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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 15,000 BPT Futures Krakow
Friday, June 5, 2026 Court #1 14:50

Match #2: Pool A

(8) Artem Besarab/Szymon Beta, Poland
vs.
(9) Toms Liepa/Ernests Puskundzis, Latvia

Artem Besarab
Poland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 16, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lublin

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd ( Puebla 2025)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Leuven 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$1,896.65

Szymon Beta
Poland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd ( Puebla 2025)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Sanya 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$2,121.31

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	US$1,845.28
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	9	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	US$1,845.28

Previous Krakow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Mateusz Florczyk - 13th	Did not play
2025	Michal Kucharski - 21st	Szymon Pietraszek - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Wuhan	6	9th	180	US$300.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q16	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q12	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/7-10/2026	BPT Futures Madrid	3	5th	240	€ 450.00
FIVB	3/12-15/2026	BPT Futures Haikou	3	5th	240	US$450.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	1	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB Age Group WC	10/15-19/2025	U21 World Championships	2	2nd	288	US$0.00

BPT Futures Krakow Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/5/2026	Pool A	Toms Liepa / Ernests Puskundzis, Latvia (9)

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	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	8	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Artem Besarab												Szymon Beta
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$500.00
13	0	0	1	1	3	4	3	0	0	$1,475.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	0	0	0	1	2	6	4	0	0	$1,287.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
19	0	0	1	1	3	5	3	0	1	$1,475.00	Total	22	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	2	1	$1,787.50

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
2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	2	75.0 %
2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	$1,600.00	10	9	52.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	$1,600.00	10	9	52.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	7	3	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Artem Besarab													Szymon Beta
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$250.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$500.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	$300.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	$312.50
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	$800.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	$800.00
20	0	1	1	1	3	5	3	0	6	$1,400.00	Total	Total	23	0	1	0	1	3	6	5	2	5	$1,712.50

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	8	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	8-5	61.5%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	10-9	52.6%
2025-2026	8	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	8-5	61.5%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	10-9	52.6%
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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	7
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	3	3	6	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	10

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$2,353.84

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$2,849.46

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	US$2,671.92
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	12	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	US$2,671.92

Previous Krakow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Did not play	Sandis Berzins - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Wuhan	9	9th	180	US$300.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q25	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q24	41st	100	US$0.00

BPT Futures Krakow Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/5/2026	Pool A	Artem Besarab / Szymon Beta, Poland (8)

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	8	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,650.00
Total	11	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,650.00

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
9	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	$1,475.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	1	0	2	0	2	6	3	0	0	$2,062.50
13	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	1	0	$2,225.00	Total	20	1	0	2	0	2	6	5	0	0	$2,562.50

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$300.00	1	4	20.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	3	$2,500.00	16	14	53.3 %
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$150.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$150.00
13	1	0	1	0	3	3	1	1	3	$2,150.00	Total	Total	20	1	0	2	0	2	7	5	0	3	$2,487.50

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	64.7%	3	17.6%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	11	84.6%	2-11	15.4%	11-11	50.0%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	16-14	53.3%
2025-2026	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-3	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-4	20.0%
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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	6	6	0	0	5	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	16	11
Total	0	0	2	4	6	6	0	0	5	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	16	14

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 Krakow	Pool A