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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Friday, May 15, 2026 Court #3 12:00

Match #36: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(17) Annique Niederhauser/Menia Bentele, Switzerland
vs.
(10) Tetiana Lazarenko/Sofiia Kurnikova, Ukraine

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$17,458.85

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$19,102.15

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$21,247.79

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Leona Kernen - 25th	Muriel Bossart - 33rd
2025	Menia Bentele - 33rd	Annique Niederhauser - 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)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:49
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool A	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (1)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:37
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	Sofiia Kurnikova / Tetiana Lazarenko, Ukraine (10)

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	$14,750.00
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	$21,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Annique Niederhauser												Menia Bentele
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	$3,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$7,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	1	$9,875.00
15	0	2	0	2	5	3	3	0	0	$2,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	1	2	3	1	5	10	2	1	0	$3,900.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
30	0	2	0	2	5	5	11	3	0	$16,475.00	Total	50	1	2	4	1	5	14	10	6	1	$17,275.00

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	4	8	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	6	1	1	$18,800.00	17	26	39.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Annique Niederhauser													Menia Bentele
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	$500.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	$4,000.00
6	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$700.00	2023	FIVB	12	1	0	3	0	1	2	1	3	1	$1,600.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	$650.00
12	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$8,900.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	1	$5,400.00
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
30	0	3	0	2	5	5	11	3	1	$15,350.00	Total	Total	49	1	2	4	1	5	14	10	6	6	$16,150.00

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	91.7%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	5	16.1%	4	12.9%	22	71.0%	5-26	16.1%	11-22	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	17-26	39.5%
2025-2026	11	91.7%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	5	16.1%	4	12.9%	22	71.0%	5-26	16.1%	11-22	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	17-26	39.5%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	18.2%	9	81.8%	0-11	0.0%	0-18	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	1-11	8.3%

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	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	4	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	12
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	8	16	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	26

Tetiana Lazarenko
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 18, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaporozhye

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$42,459.63

Sofiia Kurnikova
Ukraine

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 6, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Bhubaneswar 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$3,625.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,250.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool G	Chenoa Christ / Sophia Neuss, Germany (23)	Lost 21-13, 15-21, 16-18	1:02
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool G	Mareet Maidhof / Tabea Schwarz, Germany (26, Q2)	Won 19-21, 21-11, 16-14	0:52
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tetiana Lazarenko												Sofiia Kurnikova
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	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$7,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
9	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$21,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,625.00
20	4	3	5	0	5	2	0	0	0	$5,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
39	7	3	6	0	6	7	5	2	0	$40,000.00	Total	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,625.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Tetiana Lazarenko													Sofiia Kurnikova
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	1	0	0	1	$100.00	2020	FIVB
5	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2021	FIVB
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
5	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2022	FIVB
9	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	$1,650.00	2023	FIVB
8	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	$9,100.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$25,375.00	2025	FIVB
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
38	7	3	6	0	6	7	5	2	2	$38,875.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$2,500.00

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0-0	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%
2025-2026	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0-0	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0-0	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%

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	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

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