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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 7,500 BPT Futures Geneva
Sunday, June 21, 2026 Court #1 13:30

Match #26: Semi-Finals

(1) Menia Bentele/Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland
vs.
(8) Eva Kuivonen/Liisa-Lotta Jurgenson, Estonia

Menia Bentele
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 26, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Immenstadt

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Cervia 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$22,623.11

Annique Niederhauser
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hondrich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$20,979.81

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	19	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	4	2	2	2	1	US$27,902.79

Previous Geneva Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Annique Niederhauser - 5th	Menia Bentele - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	28	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q14	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	24	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	21, Q7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	16	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q12	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	19	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q10	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	22, Q2	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/26-29/2025	BPT Futures Geneva	1	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Messina	6	2nd	360	€ 700.00

BPT Futures Geneva Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/19/2026	Pool A	Emma Gangey / Louisa Marunde, Germany (16, Q13)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:30
Fri, 6/19/2026	Pool A	Liisa-Lotta Jurgenson / Eva Kuivonen, Estonia (8)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 13-15	0:49
Sat, 6/20/2026	Winner 1	Nadine Demierre / Livia Stolz, Switzerland (10)	Won 21-17, 24-22	0:41
Sat, 6/20/2026	Winner 2	Linda Abbuhl / Muriel Bossart, Switzerland (3)	Won 14-21, 21-9, 15-13	0:42
Sun, 6/21/2026	Semi-Finals	Liisa-Lotta Jurgenson / Eva Kuivonen, Estonia (8)	Won 24-22, 21-10	0:38
Sun, 6/21/2026	Gold Medal	Lindsey Sparks / Torrey Van Winden, United States (2)	Lost 21-17, 19-21, 12-15	0:48

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	$20,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,350.00
Total	19	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	8	2	0	$27,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Menia Bentele												Annique Niederhauser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	$3,500.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	1	$12,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	0	$10,125.00
26	1	3	3	1	5	10	2	1	0	$4,425.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	0	3	0	2	5	3	3	0	0	$2,625.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
54	1	3	4	1	5	15	12	7	1	$20,550.00	Total	34	0	3	0	2	5	6	13	4	0	$19,750.00

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
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	1	1	$10,800.00	13	18	41.9 %
2026	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	0	$16,800.00	11	16	40.7 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	8	2	1	$27,600.00	24	34	41.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Menia Bentele													Annique Niederhauser
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	2020	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	$500.00	2021	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	$4,000.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00
12	1	0	3	0	1	2	1	3	1	$1,600.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$700.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	$650.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	1	$5,400.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$8,900.00
8	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$8,400.00	2026	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$8,400.00
54	1	3	4	1	5	15	12	7	6	$20,550.00	Total	Total	35	0	4	0	2	5	6	13	4	1	$19,750.00

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	16	72.7%	2	9.1%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	6	16.7%	5	13.9%	25	69.4%	6-30	16.7%	16-25	39.0%	8-9	47.1%	0	0	24-34	41.4%
2025-2026	16	72.7%	2	9.1%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	6	16.7%	5	13.9%	25	69.4%	6-30	16.7%	16-25	39.0%	8-9	47.1%	0	0	24-34	41.4%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	6	9	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	17
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	11	9
Total	0	0	4	4	11	19	0	0	7	9	2	0	0	0	0	2	24	34

Eva Liisa Kuivonen
Estonia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 27, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Jurmala 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$3,083.85

Liisa-Lotta Jürgenson
Estonia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 21, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tartu

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Jurmala 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$3,083.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	20	0	1	2	1	0	0	4	2	3	3	0	4	US$4,765.77
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	21	0	1	2	1	1	0	4	2	3	3	0	4	US$4,765.77

Previous Geneva Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Futures Jurmala	6	3rd	320	€ 850.00
FIVB	6/4-7/2026	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	6	9th	180	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	7	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	7/3-6/2025	Futures Montpellier	Q1	17th	100	€ 0.00

BPT Futures Geneva Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/19/2026	Pool A	Tambre Nobles / Clara Stowell, United States (9)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:55
Fri, 6/19/2026	Pool A	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (1)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:49
Sat, 6/20/2026	Winner 2	Lucie Knoblochova / Adela Petrikova, Czechia (7)	Won 24-22, 21-13	0:35
Sun, 6/21/2026	Semi-Finals	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (1)	Lost 22-24, 10-21	0:38
Sun, 6/21/2026	Bronze Medal	Tambre Nobles / Clara Stowell, United States (9)	Lost 21-13, 20-22, 12-15	1:00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	0	1	2	1	0	0	4	2	6	0	0	$4,200.00
Total	20	0	1	2	1	0	0	4	2	6	0	0	$4,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Eva Kuivonen												Liisa-Lotta Jurgenson
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
16	0	1	2	1	0	6	6	0	0	$2,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	0	1	2	1	0	6	6	0	0	$2,100.00
20	0	1	2	1	0	6	6	0	0	$2,100.00	Total	20	0	1	2	1	0	6	6	0	0	$2,100.00

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
2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	2	4	33.3 %
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %
2024	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$800.00	7	9	43.8 %
2025	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$1,650.00	9	8	52.9 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	1	2	1	0	0	4	2	6	0	4	$4,200.00	27	29	48.2 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Eva Kuivonen													Liisa-Lotta Jurgenson
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	0	0	2	$0.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	$400.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	$400.00
5	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$825.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$825.00
3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$875.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$875.00
21	0	1	2	1	1	6	6	0	4	$2,100.00	Total	Total	21	0	1	2	1	1	6	6	0	4	$2,100.00

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	20	57.1%	5	14.3%	10	28.6%	25-10	71.4%	2	10.0%	4	20.0%	14	70.0%	2-18	10.0%	20-14	58.8%	7-14	33.3%	0	1	27-29	48.2%
2025-2026	12	57.1%	4	19.0%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	8	72.7%	2-9	18.2%	12-8	60.0%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	18-14	56.3%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	3-3	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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	6	6	10	10	0	0	8	4	1	3	2	1	0	1	27	25
Total	0	0	6	10	10	10	0	0	8	4	1	3	2	1	0	1	27	29

Head to Head Results
Series tied 1-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/21/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Geneva	Semi-Finals	Bentele/Niederhauser	1	Jurgenson/Kuivonen	8	24-22, 21-10	0:38
6/19/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Geneva	Pool A	Jurgenson/Kuivonen	8	Bentele/Niederhauser	1	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:49