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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Friday, May 15, 2026 Court #2 12:00

Match #40: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(23) Chenoa Christ/Sophia Neuss, Germany
vs.
(8) Shaunna Polley/Olivia MacDonald, New Zealand

Chenoa Christ
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 14, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wiesbaden

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$12,383.65

Sophia Neuß
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$6,657.68

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	US$11,000.00

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	22	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	26, Q4	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	11	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool G	Sofiia Kurnikova / Tetiana Lazarenko, Ukraine (10)	Won 13-21, 21-15, 18-16	1:02
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool G	Elizabeth Alchin / Jasmine Fleming, Australia (7)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:33
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	Olivia MacDonald / Shaunna Polley, New Zealand (8)

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$11,000.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$11,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chenoa Christ												Sophia Neuss
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	0	4	1	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
16	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	0	$7,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,500.00
16	3	2	1	0	4	2	4	0	0	$3,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	$900.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
37	3	2	1	0	4	5	10	5	0	$11,025.00	Total	11	0	1	0	2	0	5	2	0	0	$6,400.00

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	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$8,750.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$8,750.00	7	6	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chenoa Christ													Sophia Neuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$550.00	2021	FIVB
6	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	$900.00	2022	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	3	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	1	$2,950.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2024	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$1,125.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	$900.00
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$4,375.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$4,375.00
36	3	2	1	0	4	5	10	5	6	$9,900.00	Total	Total	12	0	1	0	2	0	6	2	0	1	$5,275.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	4-3	57.1%	2-3	40.0%	1	0	7-6	53.8%
2025-2026	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	4-3	57.1%	2-3	40.0%	1	0	7-6	53.8%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	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	0	5	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Total	0	0	1	0	5	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6

Shaunna Marie Polley
New Zealand

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 14, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hamiton

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

54 kg (119 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$28,125.11

Olivia MacDonald
New Zealand

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 29, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pio Pio

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Nuvali 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$21,860.83

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	18	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	1	2	5	2	US$30,300.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Alice Zeimann - 17th	Did not play
2025	Olivia MacDonald - 33rd	Shaunna Polley - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	1	2nd	360	US$700.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	33	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	4	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q9	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	24, Q2	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q13	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q8	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	23, Q3	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	30, Q12	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q7	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool H	Sunniva Helland-Hansen / Nina Pavlova, Norway (25, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:34
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool H	Urszula Lunio / Natalia Okla, Poland (24)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:33
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	Chenoa Christ / Sophia Neuss, Germany (23)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$21,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
Total	18	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	1	2	5	0	$30,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Shaunna Polley												Olivia MacDonald
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	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	$3,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$2,500.00
17	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	4	0	$13,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	$12,500.00
23	4	1	1	3	10	2	1	0	0	$7,410.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	26	1	2	0	2	6	7	7	0	0	$3,150.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
50	4	1	1	4	11	6	7	8	0	$27,160.00	Total	49	1	2	0	3	7	10	13	6	0	$21,650.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2025	FIVB	14	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	2	4	2	$25,350.00	24	19	55.8 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	1	2	5	2	$28,050.00	30	24	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Shaunna Polley													Olivia MacDonald
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
4	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2017	FIVB
3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	$950.00	2018	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	2	$900.00
6	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$2,260.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$5,450.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	$100.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$650.00	2023	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	0	1	$5,050.00
5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$2,250.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$1,450.00
14	1	0	0	1	3	1	2	4	2	$12,675.00	2025	FIVB	14	1	0	0	1	3	1	2	4	2	$12,675.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$350.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$350.00
49	4	1	1	4	11	6	7	8	7	$26,035.00	Total	Total	48	1	2	0	3	7	10	13	6	6	$20,525.00

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	21	65.6%	6	18.8%	5	15.6%	27-5	84.4%	3	13.6%	3	13.6%	16	72.7%	3-19	13.6%	21-16	56.8%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	30-24	55.6%
2025-2026	20	66.7%	6	20.0%	4	13.3%	26-4	86.7%	3	14.3%	3	14.3%	15	71.4%	3-18	14.3%	20-15	57.1%	9-7	56.3%	0	0	29-22	56.9%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	8-6	57.1%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	3	6	6	0	0	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	14	14
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	13	3
Total	0	0	4	8	16	7	0	0	7	6	2	1	0	1	1	1	30	24

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1