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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 15,000 BPT Futures Sveti Vlas
Thursday, June 4, 2026 Court #1 13:30

Match #7: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q7) Tomas Pala/Ondrej Sotola, Czechia
vs.
(Q10) Armin Kender/Urmas Piik, Estonia

Tomas Pala
Czechia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 29, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Benesov

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Corigliano Rossano 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$393.70

Ondrej Sotola
Czechia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Neratovice

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Corigliano Rossano 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$417.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	Money
FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	10	0	1	US$543.85

Previous Sveti Vlas Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Ondrej Sotola - 17th	Tomas Pala - 17th
2025	Ondrej Sotola - 17th	Tomas Pala - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/21-24/2026	BPT Futures Apeldoorn	Q9	21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	Q9	21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	Q10	21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Messina	13, Q3	13th	140	€ 100.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	Q4	17th	100	€ 0.00

BPT Futures Sveti Vlas Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/4/2026	Qualifier 1	Armin Kender / Urmas Piik, Estonia (Q10)

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	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	14	0	0	$500.00
Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	14	0	0	$500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tomas Pala												Ondrej Sotola
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	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
25	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	0	0	$300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	0	0	$300.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	0	0	$300.00	Total	22	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	0	0	$300.00

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
2018	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	0	4	0.0 %
2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	$0.00	2	5	28.6 %
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2	3	40.0 %
2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$200.00	3	4	42.9 %
2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$100.00	2	6	25.0 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	14	0	1	$500.00	9	24	27.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tomas Pala													Ondrej Sotola
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	2015	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2018	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$50.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	0	3	$300.00	Total	Total	22	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	0	1	$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	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	2	8.3%	3	12.5%	19	79.2%	2-22	8.3%	6-19	24.0%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	9-24	27.3%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	1-7	12.5%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-7	22.2%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0		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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	8	15	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	23
Total	0	0	8	16	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	24

Armin Kender
Estonia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 2008 (18 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th ( Doha 2025)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (Sveti Vlas 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Urmas Piik
Estonia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Rakvere 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$1,027.95

Team Career Summary

Previous Sveti Vlas Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Patrik Parijogi - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

BPT Futures Sveti Vlas Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/4/2026	Qualifier 1	Tomas Pala / Ondrej Sotola, Czechia (Q7)

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$)

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Armin Kender												Urmas Piik
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Total	10	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$700.00

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

Armin Kender													Urmas Piik
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$50.00
											2024	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$0.00	Total	Total	10	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	1	$700.00

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	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	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

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/4/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	Qualifier 1