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

Match #49: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(3) David Ahman/Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden
vs.
(9) Elouan Chouikh/Joadel Gardoque, France

David Åhman
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Umea

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$406,649.40

Jonatan Hellvig
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 5, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stockholm

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$406,649.40

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	52	14	6	4	3	9	0	6	0	1	2	2	3	1	US$811,802.34
FIVB Age Group WC	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	55	16	6	4	3	9	0	6	0	1	2	3	3	1	US$811,802.34

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Jonatan Hellvig - 1st	David Ahman - 1st
2024	Jonatan Hellvig - 3rd	David Ahman - 3rd
2025	Jonatan Hellvig - 9th	David Ahman - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	3	1st	1600	US$60,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	3	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	2	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	2	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/12-15/2025	BPT Futures Malmo	1	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	4	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	1	5th	760	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool C	Cody Caldwell / Jacob LaBouliere, United States (22, Q12)	Won 21-8, 21-15
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool C	Moritz Pristauz / Philipp Waller, Austria (15)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 19-17
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool C	Saymon Barbosa / George Wanderley, Brazil (10)	Won 21-13, 23-21
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 1	Mateus De Paula / Adelmo Goncalves, Brazil (17, Q4)	Won 21-11, 21-12
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 2	Elouan Chouikh / Joadel Gardoque, France (9)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Youth Olympic Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$105,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$230,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	8	4	1	1	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	$415,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	2	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	$54,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	0	2	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$6,300.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	55	16	6	4	3	9	0	6	0	3	3	0	$811,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

David Ahman												Jonatan Hellvig
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$52,500.00	World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$52,500.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$115,000.00	World Tour Finals	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$115,000.00
23	8	4	1	1	5	1	2	0	0	$207,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	8	4	1	1	5	1	2	0	0	$207,750.00
13	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	$27,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	$27,125.00
12	1	0	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	$3,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	0	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	$3,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
56	16	6	4	3	9	6	3	3	0	$405,525.00	Total	55	16	6	4	3	9	6	3	3	0	$405,525.00

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
2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	1	2	33.3 %
2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	1	87.5 %
2019	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	5	7	41.7 %
2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
2020	FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$2,300.00	12	4	75.0 %
2021	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	$16,000.00	17	11	60.7 %
2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
2022	FIVB	7	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$50,750.00	24	7	77.4 %
2023	FIVB	9	4	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$323,500.00	43	10	81.1 %
2024	FIVB	9	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$242,000.00	47	7	87.0 %
2025	FIVB	9	2	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$165,900.00	36	13	73.5 %
Total	FIVB	51	14	6	4	3	9	0	6	0	3	2	4	$802,050.00	185	61	75.2 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	14	4	77.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

David Ahman													Jonatan Hellvig
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	0	0	1	$100.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$700.00	2019	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,150.00	2020	FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,150.00
8	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	$8,000.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	$8,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$25,375.00	2022	FIVB	7	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$25,375.00
9	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$161,750.00	2023	FIVB	9	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$161,750.00
9	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$121,000.00	2024	FIVB	9	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$121,000.00
9	2	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	$82,950.00	2025	FIVB	9	2	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	$82,950.00
55	16	6	4	3	9	6	3	3	5	$401,025.00	Total	Total	54	16	6	4	3	9	6	3	3	4	$401,025.00

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	122	71.8%	36	21.2%	12	7.1%	158-12	92.9%	28	40.0%	15	21.4%	27	38.6%	28-42	40.0%	122-27	81.9%	64-27	70.3%	3	7	189-61	75.6%
2025-2026	29	78.4%	5	13.5%	3	8.1%	34-3	91.9%	5	45.5%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	5-6	45.5%	29-3	90.6%	10-6	62.5%	1	4	40-13	75.5%
Against the Field	20	83.3%	3	12.5%	1	4.2%	23-1	95.8%	5	50.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	5-5	50.0%	40-2	95.2%	16-6	72.7%	1	1	29-5	85.3%

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	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	2
Youth Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	13	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	11	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	51	7	0	0	24	6	12	2	1	1	8	4	97	22
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	3	14	6	0	0	11	4	2	2	1	1	2	0	38	16
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	2	13	5	0	0	7	5	1	3	2	1	1	0	25	16
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Total	0	0	10	7	95	27	0	0	56	15	22	7	4	3	16	6	203	65

Elouan Chouikh-Barbez
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 1, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$36,018.30

Joadel Gardoque
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$35,063.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	3	1	US$68,042.41

Previous Joao Pessoa Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	16	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	17, Q1	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	29, Q7	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/3-6/2025	Futures Montpellier	1	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	BPT Futures Geneva	5	13th	140	€ 100.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	32, Q23	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	27, Q6	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Q16	41st	100	US$0.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool D	Adrielson Dos Santos / Arthur da Silva, Brazil (16)	Won 21-19, 21-14
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool D	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (21, Q10)	Won 21-17, 21-18
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool D	Calvin Aye / Remi Bassereau, France (4)	Lost 19-21, 16-21
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 1	Trevor Crabb / Wyatt Harrison, United States (18, Q3)	Won 21-18, 21-14
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 2	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (3)

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	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	$13,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00
Total	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	3	1	$67,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Elouan Chouikh												Joadel Gardoque
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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$26,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$26,750.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	$6,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	$6,625.00
13	2	0	0	2	1	4	4	0	0	$1,800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$1,150.00
25	3	0	0	2	2	6	6	4	1	$35,175.00	Total	19	2	0	0	0	4	5	3	3	1	$34,525.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00	7	4	63.6 %
2025	FIVB	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	$54,850.00	23	14	62.2 %
Total	FIVB	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	3	1	$58,850.00	30	18	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Elouan Chouikh													Joadel Gardoque
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	$250.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$550.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$300.00
7	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	0	$2,450.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	$2,300.00
9	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	$27,425.00	2025	FIVB	9	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	$27,425.00
24	3	0	0	2	2	6	6	4	1	$30,675.00	Total	Total	18	2	0	0	0	4	5	3	3	1	$30,025.00

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	20	58.8%	7	20.6%	7	20.6%	27-7	79.4%	6	33.3%	2	11.1%	10	55.6%	6-12	33.3%	20-10	66.7%	13-9	59.1%	0	0	33-19	63.5%
2025-2026	17	58.6%	5	17.2%	7	24.1%	22-7	75.9%	4	33.3%	1	8.3%	7	58.3%	4-8	33.3%	17-7	70.8%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	26-15	63.4%
Against the Field	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	16-4	80.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	8-3	72.7%

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	1	0	4	3	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	3	4	6	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	13
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	2
Total	0	0	11	3	10	11	0	0	8	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	33	19

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	Winner 2