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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Alanya
Thursday, June 11, 2026 Court #2 15:00

Match #5: Pool C

(3) Thomas Hodges/Ben Hood, Australia
vs.
(30, Q16) Lukas Niemeier/Bence Tari, Hungary

Thomas Hodges
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

East Melbourne

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$93,877.95

Ben Hood
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 22, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toowoomba

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Nuvali 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$22,081.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	US$34,050.00

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Zachery Schubert - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	10	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	15	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	21	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	28, Q6	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	1	5th	240	US$300.00

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool C	Lukas Niemeier / Bence Tari, Hungary (30, Q16)

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	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$33,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00
Total	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$34,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Hodges												Ben Hood
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,200.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
10	0	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	$23,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
31	2	2	1	1	8	7	5	4	0	$61,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	$18,000.00
6	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	0	1	0	1	4	11	4	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
52	2	4	3	1	10	13	12	5	1	$93,550.00	Total	35	1	1	0	1	6	12	7	1	2	$21,800.00

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
2026	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$32,550.00	16	7	69.6 %
Total	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$32,550.00	16	7	69.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thomas Hodges													Ben Hood
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	1	1	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB
10	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	$16,575.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
14	1	1	1	0	2	5	4	0	0	$29,000.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$500.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$19,125.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	3	$1,100.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	$11,825.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	$3,175.00
5	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$16,275.00	2026	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$16,275.00
51	2	4	3	1	10	13	12	5	1	$92,800.00	Total	Total	35	1	1	0	1	6	12	8	1	5	$21,050.00

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	8	61.5%	4	30.8%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	3	33.3%	0	0.0%	6	66.7%	3-6	33.3%	8-6	57.1%	7-1	87.5%	1	0	16-7	69.6%
2025-2026	8	61.5%	4	30.8%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	3	33.3%	0	0.0%	6	66.7%	3-6	33.3%	8-6	57.1%	7-1	87.5%	1	0	16-7	69.6%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	6-8	42.9%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	6-4	60.0%

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	1	0	5	3	0	0	6	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	1	0	7	3	0	0	6	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	16	7

Lukas Niemeier
Hungary

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 30, 2007 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sveti Vlas 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$4,243.30

Bence Tari
Hungary

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 25, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sveti Vlas 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$3,996.45

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,556.64

Previous Alanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/4-7/2026	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	1	1st	400	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Cervia	5	4th	280	€ 600.00
FIVB	5/7-10/2026	BPT Futures Madrid	4	4th	280	€ 600.00
FIVB	3/30-4/2/2026	BPT Futures Tahiti	7	2nd	360	US$700.00
FIVB	3/24-27/2026	BPT Futures Rarotonga	7	5th	240	US$300.00

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/10/2026	Qualifier 1	Domonkos Doczi / Akos Veress, Hungary (Q17)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:47
Wed, 6/10/2026	Qualifier 2	Laurenc Grossig / Julian Horl, Austria (Q1)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool C	Thomas Hodges / Ben Hood, Australia (3)

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	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,700.00
Total	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lukas Niemeier												Bence Tari
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	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
16	1	2	0	2	4	0	7	0	0	$2,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	1	1	0	3	1	5	4	0	0	$2,450.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
18	1	2	0	2	4	0	7	0	0	$3,400.00	Total	18	1	1	0	3	2	5	4	0	0	$3,200.00

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
2026	FIVB	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,700.00	19	8	70.4 %
Total	FIVB	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,700.00	19	8	70.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lukas Niemeier													Bence Tari
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$300.00
											2024	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	1	$450.00	2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$1,850.00	2026	FIVB	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$1,850.00
19	1	2	0	2	4	0	7	0	3	$2,650.00	Total	Total	18	1	1	0	3	2	6	4	0	1	$2,450.00

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	8	57.1%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	7	53.8%	2	15.4%	4	30.8%	7-6	53.8%	8-4	66.7%	11-4	73.3%	0	0	19-8	70.4%
2025-2026	8	57.1%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	7	53.8%	2	15.4%	4	30.8%	7-6	53.8%	8-4	66.7%	11-4	73.3%	0	0	19-8	70.4%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	0-8	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	3-6	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	6	1	2	2	0	2	1	1	17	8
Total	0	0	2	0	8	2	0	0	6	1	2	2	0	2	1	1	19	8

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/11/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool C