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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Sunday, May 17, 2026 Stadium Court 13:00

Match #55: Bronze Medal Match

(1) Xu Yan/Xinyi Xia, China
vs.
(15) Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard, France

Xu Yan
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$27,250.00

Xinyi Xia
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 14, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Urumqi

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

113

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$287,252.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	US$44,750.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Chen Xue - 9th
2014	Did not play	Yuanyuan Ma - 9th
2015	Did not play	Yuanyuan Ma - 9th
2016	Did not play	Chen Xue - 9th
2017	Did not play	Yuanyuan Wang - 17th
2018	Did not play	Fan Wang - 9th
2019	Did not play	Fan Wang - 9th
2024	Mingli Zhou - 25th	Did not play
2025	Mingli Zhou - 17th	Jingzhe Wang - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	4	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	6	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	3	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	37	17th	640	US$7,000.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool A	Kaylee Glagau / Abbey Thorup, Canada (32, Q13)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:48
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool A	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (17)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:37
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 2	Miki Ishii / Mayu Kikuchi, Japan (31, Q10)	Won 17-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:47
Sat, 5/16/2026	Winner 3	Heleene Hollas / Liisa Remmelg, Estonia (16)	Won 21-17, 11-21, 16-14	0:43
Sat, 5/16/2026	Semi-Finals	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (4)	Lost 9-21, 22-24	0:35
Sun, 5/17/2026	Bronze Medal	Lezana Placette / Alexia Richard, France (15)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$35,250.00
Total	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$44,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Xu Yan												Xinyi Xia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$16,000.00
											World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$23,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	2	0	4	10	6	4	0	$90,250.00
8	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	$20,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	6	3	3	1	6	16	11	6	0	$131,287.50
7	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	2	5	1	2	4	4	2	0	0	$25,700.00
17	4	0	1	0	2	3	4	2	0	$27,250.00	Total	113	8	8	6	4	15	33	22	10	0	$286,737.50

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
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$30,750.00	14	7	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$37,750.00	16	9	64.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Xu Yan													Xinyi Xia
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	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$23,750.00
											2014	FIVB	13	0	0	2	0	2	2	3	2	2	$33,187.50
											2015	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	$5,400.00
											2016	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$13,700.00
											2017	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,000.00
											2018	FIVB	14	0	3	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$28,050.00
											2019	FIVB	16	0	0	0	1	1	6	5	3	0	$33,400.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00
											2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$5,500.00
											2022	FIVB	11	1	2	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	$19,100.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2023	FIVB	10	1	0	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	$36,625.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$2,100.00	2024	FIVB	11	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	$45,650.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$5,525.00	2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$15,375.00	2026	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$15,375.00
17	4	0	1	1	2	3	4	2	0	$23,750.00	Total	Total	112	8	8	6	4	15	33	22	10	6	$283,237.50

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	8	47.1%	6	35.3%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	8-5	61.5%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	16-9	64.0%
2025-2026	8	47.1%	6	35.3%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	8-5	61.5%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	16-9	64.0%
Against the Field	4	44.4%	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	9-3	75.0%

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
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	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	14	4
Total	0	0	0	0	8	5	0	0	6	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	16	9

Lézana Placette
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 11, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Croix

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Montpellier 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$92,169.17

Alexia Richard
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 3, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Teste de Buch

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Haikou 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$91,644.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	74	0	0	1	2	6	1	18	3	10	9	5	9	7	0	2	US$180,304.50
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	77	0	0	1	2	6	1	18	3	12	9	5	9	7	1	2	US$180,304.50

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Aline Chamereau - 33rd	Did not play
2018	Aline Chamereau - 33rd	Alexandra Jupiter - 41st
2019	Alexia Richard - 33rd	Lezana Placette - 33rd
2024	Alexia Richard - 5th	Lezana Placette - 5th
2025	Alexia Richard - 9th	Lezana Placette - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	28	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q9	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	19, Q5	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	19, Q4	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q7	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	18	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	24, Q11	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	16	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	18, Q3	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	18, Q1	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool B	Jie Dong / Jiang Kaiyue, China (18)	Won 19-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:46
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool B	Miki Ishii / Mayu Kikuchi, Japan (31, Q10)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:51
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 2	Olivia MacDonald / Shaunna Polley, New Zealand (8)	Won 21-14, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
Sat, 5/16/2026	Winner 3	Molly Phillips / Abby Van Winkle, United States (5)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:37
Sat, 5/16/2026	Semi-Finals	Alexis Durish / Audrey Koenig, United States (14)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 16-18	0:50
Sun, 5/17/2026	Bronze Medal	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (1)

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$21,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	11	2	0	$57,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	0	0	1	1	4	1	10	0	8	5	0	$86,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	2	0	$14,940.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	77	0	0	1	2	6	1	18	3	26	9	0	$180,190.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lezana Placette												Alexia Richard
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	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
23	0	0	0	1	1	6	11	2	0	$28,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	1	1	6	11	2	0	$28,750.00
41	0	0	1	1	5	10	8	5	0	$43,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	0	0	1	1	5	10	9	5	0	$44,375.00
14	1	0	1	0	1	6	1	2	0	$8,660.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	2	0	$7,870.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
86	1	0	2	2	7	22	26	9	0	$91,785.00	Total	83	0	0	1	2	9	21	27	9	0	$91,495.00

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
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	7	5	58.3 %
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$7,300.00	4	9	30.8 %
2019	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	4	$10,000.00	11	14	44.0 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	$10,640.00	11	12	47.8 %
2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	$28,750.00	13	15	46.4 %
2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	1	4	0	0	$52,500.00	24	28	46.2 %
2024	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	8	0	0	$23,750.00	20	22	47.6 %
2025	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	6	3	0	$40,250.00	21	26	44.7 %
Total	FIVB	73	0	0	1	2	6	1	18	3	24	9	9	$173,190.00	104	127	45.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	7	6	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lezana Placette													Alexia Richard
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	2	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
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
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	$600.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	$4,240.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	4	$4,800.00
11	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	5	$5,500.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	4	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	$5,320.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	$5,320.00
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	$14,375.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	$14,375.00
13	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	0	$26,250.00	2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	0	$26,250.00
14	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	0	0	$11,875.00	2024	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	0	0	$11,875.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	3	0	$20,125.00	2025	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	3	0	$20,125.00
85	1	0	2	2	7	22	26	9	16	$88,285.00	Total	Total	82	0	0	1	2	9	21	27	9	13	$87,995.00

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	63	63.6%	19	19.2%	17	17.2%	82-17	82.8%	23	17.7%	22	16.9%	85	65.4%	23-107	17.7%	63-85	42.6%	42-39	51.9%	3	4	108-128	45.8%
2025-2026	13	56.5%	6	26.1%	4	17.4%	19-4	82.6%	5	17.9%	4	14.3%	19	67.9%	5-23	17.9%	13-19	40.6%	11-8	57.9%	1	0	25-27	48.1%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	3	33.3%	1	11.1%	5	55.6%	3-6	33.3%	10-10	50.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	9-6	60.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Youth Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	14	11	10	18	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	26	36
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	20	9	26	34	1	1	14	17	0	3	1	1	0	0	62	65
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	11	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	17
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	34	21	56	72	2	2	22	33	0	4	1	2	0	0	115	134

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/17/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Bronze Medal