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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nayarit
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Match #6: Pool C

(14) Sofia Gonzalez/Ana Vergara, Spain
vs.
(19) Sunniva Helland-Hansen/Nina Pavlova, Norway

Sofía González Racero
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 27, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Malaga

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

59 kg (130 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$18,126.66

Ana Vergara
Spain

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 12, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santander

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$11,077.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	US$10,604.21

Previous Nayarit Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	14	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	4	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	28, Q8	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Nayarit Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool C	Sunniva Helland-Hansen / Nina Pavlova, Norway (19)

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$10,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$300.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	$10,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sofia Gonzalez												Ana Vergara
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
14	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	1	0	$13,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,125.00
16	2	0	1	0	6	5	2	0	0	$2,725.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	0	0	2	0	4	4	4	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
35	2	1	1	1	7	12	5	1	0	$16,850.00	Total	21	0	0	2	0	4	9	5	0	0	$10,375.00

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
2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$300.00	3	4	42.9 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	4	2	66.7 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	$9,050.00	9	10	47.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sofia Gonzalez													Ana Vergara
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$300.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$250.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
7	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	$5,400.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	$350.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$300.00
6	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$4,625.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
7	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	$2,675.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	$6,225.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00
34	2	1	1	1	7	12	5	1	4	$16,100.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	2	0	4	9	5	0	0	$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	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	7-9	43.8%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	9-10	47.4%
2025-2026	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	4-6	40.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	6-6	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	0-0		0	0	1-3	25.0%

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	0	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Total	0	0	3	3	4	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	10

Sunniva Helland-Hansen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 5, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bergen

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Busan Gwangalli 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$18,731.10

Nina Pavlova
Norway

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Banska Bistrica

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Busan Gwangalli 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$5,217.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	1	1	US$10,285.39

Previous Nayarit Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	Q5	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	24, Q11	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q1	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	2	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q12	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	3	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/14-17/2025	Futures Busan Gwangalli	7	2nd	360	US$700.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q19	41st	100	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Nayarit Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool C	Sofia Gonzalez / Ana Vergara, Spain (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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	$7,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	$10,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sunniva Helland-Hansen												Nina Pavlova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	$5,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$3,750.00
27	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	5	0	$11,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
6	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
46	0	1	0	1	5	5	11	8	0	$18,450.00	Total	10	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	$5,100.00

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	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	$8,700.00	10	11	47.6 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	2	$8,700.00	10	12	45.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sunniva Helland-Hansen													Nina Pavlova
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	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$650.00	2019	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00	2021	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	1	0	$7,875.00	2022	FIVB
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	$3,325.00	2023	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$500.00	2024	FIVB
8	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	$4,350.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	$4,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
45	0	1	0	1	5	5	11	8	14	$17,700.00	Total	Total	9	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	2	$4,350.00

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	8	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	9	75.0%	2-10	16.7%	8-9	47.1%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	10-12	45.5%
2025-2026	8	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	9	75.0%	2-10	16.7%	8-9	47.1%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	10-12	45.5%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	5
Total	0	0	1	5	5	3	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	12

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool C