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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 15,000 BPT Futures Sveti Vlas
Friday, June 5, 2026 Court #1 14:30

Match #7: Pool D

(4) Dimitar Kalchev/Dimitar Mehandzhiyski, Bulgaria
vs.
(13, Q7) Tomas Pala/Ondrej Sotola, Czechia

Dimitar Kalchev
Bulgaria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 20, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Sveti Vlas 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$1,468.50

Dimitar Mehandzhiyski
Bulgaria

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Sveti Vlas 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$1,615.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	3	3	0	US$1,953.42

Previous Sveti Vlas Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Dimitar Mehandzhiyski - 13th	Dimitar Kalchev - 13th
2025	Dimitar Mehandzhiyski - 3rd	Dimitar Kalchev - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Cervia	10	13th	140	€ 150.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	13	13th	140	€ 100.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Warsaw	6	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	10	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	7/18-21/2025	Futures Leuven	9	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	7/3-6/2025	Futures Montpellier	Q1	17th	100	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	4	3rd	320	€ 500.00

BPT Futures Sveti Vlas Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/5/2026	Pool D	Tomas Pala / Ondrej Sotola, Czechia (13, 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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	6	0	0	$1,700.00
Total	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	6	0	0	$1,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dimitar Kalchev												Dimitar Mehandzhiyski
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
18	0	0	1	0	0	9	7	0	0	$1,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	0	0	1	0	0	10	6	0	0	$1,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
19	0	0	1	0	0	9	8	0	0	$1,000.00	Total	18	0	0	1	0	0	10	6	0	0	$1,100.00

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
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	0	2	0.0 %
2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$100.00	0	5	0.0 %
2025	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	$1,200.00	8	13	38.1 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	6	0	0	$1,550.00	8	22	26.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dimitar Kalchev													Dimitar Mehandzhiyski
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	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$200.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$300.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$50.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$50.00
8	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	$600.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00
18	0	0	1	0	0	9	8	0	0	$925.00	Total	Total	17	0	0	1	0	0	10	6	0	0	$1,025.00

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	4	44.4%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	0	0.0%	4	20.0%	16	80.0%	0-20	0.0%	4-16	20.0%	3-6	33.3%	1	0	8-22	26.7%
2025-2026	4	50.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	3	21.4%	11	78.6%	0-14	0.0%	4-11	26.7%	3-4	42.9%	1	0	8-15	34.8%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	6	4	12	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	22
Total	0	0	1	6	4	12	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	22

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$503.84

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$527.26

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	Money
FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	10	0	1	US$708.85

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)	Won 25-23, 21-17	0:38
Thu, 6/4/2026	Qualifier 2	Giacomo Spadoni / Marco Ulisse, Italy (10, Q2)	Lost 11-21, 16-21	2:15
Fri, 6/5/2026	Pool D	Dimitar Kalchev / Dimitar Mehandzhiyski, Bulgaria (4)

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	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	15	0	0	$650.00
Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	15	0	0	$650.00

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
26	0	0	0	0	0	5	21	0	0	$375.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	22	0	0	0	0	0	5	17	0	0	$375.00
29	0	0	0	0	0	5	21	0	0	$375.00	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	5	17	0	0	$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
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$150.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	15	0	1	$650.00	10	25	28.6 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$75.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$75.00
29	0	0	0	0	0	5	21	0	3	$375.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	5	17	0	1	$375.00

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	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	8.0%	3	12.0%	20	80.0%	2-23	8.0%	7-20	25.9%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	10-25	28.6%
2025-2026	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	2-8	20.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-8	27.3%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-0		0	0	1-2	33.3%

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
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	9	16	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	24
Total	0	0	9	17	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	25

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/5/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	Pool D