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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Friday, May 15, 2026

Match #22: Pool C

(30, Q7) Olivers Bulgacs/Markuss Graudins, Latvia
vs.
(14) Tomas Semerad/Adam Stocek, Czechia

Olivers Bulgacs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 11, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Dikili 2022)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$5,111.86

Markuss Graudins
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Nuvali 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$4,374.46

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	4	1	1	US$8,363.81

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	24, Q2	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/12-15/2026	BPT Futures Haikou	2	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	18	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	9, Q2	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Warsaw	7	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	Futures Jurmala	9	13th	140	€ 225.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	Futures Prague	10	9th	180	€ 200.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Florian Breer / Mathis Kalin, Switzerland (Q26)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:32
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 3	Soloman Bushby / Justin Schumann, Australia (Q10)	Won 25-23, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool C	Joppe Van Langendonck / Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium (3)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:36
Fri, 5/15/2026	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	5	0	0	$1,925.00
Total	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	5	1	0	$8,175.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Olivers Bulgacs												Markuss Graudins
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$3,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,125.00
16	0	0	2	1	2	5	6	0	0	$1,512.50	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	1	1	0	5	5	0	0	$962.50
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
27	0	1	2	1	2	6	8	4	0	$4,637.50	Total	15	0	0	1	1	0	6	5	1	0	$4,087.50

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$200.00	5	4	55.6 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$1,525.00	14	11	56.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$4,950.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	5	1	0	$6,675.00	24	24	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Olivers Bulgacs													Markuss Graudins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	$550.00	2023	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00
6	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	$762.50	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	$762.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$2,475.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$2,475.00
27	0	1	2	1	2	6	8	5	2	$3,887.50	Total	Total	14	0	0	1	1	0	6	5	1	0	$3,337.50

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	66.7%	3	14.3%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	7	25.9%	4	14.8%	16	59.3%	7-20	25.9%	14-16	46.7%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	24-24	50.0%
2025-2026	10	62.5%	3	18.8%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	5	25.0%	2	10.0%	13	65.0%	5-15	25.0%	10-13	43.5%	8-5	61.5%	0	0	18-18	50.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	6-14	30.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-9	30.8%

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	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	9	5	8	6	0	0	3	5	0	2	1	1	0	0	21	19
Total	0	0	11	5	8	10	0	0	4	6	0	2	1	1	0	0	24	24

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)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:40
Fri, 5/15/2026	Pool C	Olivers Bulgacs / Markuss Graudins, Latvia (30, Q7)

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	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	1	1	0	$10,900.00	17	17	50.0 %

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	6.3%	1	6.3%	14	87.5%	1-15	6.3%	14-14	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	17-17	50.0%
2025-2026	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	100.0%	0-10	0.0%	10-10	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	11-12	47.8%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	0-0		0	0	2-5	28.6%

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	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
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	8	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	17

Head to Head Results
Semerad/Stocek lead the series 2-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool C
3/7/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 2	Semerad/Stocek	6	Bulgacs/Graudins	18	21-18, 21-14	0:37
6/6/25	FIVB	Futures Prague	Pool B	Semerad/Stocek	7	Bulgacs/Graudins	10	21-16, 21-19	1:01
5/3/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Winner 1	Bulgacs/Graudins	10, Q1	Semerad/Stocek	6	21-17, 21-18	0:40