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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Stadium Court 11:30

Match #11: Pool F

(6) Adrian Gavira/Alejandro Huerta, Spain
vs.
(27, Q3) Mees Sengers/Sam van Der Loo, Netherlands

Adrián Gavira Collado
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 17, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Linea de la Concepcion

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

231

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$874,081.94

Alejandro Huerta Pastor
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 11, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Los Cristianos, Arona,Tenerife

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$41,449.89

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$500.00
FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	1	1	US$46,353.52
Overall	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	1	2	US$46,853.52

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	20, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	9	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/7-10/2026	BPT Futures Madrid	1	9th	180	€ 300.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	6	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	4	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	14, Q5	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	20	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q4	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	25	25th	220	€ 500.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool F	Mees Sengers / Sam van Der Loo, Netherlands (27, 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	1	3	1	0	$10,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$36,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	4	2	0	$46,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Adrian Gavira												Alejandro Huerta
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
8	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	$50,000.00	World Championships
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$22,250.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
84	1	4	4	4	23	19	21	8	0	$445,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	$7,500.00
87	4	5	6	3	20	27	14	2	5	$255,700.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	1	0	0	0	1	5	3	10	12	$25,750.00
4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$6,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	2	0	3	5	1	3	3	0	0	$5,775.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U17 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
17	1	0	2	1	6	2	3	2	0	$37,500.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00
215	6	13	12	8	59	55	44	12	5	$819,750.00	Total	63	3	1	3	5	4	10	10	12	14	$39,775.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2025	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$34,000.00	12	11	52.2 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,800.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	4	1	0	$44,800.00	19	19	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Adrian Gavira													Alejandro Huerta
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	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,300.00	2007	CEV
16	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	2	4	$32,250.00	2008	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$2,300.00	2008	CEV
11	0	2	3	0	4	2	0	0	0	$81,950.00	2009	FIVB
5	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$14,900.00	2009	CEV
13	0	1	1	2	4	4	1	0	0	$73,750.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2010	CEV
8	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	$39,100.00	2011	FIVB
8	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	$28,750.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2012	CEV
11	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	$50,950.00	2013	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,375.00	2013	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	2	0	$67,500.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	2014	CEV
11	1	0	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	$82,187.50	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,625.00	2015	CEV
12	1	0	1	1	4	4	0	1	0	$61,687.50	2016	FIVB
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2016	CEV
9	0	1	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	$39,500.00	2017	FIVB
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2017	CEV
11	1	1	1	0	3	3	2	0	0	$55,250.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2018	CEV
12	0	1	1	0	5	2	3	0	0	$46,000.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	$2,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2019	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2020	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	$11,500.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2021	CEV
9	0	1	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	$21,600.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	$6,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2022	CEV
16	1	1	0	0	5	5	4	0	0	$35,875.00	2023	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	6	1	$1,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
11	0	1	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	$27,250.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2024	CEV
7	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	$17,000.00	2025	FIVB	9	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	$17,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,900.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,900.00
230	9	13	13	8	64	59	47	12	5	$843,875.00	Total	Total	62	3	1	3	5	4	10	10	12	14	$39,025.00

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	12	70.6%	4	23.5%	1	5.9%	16-1	94.1%	3	14.3%	6	28.6%	12	57.1%	3-18	14.3%	12-12	50.0%	7-7	50.0%	0	0	19-19	50.0%
2025-2026	11	68.8%	4	25.0%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	3	15.8%	5	26.3%	11	57.9%	3-16	15.8%	11-11	50.0%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	18-17	51.4%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	6-2	75.0%

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	3	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	6	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	8
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	3	2	8	14	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	21

Mees Sengers
Netherlands

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 16, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$8,062.09

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:

Career Winnings:

US$5,816.33

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,785.95

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 Malmo	3	1st	400	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	6/25-28/2026	BPT Futures Balikesir	4	3rd	320	€ 750.00
FIVB	6/18-21/2026	BPT Futures Ios	3	1st	400	€ 1,500.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/22/2026	Qualifier 2	Domonkos Doczi / Akos Veress, Hungary (Q14)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:34
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool F	Adrian Gavira / Alejandro Huerta, Spain (6)

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	0	0	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
Total	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mees Sengers												Sam van Der Loo
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
18	3	3	1	1	5	5	0	0	0	$4,825.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	2	1	1	0	5	5	5	0	0	$3,450.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	Confederation Championship
23	3	3	1	1	5	6	1	1	1	$5,825.00	Total	20	2	1	1	0	5	5	5	0	0	$4,200.00

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	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	15	2	88.2 %
Total	FIVB	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	15	2	88.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mees Sengers													Sam van Der Loo
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	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$800.00	2022	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$800.00	2023	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$400.00
3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$700.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2024	CEV
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	2026	FIVB	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,100.00
22	3	3	1	1	5	6	1	1	1	$5,075.00	Total	Total	19	2	1	1	0	5	5	5	0	0	$3,450.00

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	81.8%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	9-2	81.8%	5-0	100.0%	1	0	15-2	88.2%
2025-2026	9	81.8%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	9-2	81.8%	5-0	100.0%	1	0	15-2	88.2%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	14	2
Total	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	15	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool F