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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Court #4 17:00

Match #23: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q7) Issa Batrane/Frederick Bialokoz, England
vs.
(Q10) Vaclav Kurka/Krystof Oliva, Czechia

Issa Batrane
England

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 9, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Surrey

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Halifax 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$15,971.39

Frederick Bialokoz
England

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 23, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Halifax 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$15,834.54

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	55	1	1	5	0	6	0	8	2	6	4	4	5	8	4	US$29,468.13

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-28/2026	BPT Futures Bridlington	1	3rd	320	€ 750.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q13	41st	100	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	20	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	4	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	24, Q13	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	24, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q14	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q16	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Q12	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	5	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q16	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/22/2026	Qualifier 1	C.H. Lee / L.F. Lee, Hong Kong (Q26)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:31
Wed, 7/22/2026	Qualifier 2	Vaclav Kurka / Krystof Oliva, Czechia (Q10)

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$10,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	12	$11,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	27	1	1	5	0	6	0	6	1	7	0	0	$7,550.00
Total	55	1	1	5	0	6	0	8	2	14	5	12	$29,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Issa Batrane												Frederick Bialokoz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$5,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$5,000.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	13	$5,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	13	$5,750.00
32	1	1	5	0	7	8	10	0	0	$4,015.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	31	1	1	5	0	6	9	9	0	0	$3,925.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
62	1	1	5	0	7	11	17	6	13	$14,765.00	Total	60	1	1	5	0	6	12	16	5	13	$14,675.00

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
2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	1	2	33.3 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	$300.00	7	7	50.0 %
2022	FIVB	13	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	3	1	2	$10,300.00	24	21	53.3 %
2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	$1,700.00	7	12	36.8 %
2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$1,900.00	13	9	59.1 %
2025	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	5	$7,000.00	18	18	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	$7,750.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	54	1	1	5	0	6	0	8	2	14	5	12	$29,050.00	77	78	49.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Issa Batrane													Frederick Bialokoz
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	1	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$90.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$200.00	2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	$200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	$150.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	$150.00
13	0	0	2	0	2	3	3	1	2	$5,150.00	2022	FIVB	13	0	0	2	0	2	3	3	1	2	$5,150.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	$850.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	$850.00
6	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	$950.00	2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	$950.00
13	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	5	$3,500.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	5	$3,500.00
6	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	$3,875.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	$3,875.00
61	1	1	5	0	7	11	17	6	13	$14,765.00	Total	Total	59	1	1	5	0	6	12	16	5	13	$14,675.00

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	54	66.7%	9	11.1%	18	22.2%	63-18	77.8%	13	17.8%	15	20.5%	45	61.6%	13-60	17.8%	54-45	54.5%	22-33	40.0%	1	0	77-78	49.7%
2025-2026	19	73.1%	1	3.8%	6	23.1%	20-6	76.9%	4	16.7%	2	8.3%	18	75.0%	4-20	16.7%	19-18	51.4%	5-8	38.5%	1	0	25-26	49.0%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	4	26.7%	3	20.0%	8	53.3%	4-11	26.7%	12-16	42.9%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	10-12	45.5%

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	5	3	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	15	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	26
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	11	7	22	18	0	0	17	12	2	5	5	0	1	1	58	43
Total	0	0	26	25	26	32	0	0	17	15	2	5	5	0	1	1	77	78

Vaclav Kurka
Czechia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Nuvali 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$2,742.61

Krystof Jan Oliva
Czechia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 9, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Nuvali 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$6,490.84

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	17	1	1	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	2	2	2	US$4,509.74
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	18	1	1	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	2	2	3	US$4,509.74

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-12/2026	BPT Futures Leuven	4	2nd	360	€ 1,050.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q17	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2025	Futures Laginha Beach	5	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Warsaw	8, Q1	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	14	5th	240	€ 300.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/22/2026	Qualifier 1	Thomas Heptinstall / Harley Sinclair, Australia (Q23)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:41
Wed, 7/22/2026	Qualifier 2	Issa Batrane / Frederick Bialokoz, England (Q7)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	1	1	0	1	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	$4,150.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	18	1	1	0	1	4	0	2	1	2	2	3	$4,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vaclav Kurka												Krystof Oliva
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	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$0.00
12	1	1	0	1	4	3	2	0	0	$2,075.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	1	2	0	2	4	4	6	0	0	$2,925.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00
18	1	1	0	1	4	3	2	2	3	$2,075.00	Total	33	1	2	0	2	4	7	7	4	5	$5,425.00

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
2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2024	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	$1,600.00	10	7	58.8 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	14	12	53.8 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,050.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	1	0	1	4	0	2	1	2	2	2	$4,150.00	30	23	56.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vaclav Kurka													Krystof Oliva
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	$200.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$2,850.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	$800.00	2024	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	$800.00
6	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	$750.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	$750.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$525.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$525.00
17	1	1	0	1	4	3	2	2	3	$2,075.00	Total	Total	32	1	2	0	2	4	7	7	4	5	$5,425.00

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	18	72.0%	5	20.0%	2	8.0%	23-2	92.0%	6	22.2%	10	37.0%	11	40.7%	6-21	22.2%	18-11	62.1%	11-12	47.8%	1	0	30-23	56.6%
2025-2026	13	76.5%	3	17.6%	1	5.9%	16-1	94.1%	3	17.6%	6	35.3%	8	47.1%	3-14	17.6%	13-8	61.9%	6-7	46.2%	1	0	20-15	57.1%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	2	12	8	0	0	7	6	2	1	0	1	1	1	27	19
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	8	7	12	8	0	0	7	6	2	1	0	1	1	1	30	24

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Qualifier 2