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

Match #26: Semi-Finals

(6, Q1) Niklas Held/Luis Kubo, Germany
vs.
(1) Batuhan Kuru/Yusuf Ozdemir, Türkiye

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$2,084.25

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$800.00

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$1,400.00

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)	Won 21-15, 23-21
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool C	Hongjun Du / Wei Li, China (14, Q4)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-10
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 2	Syver Klungsoyr / Tobias Pedersen, Norway (12, Q2)	Won 21-16, 21-15
Sun, 3/15/2026	Semi-Finals	Batuhan Kuru / Yusuf Ozdemir, Türkiye (1)

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	$1,400.00
Total	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,400.00

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	$1,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00
18	1	0	1	1	3	4	4	0	1	$1,850.00	Total	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00

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	12	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	12	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	7	63.6%	4	36.4%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		7-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	0	12-0	100.0%
2025-2026	7	63.6%	4	36.4%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		7-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	0	12-0	100.0%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	3	30.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	14-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	0	11-0	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	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
Total	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	0

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$4,316.93

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$5,727.75

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$7,753.70

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
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 2	Artem Besarab / Szymon Beta, Poland (3)	Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-9
Sun, 3/15/2026	Semi-Finals	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	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	$2,700.00
Total	15	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	2	1	0	$7,450.00

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	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	1	0	0	0	4	8	2	1	0	$2,650.00
											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	$3,825.00	Total	27	1	0	0	0	4	9	2	2	0	$5,025.00

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	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	2	1	3	$7,050.00	22	20	52.4 %

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	52.2%	5	21.7%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	5	26.3%	2	10.5%	12	63.2%	5-14	26.3%	12-12	50.0%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	22-20	52.4%
2025-2026	8	50.0%	4	25.0%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	5	38.5%	1	7.7%	7	53.8%	5-8	38.5%	8-7	53.3%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	17-12	58.6%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		4-0	100.0%	6-0	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	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	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	13
Total	0	0	6	5	10	9	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	20

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 Haikou	Semi-Finals