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

Match #19: Pool B

(2) Reika Murakami/Asami Shiba, Japan
vs.
(18) Heleene Hollas/Liisa Remmelg, Estonia

Reika Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 10, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hyogo

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$41,171.45

Asami Shiba
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$36,088.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	4	2	US$41,000.00

Previous Nayarit 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	2	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	29	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q14	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Q3	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	24, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q12	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	23	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	30, Q13	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	31	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q14	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	9	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Challenge Nayarit Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool B	Anna Cepek / Ana Juarez, Mexico (31)	Won 21-11, 21-4	0:33
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool B	Heleene Hollas / Liisa Remmelg, Estonia (18)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	$29,000.00
Total	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	4	0	$41,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Reika Murakami												Asami Shiba
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	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$8,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$8,000.00
35	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	10	0	$17,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	1	0	0	1	2	6	8	2	$18,750.00
29	2	3	3	2	7	5	2	3	0	$11,375.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	2	0	5	0	4	6	2	3	0	$5,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
76	2	4	3	2	8	9	14	15	0	$40,375.00	Total	66	2	1	5	0	5	10	13	13	2	$35,550.00

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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	4	2	$22,750.00	9	23	28.1 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	4	2	$38,750.00	16	26	38.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Reika Murakami													Asami Shiba
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	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
9	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	$6,225.00	2018	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$650.00
16	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	8	$3,800.00	2019	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	2	4	$2,600.00
4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$900.00	2020	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
12	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	1	$7,550.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	$6,600.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	2	$800.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	$2,600.00
6	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	$2,100.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	$2,100.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	2	$11,375.00	2025	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	2	$11,375.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
75	2	4	3	2	8	9	14	15	18	$39,250.00	Total	Total	65	2	1	5	0	5	10	13	13	16	$34,425.00

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	60.0%	3	15.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	1	4.5%	3	13.6%	18	81.8%	1-21	4.5%	12-18	40.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	16-26	38.1%
2025-2026	11	64.7%	2	11.8%	4	23.5%	13-4	76.5%	1	4.8%	3	14.3%	17	81.0%	1-20	4.8%	11-17	39.3%	3-7	30.0%	0	0	14-24	36.8%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	10-4	71.4%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	7-2	77.8%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	6	8	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	15
Total	0	0	3	7	8	13	0	0	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	16	26

Heleene Hollas
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 12, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$17,577.64

Liisa Soomets Remmelg
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$17,577.64

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	45	Money
FIVB	51	2	5	2	2	7	0	7	4	3	3	4	6	4	1	0	US$31,448.12
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	52	2	5	2	2	7	0	7	4	3	3	4	6	4	1	1	US$31,448.12

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	21	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	19, Q3	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	14	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	23, Q1	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	23, Q12	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	4	3rd	320	€ 500.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q7	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Messina	2	13th	140	€ 100.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	Futures Jurmala	2	3rd	320	€ 850.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	5	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2025	BPT Futures Qingshan	1	1st	400	US$1,000.00

BPT Challenge Nayarit Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool B	Jie Dong / Jiang Kaiyue, China (15)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:38
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool B	Reika Murakami / Asami Shiba, Japan (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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$7,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	$12,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	33	2	5	2	2	6	0	7	3	5	1	0	$11,150.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	52	2	5	2	2	7	0	7	4	10	6	1	$30,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Heleene Hollas												Liisa Remmelg
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$3,500.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	$6,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	$6,125.00
33	2	5	2	2	6	10	5	1	0	$5,575.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	33	2	5	2	2	6	10	5	1	0	$5,575.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
52	2	5	2	2	7	11	10	6	1	$15,200.00	Total	52	2	5	2	2	7	11	10	6	1	$15,200.00

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
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	1	2	33.3 %
2021	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,600.00	13	8	61.9 %
2022	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	1	0	$2,900.00	12	16	42.9 %
2023	FIVB	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	$2,300.00	16	13	55.2 %
2024	FIVB	12	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	2	$3,300.00	18	16	52.9 %
2025	FIVB	12	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	2	$16,250.00	23	18	56.1 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	50	2	5	2	2	7	0	7	4	10	6	5	$28,150.00	84	75	52.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Heleene Hollas													Liisa Remmelg
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	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
6	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$800.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$800.00
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	$1,450.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	$1,450.00
8	0	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	$1,150.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	$1,150.00
12	0	2	0	1	1	1	4	1	2	$1,650.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	2	0	1	1	1	4	1	2	$1,650.00
12	1	0	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	$8,125.00	2025	FIVB	12	1	0	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	$8,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
51	2	5	2	2	7	11	10	6	6	$14,075.00	Total	Total	51	2	5	2	2	7	11	10	6	6	$14,075.00

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	56	61.5%	19	20.9%	16	17.6%	75-16	82.4%	9	13.2%	20	29.4%	39	57.4%	9-59	13.2%	56-39	58.9%	28-36	43.8%	0	0	84-75	52.8%
2025-2026	19	73.1%	4	15.4%	3	11.5%	23-3	88.5%	1	5.6%	7	38.9%	10	55.6%	1-17	5.6%	19-10	65.5%	5-10	33.3%	0	0	24-20	54.5%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	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	2	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	7	2	9	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	17
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	11	6	32	21	0	0	20	13	7	4	2	2	2	5	74	51
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	16	17	35	33	0	0	22	15	7	4	2	2	2	5	84	76

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 B