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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 15,000 BPT Futures Balikesir
Sunday, June 28, 2026 Stadium Court 15:00

Match #26: Semi-Finals

(4) Sam van Der Loo/Mees Sengers, Netherlands
vs.
(1) Yusuf Ozdemir/Batuhan Kuru, Türkiye

Sam van Der Loo
Netherlands

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 20, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Boskoop

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Ios 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$3,854.81

Mees Sengers
Netherlands

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 16, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$6,100.58

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,380.05

Previous Balikesir Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-21/2026	BPT Futures Ios	3	1st	400	€ 1,500.00

BPT Futures Balikesir Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool D	Ersin Durgut / Onur Ozkol, Türkiye (13)	Won 21-5, 21-6	0:22
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool D	Jiri Dostal / Jakub Vala, Czechia (12, Q4)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:29
Sat, 6/27/2026	Winner 2	Tristan Frobel / Tamo Wust, Germany (3)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:33
Sun, 6/28/2026	Semi-Finals	Batuhan Kuru / Yusuf Ozdemir, Türkiye (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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,100.00
Total	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sam van Der Loo												Mees Sengers
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
18	1	1	0	0	5	5	5	0	0	$2,625.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	2	3	0	1	5	5	0	0	0	$4,000.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00
											Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
18	1	1	0	0	5	5	5	0	0	$2,625.00	Total	21	2	3	0	1	5	6	1	1	1	$4,250.00

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
2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	8	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	8	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sam van Der Loo													Mees Sengers
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$350.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$400.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$800.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$400.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$800.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$200.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$700.00
											2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$975.00	2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
17	1	1	0	0	5	5	5	0	0	$2,325.00	Total	Total	20	2	3	0	1	5	6	1	1	1	$3,950.00

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	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	5-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	0	8-0	100.0%
2025-2026	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	5-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	0	8-0	100.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		6-0	100.0%	0-0		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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
Total	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0

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$9,118.30

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$7,707.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	19	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	3	US$14,313.70

Previous Balikesir Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Mustafa Susam - 13th	Necmi Gulluk - 13th
2024	Batuhan Kuru - 5th	Yusuf Ozdemir - 5th
2025	Batuhan Kuru - 1st	Yusuf Ozdemir - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	8	25th	220	US$1,500.00
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

BPT Futures Balikesir Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool A	Noah Furrer / Lukas Wymann, Switzerland (16, Q11)	Won 15-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:41
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool A	Colin Paszkiewicz / Charlie Peters, Germany (9, Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:38
Sat, 6/27/2026	Winner 2	Jonathan Bungert / Filo Wust, Germany (7)	Won 21-10, 18-21, 15-11	0:40
Sun, 6/28/2026	Semi-Finals	Mees Sengers / Sam van Der Loo, Netherlands (4)

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	3	3	$10,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$3,950.00
Total	19	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	3	$13,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Yusuf Ozdemir												Batuhan Kuru
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	$5,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$5,000.00
19	1	1	0	0	4	8	2	1	1	$3,275.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	1	1	0	0	2	6	4	0	0	$2,075.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
31	1	1	0	0	4	9	3	4	8	$8,275.00	Total	25	1	1	0	0	2	7	5	3	5	$7,075.00

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	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$9,550.00	9	9	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	18	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	3	$13,350.00	27	27	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Yusuf Ozdemir													Batuhan Kuru
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	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$950.00	2018	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$300.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$50.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$100.00
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
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$4,775.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$4,775.00
30	1	1	0	0	4	9	3	4	8	$7,975.00	Total	Total	24	1	1	0	0	2	7	5	3	5	$6,775.00

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	14	51.9%	6	22.2%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	7	25.9%	2	7.4%	18	66.7%	7-20	25.9%	14-18	43.8%	13-9	59.1%	0	0	27-27	50.0%
2025-2026	10	50.0%	5	25.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	7	33.3%	1	4.8%	13	61.9%	7-14	33.3%	10-13	43.5%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	22-19	53.7%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	4-0	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	1	3	1	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	2	12	6	0	0	4	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	24	14
Total	0	0	6	5	13	14	0	0	5	7	2	0	0	0	1	1	27	27

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/28/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Balikesir	Semi-Finals