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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Court #4 11:30

Match #44: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q27) Shiro Furuta/Ryo Tatsumi, Japan
vs.
(Q6) Oliver Merritt/Jed Walker, Australia

Shiro Furuta
Japan

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 29, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hokkaido

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Tahiti 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$850.00

Ryo Tatsumi
Japan

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 18, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	4	2	US$200.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Ryo Tatsumi - 33rd	Shiro Furuta - 33rd
2025	Ryo Tatsumi - 41st	Shiro Furuta - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Q12	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Q19	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	3/12-15/2026	BPT Futures Haikou	Q7	21st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	Q9	21st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Qidong	Q4	17th	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-15/2025	Futures Qingdao	Q4	21st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2025	BPT Futures Qingshan	14, Q5	13th	140	US$100.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q24	41st	100	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Oliver Merritt / Jed Walker, Australia (Q6)

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	$200.00
Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	1	$200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Shiro Furuta												Ryo Tatsumi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	0	0	$350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	$100.00
24	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	1	1	$850.00	Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	1	$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
2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$100.00	1	6	14.3 %
2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$100.00	0	7	0.0 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$0.00	0	4	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	6	$200.00	1	18	5.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Shiro Furuta													Ryo Tatsumi
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	0	1	2	1	0	$550.00	2022	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	$200.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$50.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$50.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$50.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$50.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$0.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$0.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	1	6	$850.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	6	$100.00

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	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	16	100.0%	0-16	0.0%	1-16	5.9%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-18	5.3%
2025-2026	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9	100.0%	0-9	0.0%	0-9	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-11	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-2	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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12
Total	0	0	1	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18

Oliver Merritt
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Caloundra

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$5,200.00

Jed Walker
Australia

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 2, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Coolangatta 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	US$4,050.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	3, Q1	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	13	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Shiro Furuta / Ryo Tatsumi, Japan (Q27)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Oliver Merritt												Jed Walker
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	1	$1,700.00	World Championships
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00
7	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	0	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	$900.00
12	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	1	$5,200.00	Total	13	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	0	0	$2,525.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2	3	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	3	3	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,550.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,050.00	11	9	55.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Oliver Merritt													Jed Walker
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$150.00
7	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	2	$3,375.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	$550.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,775.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,775.00
11	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	2	$5,200.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	0	1	$2,525.00

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	53.8%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	7-4	63.6%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	11-9	55.0%
2025-2026	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	6-4	60.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	9-6	60.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0		0-4	0.0%	0	0	0-2	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	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	3	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	7
Total	0	0	4	1	4	4	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	9

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/13/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Qualifier 2