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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Court #4 12:30

Match #34: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q17) Vaclav Kurka/Krystof Oliva, Czechia
vs.
(Q16) Jumpei Ikeda/Takumi Takahashi, Japan

Vaclav Kurka
Czechia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Nuvali 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$1,971.65

Krystof Jan Oliva
Czechia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 9, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Nuvali 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$5,719.88

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	14	1	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	2	1	1	US$3,354.74
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	15	1	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	US$3,354.74

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/11-14/2025	Futures Laginha Beach	5	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Warsaw	8, Q1	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	14	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	BPT Futures Geneva	8	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	Futures Prague	9, Q1	5th	240	€ 300.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Jumpei Ikeda / Takumi Takahashi, Japan (Q16)

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	$3,100.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	15	1	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	2	1	1	$3,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vaclav Kurka												Krystof Oliva
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$0.00
11	1	0	0	1	4	3	2	0	0	$1,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	1	1	0	2	4	4	6	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00
15	1	0	0	1	4	3	2	1	1	$1,550.00	Total	29	1	1	0	2	4	6	7	3	1	$4,900.00

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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2024	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	$1,600.00	10	7	58.8 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	14	12	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	13	1	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	2	1	1	$3,100.00	24	20	54.5 %
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

Vaclav Kurka													Krystof Oliva
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	$200.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$2,850.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	$800.00	2024	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	$800.00
6	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	$750.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	$750.00
14	1	0	0	1	4	3	2	1	2	$1,550.00	Total	Total	29	1	1	0	2	4	7	7	3	4	$4,900.00

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	13	65.0%	5	25.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	5	21.7%	8	34.8%	10	43.5%	5-18	21.7%	13-10	56.5%	10-10	50.0%	1	0	24-20	54.5%
2025-2026	8	66.7%	3	25.0%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	2	15.4%	4	30.8%	7	53.8%	2-11	15.4%	8-7	53.3%	5-5	50.0%	1	0	14-12	53.8%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-2	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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	2	10	8	0	0	6	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	23	18
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	6	5	10	8	0	0	6	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	24	21

Jumpei Ikeda
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 1993 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kumamoto

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,110.83

Takumi Takahashi
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 1, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saitama

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Bangkok 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$14,070.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	15	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	5	0	1	1	US$2,900.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Did not play	Hitoshi Murakami - 25th
2015	Did not play	Junki Hatabe - 25th
2019	Did not play	Yoshiumi Hasegawa - 41st
2025	Takumi Takahashi - 33rd	Jumpei Ikeda - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/30-4/2/2026	BPT Futures Tahiti	6	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/24-27/2026	BPT Futures Rarotonga	1	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	2	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	8/20-23/2025	Futures Bujumbura	3	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Qidong	12	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	6/12-15/2025	Futures Qingdao	4	13th	140	US$100.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q8	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Vaclav Kurka / Krystof Oliva, Czechia (Q17)

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	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	5	0	1	0	$2,900.00
Total	15	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	5	0	1	0	$2,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jumpei Ikeda												Takumi Takahashi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	$4,100.00
37	0	2	1	1	5	14	8	2	0	$2,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	29	1	1	1	1	4	13	7	1	0	$7,900.00
42	0	2	1	1	5	14	8	3	0	$2,900.00	Total	49	1	1	1	1	4	13	10	8	0	$14,000.00

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
2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2024	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,200.00	6	7	46.2 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	$900.00	5	11	31.3 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	5	0	1	1	$2,900.00	17	23	42.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jumpei Ikeda													Takumi Takahashi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
											2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$2,800.00
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB	9	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	$3,300.00
13	0	0	1	0	2	4	2	1	3	$850.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	$4,050.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$100.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	$500.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$500.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	$250.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$600.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$600.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	$450.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	$450.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$400.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$400.00
41	0	2	1	1	5	14	8	3	7	$2,900.00	Total	Total	48	1	1	1	1	4	13	10	8	9	$14,000.00

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	66.7%	2	11.1%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	3	13.6%	2	9.1%	17	77.3%	3-19	13.6%	12-17	41.4%	5-6	45.5%	0	0	17-23	42.5%
2025-2026	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	10	76.9%	1-12	7.7%	8-10	44.4%	2-5	28.6%	0	0	10-15	40.0%
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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	1	11	13	0	0	3	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	16	22
Total	0	0	2	2	11	13	0	0	3	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	17	23

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