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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Match #20: Pool B

(11) Andy Benesh/Taylor Crabb, United States
vs.
(23, Q7) Joppe Van Langendonck/Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium

Andy Benesh
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'9")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$122,650.00

Taylor Crabb
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 26, 1992 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

185 cm (6'0")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Chetumal 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$168,275.00

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Miles Partain - 4th	Taylor Sander - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	11	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool B	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (14)	Lost 21-17, 21-23, 16-18	0:51
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool B	Joppe Van Langendonck / Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium (23, Q7)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool B	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00
Total	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andy Benesh												Taylor Crabb
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
20	1	1	3	0	4	9	1	0	0	$90,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	1	2	4	6	3	0	0	$74,500.00
9	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	$15,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	1	0	2	0	4	14	8	5	0	$63,775.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
35	2	2	3	1	8	13	3	1	0	$122,650.00	Total	58	1	0	3	3	10	21	13	6	0	$168,275.00

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	6	2	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andy Benesh													Taylor Crabb
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$15,500.00
											2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	$23,000.00
											2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	$27,750.00
											2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	0	0	$32,900.00
											2020	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$300.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	$22,500.00
8	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$10,975.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$9,375.00
9	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$56,625.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$3,250.00
7	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$24,000.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$22,250.00	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
34	2	2	3	1	8	13	3	1	1	$122,650.00	Total	Total	57	1	0	3	3	10	21	13	6	0	$168,275.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-1	80.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	0	6-2	75.0%
2025-2026	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-1	80.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	0	6-2	75.0%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	8-2	80.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	0	6-2	75.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	2
Total	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	2

Joppe Van Langendonck
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 15, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$15,460.63

Kyan Vercauteren
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 8, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stekene

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$15,827.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	21	3	1	0	0	2	0	5	1	0	2	1	3	2	US$29,652.46
FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	22	4	1	0	0	2	0	5	1	0	2	1	3	2	US$29,652.46

Previous Saquarema 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	7	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	Q14	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	30, Q11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Q11	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	3	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q9	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	7/18-21/2025	Futures Leuven	3	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	7/3-6/2025	Futures Montpellier	2	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Q18	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Qidong	7	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	5	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q5	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Qualifier 1	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (Q10)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:46
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool B	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (2)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:36
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool B	Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb, United States (11)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool B	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (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	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$25,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	$4,100.00
Total	21	3	1	0	0	2	0	5	1	2	1	0	$29,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joppe Van Langendonck												Kyan Vercauteren
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00
8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$12,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$12,625.00
15	2	1	0	0	2	7	3	0	0	$2,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	2	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	0	$2,500.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
27	3	1	0	0	2	9	5	1	0	$14,875.00	Total	28	3	1	0	0	4	9	4	1	0	$15,125.00

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
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2	2	50.0 %
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
2024	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$3,400.00	6	7	46.2 %
2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	5	$5,750.00	20	13	60.6 %
2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	7	1	87.5 %
Total	FIVB	20	3	1	0	0	2	0	5	1	2	1	5	$29,350.00	35	23	60.3 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joppe Van Langendonck													Kyan Vercauteren
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	2021	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$200.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$50.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$1,700.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$1,950.00
12	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	5	$2,875.00	2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	5	$2,875.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
27	4	1	0	0	2	9	5	1	5	$14,875.00	Total	Total	28	4	1	0	0	4	9	4	1	5	$15,125.00

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	28	80.0%	4	11.4%	3	8.6%	32-3	91.4%	3	13.0%	4	17.4%	16	69.6%	3-20	13.0%	28-16	63.6%	7-7	50.0%	0	0	35-23	60.3%
2025-2026	21	77.8%	4	14.8%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	11	78.6%	2-12	14.3%	21-11	65.6%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	27-14	65.9%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	2-8	20.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	2-6	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	5	4	2	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	13	9
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	12	3	0	0	3	6	3	0	0	0	2	1	21	10
Total	0	0	6	8	16	6	0	0	6	8	4	0	0	0	3	1	35	23

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool B