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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Match #30: Pool G

(7) Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard, France
vs.
(23, Q2) Wies Bekhuis/Desy Poiesz, Netherlands

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$93,919.17

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 (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$93,394.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	75	0	0	2	2	6	1	18	3	10	9	5	9	7	0	2	US$183,804.50
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	78	0	0	2	2	6	1	18	3	12	9	5	9	7	1	2	US$183,804.50

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Alexia Richard - 4th	Lezana Placette - 4th
2024	Alexia Richard - 19th	Lezana Placette - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	15	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
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

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool G	Mila Konink / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (26)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:36
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool G	Wies Bekhuis / Desy Poiesz, Netherlands (23, Q2)

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	40	0	0	2	1	4	1	10	0	8	5	0	$90,250.00
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	78	0	0	2	2	6	1	18	3	26	9	0	$183,690.00

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
42	0	0	2	1	5	10	8	5	0	$45,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	0	2	1	5	10	9	5	0	$46,125.00
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
87	1	0	3	2	7	22	26	9	0	$93,535.00	Total	84	0	0	2	2	9	21	27	9	0	$93,245.00

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 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	74	0	0	2	2	6	1	18	3	24	9	9	$182,190.00	109	129	45.8 %
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
86	1	0	3	2	7	22	26	9	16	$92,785.00	Total	Total	83	0	0	2	2	9	21	27	9	13	$92,495.00

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	64	64.0%	19	19.0%	17	17.0%	83-17	83.0%	23	17.6%	22	16.8%	86	65.6%	23-108	17.6%	64-86	42.7%	42-39	51.9%	3	4	109-129	45.8%
2025-2026	14	58.3%	6	25.0%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	5	17.2%	4	13.8%	20	69.0%	5-24	17.2%	14-20	41.2%	11-8	57.9%	1	0	26-28	48.1%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	12-12	50.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	9-8	52.9%

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	35	1	1	14	17	0	3	2	1	0	0	63	66
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	73	2	2	22	33	0	4	2	2	0	0	116	135

Wies Bekhuis
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 7, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tubbergen

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$27,794.48

Desy Poiesz
Netherlands

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jonkersland

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$12,249.89

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	US$5,815.04

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Emi van Driel - 19th	Lisa Luini - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	19	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 1	Yu Okuno / Nozomi Sekiguchi, Japan (Q31)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:34
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 2	Liva Ebere / Deniela Konstantinova, Latvia (Q18)	Won 21-15, 21-23, 15-11	0:44
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool G	Maddie Anderson / Alaina Chacon, United States (10)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:37
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool G	Lezana Placette / Alexia Richard, France (7)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,900.00
Total	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Wies Bekhuis												Desy Poiesz
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	1	0	2	3	3	0	$13,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$6,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	$3,500.00
16	2	2	2	5	0	3	2	0	0	$3,350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	23	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	0	0	$3,575.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
33	2	2	2	6	0	7	9	3	0	$26,225.00	Total	34	2	1	2	3	4	7	8	3	1	$10,575.00

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
2023	FIVB	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,900.00	11	7	61.1 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,150.00	14	10	58.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Wies Bekhuis													Desy Poiesz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$50.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	$750.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$500.00
5	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2023	FIVB	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$950.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$4,850.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	$825.00
12	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	3	1	$17,000.00	2025	FIVB	11	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	$6,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
32	2	2	2	6	0	7	9	3	1	$25,475.00	Total	Total	34	3	1	2	3	4	7	8	3	3	$9,825.00

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	7	53.8%	4	30.8%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	3	27.3%	1	9.1%	7	63.6%	3-8	27.3%	7-7	50.0%	7-3	70.0%	0	0	14-10	58.3%
2025-2026	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	11	7
Total	0	0	2	0	6	5	0	0	4	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	14	10

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool G