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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Thursday, May 14, 2026 Court #6 12:00

Match #6: Pool C

(14) Tomas Semerad/Adam Stocek, Czechia
vs.
(19) Joao Mares/Gabriel Zuliani, Brazil

Tomas Semerad
Czechia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 18, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Klaipeda 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$19,680.90

Adam Miroslav Stocek
Czechia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Prague

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$6,557.68

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	US$12,508.95

Previous Xiamen 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	6	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	Q8	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	21, Q5	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q12	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	4, Q1	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	Futures Prague	7	5th	240	€ 300.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool C	Joao Mares / Gabriel Zuliani, Brazil (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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,400.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	1	1	0	$12,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tomas Semerad												Adam Stocek
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
14	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	2	0	$8,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,250.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	$8,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
14	0	0	0	1	6	6	1	0	0	$2,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	0	0	3	4	5	0	0	$800.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
41	0	0	0	2	9	11	12	3	0	$19,025.00	Total	17	0	0	0	0	4	5	6	1	0	$6,300.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	6	5	54.5 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$5,200.00	8	10	44.4 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	1	1	0	$10,900.00	17	16	51.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tomas Semerad													Adam Stocek
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	$1,000.00	2021	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
11	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	1	1	$8,675.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$2,650.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	$850.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$350.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$2,600.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$2,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
40	0	0	0	2	9	11	12	3	3	$18,275.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	4	5	6	1	0	$5,550.00

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	14	77.8%	2	11.1%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	1	6.7%	1	6.7%	13	86.7%	1-14	6.7%	14-13	51.9%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	17-16	51.5%
2025-2026	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9	100.0%	0-9	0.0%	10-9	52.6%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	11-11	50.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	0-0		0	0	2-4	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	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	0	6	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	11
Total	0	0	5	2	9	7	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	16

Joao Pedro Mares Nascimento
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 22, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Nayarit 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$3,250.00

Gabriel Zuliani
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 3, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paranavai

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Bujumbura 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$3,850.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$6,500.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	31, Q8	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Q16	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool C	Tomas Semerad / Adam Stocek, Czechia (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$6,500.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	$6,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joao Mares												Gabriel Zuliani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$3,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$3,250.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$3,250.00	Total	10	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	$3,850.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	$5,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	$5,000.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joao Mares													Gabriel Zuliani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											2025	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$2,500.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$2,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	$2,500.00	Total	Total	9	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	$3,100.00

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	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-4	33.3%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
2025-2026	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-4	33.3%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	100.0%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Total	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool C