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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 Court #2 10:00

Match #5: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q3) Miles Partain/James Shaw, United States
vs.
(Q14) Joppe Van Langendonck/Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium

Miles Partain
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Palisades, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$114,600.00

James Shaw
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodside, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$47,075.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$6,200.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Andy Benesh - 1st	Did not play
2024	Andy Benesh - 9th	Jordan Hoppe - 21st
2025	Andy Benesh - 13th	Chaim Schalk - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	19, Q5	9th	600	US$6,200.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Joppe Van Langendonck / Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium (Q14)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Miles Partain												James Shaw
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals
19	1	1	2	0	4	10	0	0	0	$84,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	0	0	$27,450.00
5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$13,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	$9,875.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships
31	3	1	2	1	8	12	1	1	1	$114,600.00	Total	21	1	0	2	0	5	6	6	0	0	$47,075.00

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
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Miles Partain													James Shaw
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	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$8,125.00	2022	FIVB
9	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$56,625.00	2023	FIVB
7	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$24,000.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	$7,000.00
8	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$22,750.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	$33,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$6,200.00
30	3	1	2	1	8	12	1	1	1	$114,600.00	Total	Total	20	1	0	2	0	5	6	6	0	0	$47,075.00

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	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2025-2026	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-0		0	0	1-2	33.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Joppe Van Langendonck
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 15, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$24,060.63

Kyan Vercauteren
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 8, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stekene

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$24,427.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	25	3	1	1	0	2	0	5	1	3	2	1	3	2	US$46,852.46
FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	26	4	1	1	0	2	0	5	1	3	2	1	3	2	US$46,852.46

Previous Gstaad 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	4	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	4	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	3	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	23, Q7	17th	460	US$3,700.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	7	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	Q14	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	30, Q11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Q11	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	3	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q9	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	7/18-21/2025	Futures Leuven	3	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	7/3-6/2025	Futures Montpellier	2	9th	180	€ 200.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Miles Partain / James Shaw, United States (Q3)

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	3	1	0	$3,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	5	$38,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	$4,100.00
U21 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	26	4	1	1	0	2	0	5	1	5	1	5	$46,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joppe Van Langendonck												Kyan Vercauteren
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$1,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$1,850.00
11	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	5	$19,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	5	$19,375.00
15	2	1	0	0	2	7	3	0	0	$2,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	2	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	0	$2,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
32	4	1	1	0	2	9	8	1	5	$23,475.00	Total	33	4	1	1	0	4	9	7	1	5	$23,725.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2	2	50.0 %
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
2024	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$3,400.00	6	7	46.2 %
2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	5	$5,750.00	20	13	60.6 %
2026	FIVB	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$37,200.00	15	8	65.2 %
Total	FIVB	24	3	1	1	0	2	0	5	1	5	1	5	$46,550.00	43	30	58.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joppe Van Langendonck													Kyan Vercauteren
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	2021	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$200.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$50.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$1,700.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$1,950.00
12	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	5	$2,875.00	2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	5	$2,875.00
5	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	$18,600.00	2026	FIVB	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	$18,600.00
31	4	1	1	0	2	9	8	1	5	$23,475.00	Total	Total	32	4	1	1	0	4	9	7	1	5	$23,725.00

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	34	79.1%	5	11.6%	4	9.3%	39-4	90.7%	4	13.3%	5	16.7%	21	70.0%	4-26	13.3%	34-21	61.8%	9-9	50.0%	0	0	43-30	58.9%
2025-2026	27	77.1%	5	14.3%	3	8.6%	32-3	91.4%	3	14.3%	2	9.5%	16	76.2%	3-18	14.3%	27-16	62.8%	8-5	61.5%	0	0	35-21	62.5%
Against the Field	8	61.5%	2	15.4%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	0	0.0%	3	25.0%	9	75.0%	0-12	0.0%	16-18	47.1%	4-12	25.0%	0	0	10-15	40.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	5	8	4	0	0	5	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	20	14
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	12	3	0	0	3	6	3	0	0	0	2	1	21	10
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Total	0	0	6	8	24	9	0	1	10	10	5	1	1	0	4	1	50	30

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1