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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Court #2 16:50

Match #4: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q8) Piotr Kantor/Filip Lejawa, Poland
vs.
(Q25) Toms Liepa/Ernests Puskundzis, Latvia

Piotr Kantor
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 3, 1992 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sosnowiec

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

143

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$444,523.23

Filip Lejawa
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Madrid 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$9,577.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	US$15,129.34

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Jakub Zdybek - 9th	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Szymon Beta - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	24	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	18	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	18	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q9	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	23, Q10	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Warsaw	1	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	30	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Ios	8	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q21	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	Futures Krakow	3	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	5/29-6/1/2025	Futures Battipaglia	4	5th	240	€ 300.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 1	Toms Liepa / Ernests Puskundzis, Latvia (Q25)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$9,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	2	2	0	$14,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Piotr Kantor												Filip Lejawa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships
4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$50,000.00	World Tour Finals
49	1	2	2	0	5	12	15	5	0	$217,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,250.00
70	2	4	3	4	16	19	7	3	1	$146,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	$5,125.00
7	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	$5,350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	0	0	1	0	5	7	4	0	0	$1,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$0.00
143	6	8	7	5	27	33	28	9	1	$444,125.00	Total	33	0	0	1	0	6	11	7	4	0	$8,875.00

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	8	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	$8,950.00	13	11	54.2 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$6,000.00	2	7	22.2 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	2	2	2	$14,950.00	15	18	45.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Piotr Kantor													Filip Lejawa
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	0	0	2	$0.00	2009	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$4,000.00	2012	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	$18,125.00	2013	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	0	$41,500.00	2014	FIVB
13	0	1	0	0	3	3	3	0	3	$46,875.00	2015	FIVB
16	1	0	3	0	4	7	1	0	0	$82,875.00	2016	FIVB
9	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	$64,000.00	2017	FIVB
11	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	$78,000.00	2018	FIVB
10	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	$30,500.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2020	FIVB
8	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	$25,000.00	2021	FIVB
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	$11,875.00	2022	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$100.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	1	0	1	3	5	3	0	0	$24,125.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$200.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$5,625.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	$950.00
10	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	3	$4,725.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	2	$4,625.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$3,000.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$3,000.00
142	6	8	7	5	27	33	28	9	19	$444,125.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	1	0	7	11	7	4	3	$8,875.00

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	12	80.0%	1	6.7%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	2	11.1%	3	16.7%	13	72.2%	2-16	11.1%	12-13	48.0%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	15-18	45.5%
2025-2026	12	80.0%	1	6.7%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	2	11.1%	3	16.7%	13	72.2%	2-16	11.1%	12-13	48.0%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	15-18	45.5%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	2-10	16.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-6	14.3%

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	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	3	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5
Total	0	0	2	3	11	7	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	18

Toms Liepa
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 21, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Qidong 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$2,093.70

Ernests Puskundzis
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Qidong 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$2,589.32

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	US$2,206.92
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	10	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	US$2,206.92

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Ernests Puskundzis - 3rd	Toms Liepa - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q24	41st	100	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 1	Piotr Kantor / Filip Lejawa, Poland (Q8)

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	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	9	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Toms Liepa												Ernests Puskundzis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
7	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	$1,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	1	0	2	0	2	5	3	0	0	$1,837.50
11	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	$2,000.00	Total	18	1	0	2	0	2	5	5	0	0	$2,337.50

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
2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	3	2	60.0 %
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
2024	FIVB	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,900.00	12	8	60.0 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	$2,200.00	15	11	57.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Toms Liepa													Ernests Puskundzis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$150.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$950.00	2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	$1,450.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$900.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$737.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	1	2	$2,000.00	Total	Total	18	1	0	2	0	2	6	5	0	2	$2,337.50

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	11	68.8%	2	12.5%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	8	80.0%	2-8	20.0%	11-8	57.9%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	15-11	57.7%
2025-2026	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-1	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	5	5	0	0	5	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	9
Total	0	0	2	3	5	5	0	0	5	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	11

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Qualifier 1