2026	16	72.7%	2	9.1%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	9	45.0%	3	15.0%	8	40.0%	9-11	45.0%	16-8	66.7%	11-7	61.1%	0	0	27-15	64.3%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-0	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	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	1	10	4	0	0	6	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	22	11
Total	0	0	5	2	12	5	0	0	7	5	1	2	1	1	1	0	27	15

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Semi-Finals