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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Alanya
Thursday, June 11, 2026 Stadium Court 17:00

Match #15: Pool H

(8) Batuhan Kuru/Yusuf Ozdemir, Türkiye
vs.
(25) Jonathan Pickett/Sam Schachter, Canada

Batuhan Kuru
Türkiye

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 12, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$7,266.93

Yusuf Ozdemir
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Seyhan

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$8,677.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	18	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	2	3	US$13,653.70

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Ali Cebeci - 9th
2025	Yusuf Ozdemir - 25th	Batuhan Kuru - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	27	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	21	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/12-15/2026	BPT Futures Haikou	1	2nd	360	US$1,050.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q6	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	4	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	9, Q1	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	12	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q28	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	8	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool H	Jonathan Pickett / Sam Schachter, Canada (25)

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$10,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$3,350.00
Total	18	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	2	0	$13,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Batuhan Kuru												Yusuf Ozdemir
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,000.00
14	1	1	0	0	2	6	4	0	0	$1,775.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	1	1	0	0	4	8	2	1	0	$2,975.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
23	1	1	0	0	2	7	5	2	0	$6,775.00	Total	30	1	1	0	0	4	9	3	3	0	$7,975.00

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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$200.00	2	4	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	3	4	42.9 %
2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	$3,100.00	13	10	56.5 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$8,050.00	6	7	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	2	3	$11,850.00	24	25	49.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Batuhan Kuru													Yusuf Ozdemir
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$950.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$300.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$100.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$100.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00
8	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$1,550.00	2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$1,550.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,025.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,025.00
23	1	1	0	0	2	7	5	2	5	$6,025.00	Total	Total	29	1	1	0	0	4	9	3	3	8	$7,225.00

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	13	52.0%	5	20.0%	7	28.0%	18-7	72.0%	6	25.0%	2	8.3%	16	66.7%	6-18	25.0%	13-16	44.8%	11-9	55.0%	0	0	24-25	49.0%
2025-2026	9	50.0%	4	22.2%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	6	33.3%	1	5.6%	11	61.1%	6-12	33.3%	9-11	45.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	19-17	52.8%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	3	33.3%	0	0.0%	6	66.7%	3-6	33.3%	4-12	25.0%	10-4	71.4%	0	0	7-8	46.7%

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	3	1	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	2	10	6	0	0	3	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	21	14
Total	0	0	6	5	11	12	0	0	4	7	2	0	0	0	1	1	24	25

Jonathan Pickett
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wiarton, ON

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Halifax 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$23,675.00

Sam Schachter
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1990 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

North York, ON

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

124

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$245,537.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	1	3	US$46,450.00

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2010	Did not play	Garrett May - 1st
2025	Sam Schachter - 9th	Jonathan Pickett - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q4	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	18, Q2	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	13	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	35	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	4	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool H	Batuhan Kuru / Yusuf Ozdemir, Türkiye (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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	$25,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$13,750.00
Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	3	0	$46,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jonathan Pickett												Sam Schachter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$25,000.00
											World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	$12,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	0	1	0	1	1	12	15	6	0	$126,225.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	$6,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	67	1	2	0	1	8	19	16	10	0	$88,562.50
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
19	0	1	0	0	0	8	6	3	0	$23,675.00	Total	124	3	3	0	2	10	35	38	16	0	$245,537.50

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
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$34,250.00	12	17	41.4 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$8,700.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	3	0	$44,950.00	18	26	40.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jonathan Pickett													Sam Schachter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$4,000.00
											2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,375.00
											2014	FIVB	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	$26,400.00
											2015	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	0	$52,787.50
											2016	FIVB	16	0	1	0	0	2	4	6	3	0	$33,125.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	$25,000.00
											2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	$18,750.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	0	1	$30,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,000.00
											2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$4,000.00
											2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$5,750.00
											2023	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	1	$12,500.00
5	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,450.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$5,125.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	$17,125.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	$17,125.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$4,350.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$4,350.00
18	0	1	0	0	0	8	6	3	0	$22,925.00	Total	Total	123	3	3	0	2	10	35	38	16	16	$244,787.50

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	14	60.9%	3	13.0%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	1	4.8%	4	19.0%	16	76.2%	1-20	4.8%	14-16	46.7%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	18-26	40.9%
2025-2026	12	60.0%	3	15.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	1	5.3%	4	21.1%	14	73.7%	1-18	5.3%	12-14	46.2%	4-9	30.8%	0	0	16-23	41.0%
Against the Field	3	37.5%	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	5-5	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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	5	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9
Total	0	0	4	3	11	15	1	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	26

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 H