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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Tlaxcala
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Match #18: Pool A

(32) Anna Cepek/Ana Juarez, Mexico
vs.
(16) Menia Bentele/Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland

Anna Sofía González Cepek
Mexico

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 2008 (17 yrs old)

Home Town:

Veracruz

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

US$750.00

Ana Sofia Juarez Guzman
Mexico

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 15, 2008 (17 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zacatecas

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

US$750.00

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool A	Giada Bianchi / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (1)	Lost 12-21, 10-21	0:29
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool A	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (16)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Anna Cepek												Ana Juarez
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	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Anna Cepek

Ana Juarez

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$)

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%

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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Menia Bentele
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 26, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Immenstadt

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Cervia 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$16,352.15

Annique Niederhauser
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hondrich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$14,708.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	US$15,747.79

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Anna Lutz - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q12	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	19	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q10	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	22, Q2	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/26-29/2025	BPT Futures Geneva	1	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Messina	6	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	5/21-24/2025	BPT Futures Spiez	5	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q12	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/3/2025	BPT Futures Valencia	6	13th	140	€ 100.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool A	Anna Pavelkova / Katerina Pavelkova, Czechia (17)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:34
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool A	Anna Cepek / Ana Juarez, Mexico (32)

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$11,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00
Total	13	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	4	1	0	$15,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Menia Bentele												Annique Niederhauser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	$2,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	$2,250.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	$8,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$5,875.00
25	1	2	3	1	5	10	2	1	0	$3,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	0	2	0	2	5	3	3	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
48	1	2	4	1	5	14	8	6	1	$14,525.00	Total	28	0	2	0	2	5	5	9	3	0	$13,725.00

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	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	1	1	$10,800.00	13	18	41.9 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	4	1	1	$14,050.00	14	21	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Menia Bentele													Annique Niederhauser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2020	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	$500.00	2021	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	$4,000.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00
12	1	0	3	0	1	2	1	3	1	$1,600.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$700.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	$650.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	1	$5,400.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$8,900.00
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
47	1	2	4	1	5	14	8	6	6	$13,775.00	Total	Total	28	0	3	0	2	5	5	9	3	1	$12,975.00

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	10	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	4	16.0%	3	12.0%	18	72.0%	4-21	16.0%	10-18	35.7%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	14-21	40.0%
2025-2026	10	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	4	16.0%	3	12.0%	18	72.0%	4-21	16.0%	10-18	35.7%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	14-21	40.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	0-14	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-7	12.5%

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	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	2	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	7
Total	0	0	3	3	6	12	0	0	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	21

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool A