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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
Saturday, May 23, 2026 09:30

Match #48: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(1) Eylon Elazar/Kevin Cuzmiciov, Israel
vs.
(19) Bintang Akbar/Sofyan Efendi, Indonesia

Eylon Elazar
Israel

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 11, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gazit

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$44,114.75

Kevin Cuzmiciov
Israel

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 14, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ashdod

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$38,452.55

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	27	3	3	2	0	4	0	4	0	2	1	3	4	US$72,479.92

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Kevin Cuzmiciov - 9th	Eylon Elazar - 9th
2025	Kevin Cuzmiciov - 9th	Eylon Elazar - 9th
2025	Kevin Cuzmiciov - 2nd	Eylon Elazar - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	2	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	7	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	9	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	3	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	21	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	19, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q5	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	Q4	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	9	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	22, Q2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	Futures Krakow	2	1st	400	€ 1,000.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool A	Kristoffer Abell / Lundby Andersen, Denmark (32, Q21)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:35
Fri, 5/22/2026	Pool A	Karolis Palubinskas / Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania (16)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:38
Sat, 5/23/2026	Winner 2	Bintang Akbar / Sofyan Efendi, Indonesia (19)

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	2	1	0	$64,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	2	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,900.00
Total	27	3	3	2	0	4	0	4	0	3	3	0	$72,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Eylon Elazar												Kevin Cuzmiciov
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$3,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,250.00
25	1	0	2	0	2	4	3	4	0	$34,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	1	0	2	0	2	3	2	1	0	$32,375.00
21	3	5	2	0	3	4	3	1	0	$4,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	2	4	0	2	3	3	3	0	0	$3,750.00
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	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
55	4	5	4	0	5	9	10	7	0	$42,475.00	Total	38	3	4	2	2	5	6	6	4	0	$37,375.00

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	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	8	5	61.5 %
2024	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,300.00	9	8	52.9 %
2025	FIVB	12	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	1	$23,950.00	30	15	66.7 %
2026	FIVB	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$40,250.00	18	5	78.3 %
Total	FIVB	26	3	3	2	0	4	0	4	0	3	3	4	$68,900.00	65	33	66.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Eylon Elazar													Kevin Cuzmiciov
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2020	FIVB
7	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	$350.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	$700.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
13	0	2	1	0	1	3	4	2	0	$5,450.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$200.00
6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	$1,700.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$2,100.00
8	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	$1,150.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	$650.00
12	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	$11,975.00	2025	FIVB	12	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	$11,975.00
4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,125.00	2026	FIVB	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,125.00
54	4	5	4	0	5	9	10	7	10	$40,850.00	Total	Total	37	3	4	2	2	5	6	6	4	5	$35,750.00

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	43	76.8%	5	8.9%	8	14.3%	48-8	85.7%	17	41.5%	6	14.6%	18	43.9%	17-24	41.5%	43-18	70.5%	22-14	61.1%	0	1	65-33	66.3%
2025-2026	36	80.0%	4	8.9%	5	11.1%	40-5	88.9%	8	36.4%	3	13.6%	11	50.0%	8-14	36.4%	36-11	76.6%	12-8	60.0%	0	1	48-20	70.6%
Against the Field	15	83.3%	2	11.1%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	30-4	88.2%	10-2	83.3%	0	1	20-4	83.3%

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	5	15	6	1	0	11	7	1	2	2	0	1	0	37	20
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	13	3	0	0	7	3	5	0	0	0	2	3	27	9
Total	0	0	7	7	28	11	1	0	18	10	6	2	2	0	3	3	65	33

Bintang Akbar
Indonesia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mojokerto

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Qingshan 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$5,925.00

Sofyan Rachman Efendi
Indonesia

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Qingshan 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$5,925.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	8	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	US$11,850.00

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Sofyan Efendi - 5th	Bintang Akbar - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	20	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Qidong	1	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	6/12-15/2025	Futures Qingdao	2	2nd	360	US$700.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool C	Philipp Huster / Sven Winter, Germany (14)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	0:36
Fri, 5/22/2026	Pool C	Jack Pearse / D'Artagnan Potts, Australia (3)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:40
Fri, 5/22/2026	Winner 1	Ryan Ierna / Hagen Smith, United States (25)	Won 20-22, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
Sat, 5/23/2026	Winner 2	Kevin Cuzmiciov / Eylon Elazar, Israel (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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$9,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00
Total	8	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$11,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bintang Akbar												Sofyan Efendi
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	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$4,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$4,625.00
5	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
10	1	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$5,925.00	Total	8	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	$5,925.00

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	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,300.00	7	4	63.6 %
2025	FIVB	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,300.00	11	8	57.9 %
Total	FIVB	7	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,600.00	18	12	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bintang Akbar													Sofyan Efendi
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	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,150.00	2024	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,150.00
4	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$3,150.00	2025	FIVB	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$3,150.00
9	1	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$4,300.00	Total	Total	7	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	$4,300.00

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	14	70.0%	2	10.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	6	46.2%	4-9	30.8%	14-6	70.0%	6-7	46.2%	0	0	20-13	60.6%
2025-2026	10	66.7%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	10-4	71.4%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	13-9	59.1%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-3	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	2	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	15	8
Total	0	0	0	0	9	7	0	0	8	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	20	13

Head to Head Results
Akbar/Efendi lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2
10/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Akbar/Efendi	20	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	14	21-18, 21-19	0:38