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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$15,000 BPT Futures Hangzhou
Saturday, June 27, 2026 Stadium Court 20:30

Match #24: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(1) Bence Tari/Lukas Niemeier, Hungary
vs.
(15) Yuan Liu/Yuan Mao, China

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$4,221.45

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$4,468.30

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	7	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	US$6,084.34

Previous Hangzhou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	30, Q16	25th	220	US$1,500.00
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 Futures Hangzhou Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool A	Xiaokai Li / Nengfei Yuan, China (16)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:33
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool A	Sergey Bogatu / Kirill Gurin, Kazakhstan (9)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:50
Sat, 6/27/2026	Winner 2	Yuan Liu / Yuan Mao, China (15)

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	1	0	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,150.00
Total	7	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bence Tari												Lukas Niemeier
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	1	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
16	1	1	0	3	1	5	4	0	0	$2,675.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	1	2	0	2	4	0	7	0	0	$2,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
19	1	1	0	3	2	5	4	1	0	$3,425.00	Total	19	1	2	0	2	4	0	7	1	0	$3,625.00

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	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,200.00	21	10	67.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,200.00	21	10	67.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bence Tari													Lukas Niemeier
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	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2023	FIVB
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$300.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$200.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	1	$450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	$2,600.00	2026	FIVB	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	$2,600.00
19	1	1	0	3	2	6	4	1	1	$3,200.00	Total	Total	20	1	2	0	2	4	0	7	1	3	$3,400.00

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	9	60.0%	4	26.7%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	8	50.0%	2	12.5%	6	37.5%	8-8	50.0%	9-6	60.0%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	21-10	67.7%
2025-2026	9	60.0%	4	26.7%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	8	50.0%	2	12.5%	6	37.5%	8-8	50.0%	9-6	60.0%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	21-10	67.7%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-0	100.0%

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	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	6	1	2	2	0	2	1	1	19	8
Total	0	0	2	0	10	4	0	0	6	1	2	2	0	2	1	1	21	10

Yuan Liu
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 2008 (18 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sichuan

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,250.00

Yuan Mao
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 2006 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sichuan

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	US$2,500.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	1	1	US$2,500.00

Previous Hangzhou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q21	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	3/12-15/2026	BPT Futures Haikou	11	13th	140	US$150.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	8	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB Age Group WC	10/15-19/2025	U21 World Championships	13	9th	144	US$0.00

BPT Futures Hangzhou Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool B	Wachirawit Muadpha / Pithak Tipjan, Thailand (2)	Lost 19-21, 20-22	0:40
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool B	Yoshiumi Hasegawa / Dylan Kurokawa, Japan (10)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:37
Sat, 6/27/2026	Winner 1	Balint Bogancs / Boldizsar Borbely, Hungary (12, Q7)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:38
Sat, 6/27/2026	Winner 2	Lukas Niemeier / Bence Tari, Hungary (1)

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	1	0	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$2,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Yuan Liu												Yuan Mao
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	$1,250.00	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	$1,250.00

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
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$1,700.00	2	5	28.6 %
2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$350.00	3	6	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	$2,050.00	5	12	29.4 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Yuan Liu													Yuan Mao
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	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$850.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$175.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$175.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	2	$1,025.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	2	$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	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	10	90.9%	0-11	0.0%	3-10	23.1%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-12	29.4%
2025-2026	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	10	90.9%	0-11	0.0%	3-10	23.1%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-11	31.3%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%

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	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	1	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Total	0	0	1	3	3	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/27/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Hangzhou	Winner 2