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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 15,000 BPT Futures Balikesir
Sunday, June 28, 2026 Stadium Court 18:00

Match #28: Gold Medal Match

(1) Tetiana Lazarenko/Sofiia Kurnikova, Ukraine
vs.
(3) Maria Carro/Paula Soria, Spain

Tetiana Lazarenko
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 18, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaporozhye

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$64,844.71

Sofiia Kurnikova
Ukraine

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 6, 2006 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sveti Vlas 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$9,122.34

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	US$12,382.70

Previous Balikesir 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	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/4-7/2026	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	1	1st	400	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	18	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	10	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Futures Balikesir Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool A	Merve Celebi / Yaren Sencel, Türkiye (16)	Won 21-9, 21-10	0:24
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool A	Alyssa Keller / Tiffany Svenssohn, United States (8)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:28
Sat, 6/27/2026	Winner 2	Adriana-Maria Matei / Beata Vaida, Romania (7)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:28
Sun, 6/28/2026	Semi-Finals	Justyna Frommova / Julie Honzovicova, Czechia (10)	Won 21-13, 21-9	0:28
Sun, 6/28/2026	Gold Medal	Maria Carro / Paula Soria, Spain (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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00
Total	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$12,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tetiana Lazarenko												Sofiia Kurnikova
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	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$7,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
11	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	1	$25,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$7,250.00
22	5	3	5	0	5	2	0	0	1	$6,525.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,275.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$11,500.00	Confederation Championship
46	9	3	6	0	7	8	7	3	2	$56,400.00	Total	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	$8,525.00

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	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$11,000.00	14	6	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$11,000.00	14	6	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tetiana Lazarenko													Sofiia Kurnikova
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	0	0	1	$100.00	2020	FIVB
5	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2021	FIVB
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
5	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2022	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2022	CEV
9	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	$1,650.00	2023	FIVB
8	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	$9,100.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2024	CEV
7	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$25,375.00	2025	FIVB
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2025	CEV
4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$5,500.00	2026	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$8,000.00
45	9	3	6	0	7	8	7	3	2	$55,875.00	Total	Total	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	$8,000.00

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	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4-4	50.0%	9-3	75.0%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	14-6	70.0%
2025-2026	9	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4-4	50.0%	9-3	75.0%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	14-6	70.0%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		8-0	100.0%	0-0		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	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
Total	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	14	6

María Belén Carro Márquez de Acuña
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 15, 1999 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madrid

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$53,115.53

Paula Soria Gutiérrez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1993 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orihuela

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

101

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$75,687.65

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	US$4,712.30
FIVB	32	2	4	0	1	2	0	3	0	3	1	4	9	2	US$39,560.98
Overall	35	2	4	0	1	2	0	4	0	4	1	5	9	2	US$44,273.28

Previous Balikesir Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Did not play	Sofia Gonzalez - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Cervia	6	1st	400	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	5/21-24/2026	BPT Futures Apeldoorn	8	5th	240	€ 450.00
FIVB	5/14-17/2026	BPT Futures Madrid	14	2nd	360	€ 1,050.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Q7	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Futures Balikesir Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool C	Amanda Regute / Marta Vildere, Latvia (14, Q5)	Won 21-7, 21-4	0:22
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool C	Marta Carro / Adriana Serrano, Spain (6)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:31
Sat, 6/27/2026	Winner 2	Kennedy Coakley / Katie Lindstrom, United States (9, Q1)	Won 21-15, 16-21, 15-4	0:45
Sun, 6/28/2026	Semi-Finals	Floor Hogenhout / Nigella Negenman, Netherlands (2)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-8	0:44
Sun, 6/28/2026	Gold Medal	Sofiia Kurnikova / Tetiana Lazarenko, Ukraine (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$)
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$8,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	9	$14,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	2	4	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	$15,450.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00
Total	35	2	4	0	1	2	0	4	0	5	5	11	$42,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Maria Carro												Paula Soria
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$9,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	2	5	$11,250.00
32	0	0	0	0	4	8	4	5	11	$25,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	43	0	0	1	2	7	3	10	7	13	$37,212.50
16	2	4	0	1	5	2	0	0	1	$8,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	5	4	0	1	4	2	1	0	1	$10,275.00
											U23 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$3,250.00	Confederation Championship	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	$6,500.00
70	2	4	1	1	9	14	13	10	15	$50,000.00	Total	98	5	4	1	4	13	13	25	11	21	$68,737.50

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
2018	FIVB	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	12	6	66.7 %
2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	$12,000.00	17	13	56.7 %
2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2021	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$8,000.00	10	8	55.6 %
2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$6,950.00	8	10	44.4 %
2026	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	15	3	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	31	2	4	0	1	2	0	3	0	4	4	11	$37,650.00	67	44	60.4 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00	4	6	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Maria Carro													Paula Soria
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	$2,850.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	$3,087.50
											2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
											2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$2,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
											2016	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	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
											2017	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$850.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	$1,750.00
10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	$6,000.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	$6,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$5,500.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$4,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	$14,750.00	2022	FIVB	7	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	$5,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	$6,525.00	2023	FIVB	14	2	0	0	0	2	2	8	0	0	$14,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$4,625.00	2024	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	4	2	4	0	0	$13,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2024	CEV
6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$3,475.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$3,475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2025	CEV
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2026	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
69	2	4	1	1	9	14	13	10	15	$49,475.00	Total	Total	100	5	4	1	4	16	13	25	11	21	$69,587.50

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	47	74.6%	8	12.7%	8	12.7%	55-8	87.3%	12	25.5%	10	21.3%	25	53.2%	12-35	25.5%	47-25	65.3%	20-18	52.6%	0	1	67-44	60.4%
2025-2026	17	70.8%	4	16.7%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	2	18.2%	4	36.4%	5	45.5%	2-9	18.2%	17-5	77.3%	6-7	46.2%	0	1	23-13	63.9%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0		0		0		0-0		4-0	100.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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 Tour Finals	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	9	3	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	21
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	6	1	18	6	0	0	15	4	7	1	0	1	2	4	48	17
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Total	0	0	20	12	25	22	0	0	17	10	7	1	0	1	2	4	71	50

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	Gold Medal