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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Thursday, May 14, 2026 Court #2 09:00

Match #2: Pool A

(16) Heleene Hollas/Liisa Remmelg, Estonia
vs.
(17) Menia Bentele/Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland

Heleene Hollas
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 12, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$18,827.64

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$18,827.64

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	45	Money
FIVB	52	2	5	2	2	7	0	8	4	3	3	4	6	4	1	0	US$33,948.12
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	53	2	5	2	2	7	0	8	4	3	3	4	6	4	1	1	US$33,948.12

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	18	9th	460	US$3,250.00
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 Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool A	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (17)

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	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	1	$14,750.00
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	53	2	5	2	2	7	0	8	4	10	6	1	$32,900.00

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
14	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	$7,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	$7,375.00
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
53	2	5	2	2	7	12	10	6	1	$16,450.00	Total	53	2	5	2	2	7	12	10	6	1	$16,450.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$4,750.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	51	2	5	2	2	7	0	8	4	10	6	5	$31,400.00	85	77	52.5 %
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

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,375.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,375.00
52	2	5	2	2	7	12	10	6	6	$15,700.00	Total	Total	52	2	5	2	2	7	12	10	6	6	$15,700.00

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	60.9%	20	21.7%	16	17.4%	76-16	82.6%	9	12.9%	20	28.6%	41	58.6%	9-61	12.9%	56-41	57.7%	29-36	44.6%	0	0	85-77	52.5%
2025-2026	19	70.4%	5	18.5%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	1	5.0%	7	35.0%	12	60.0%	1-19	5.0%	19-12	61.3%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	25-22	53.2%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%

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	10	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	19
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	34	0	0	23	16	7	4	2	2	2	5	85	78

Menia Bentele
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 26, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Immenstadt

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Cervia 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$18,727.15

Annique Niederhauser
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hondrich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$17,083.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	15	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	US$20,497.79

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Muriel Bossart - 33rd	Leona Kernen - 25th
2025	Annique Niederhauser - 33rd	Menia Bentele - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	21, Q7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	16	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q12	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	19	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q10	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	22, Q2	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/26-29/2025	BPT Futures Geneva	1	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Messina	6	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	5/21-24/2025	BPT Futures Spiez	5	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q12	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool A	Heleene Hollas / Liisa Remmelg, Estonia (16)

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	4	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	$14,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00
Total	15	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	6	1	0	$20,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Menia Bentele												Annique Niederhauser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	$3,500.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	1	$9,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$7,000.00
25	1	2	3	1	5	10	2	1	0	$3,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	0	2	0	2	5	3	3	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
50	1	2	4	1	5	14	10	6	1	$16,900.00	Total	30	0	2	0	2	5	5	11	3	0	$16,100.00

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
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	1	1	$10,800.00	13	18	41.9 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$8,000.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	6	1	1	$18,800.00	16	25	39.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Menia Bentele													Annique Niederhauser
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	2020	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	$500.00	2021	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	$4,000.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00
12	1	0	3	0	1	2	1	3	1	$1,600.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$700.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	$650.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	1	$5,400.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$8,900.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$4,000.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$4,000.00
49	1	2	4	1	5	14	10	6	6	$16,150.00	Total	Total	30	0	3	0	2	5	5	11	3	1	$15,350.00

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	11	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	5	16.7%	4	13.3%	21	70.0%	5-25	16.7%	11-21	34.4%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	16-25	39.0%
2025-2026	11	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	5	16.7%	4	13.3%	21	70.0%	5-25	16.7%	11-21	34.4%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	16-25	39.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8	80.0%	0-10	0.0%	0-16	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	0-10	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	3	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	7
Total	0	0	4	3	7	15	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	16	25

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 A