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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Court #2 10:40

Match #6: Pool C

(14) Tomas Semerad/Adam Stocek, Czechia
vs.
(19) Manuel Alfieri/Alex Ranghieri, Italy

Tomas Semerad
Czechia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 18, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Klaipeda 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$22,774.40

Adam Miroslav Stocek
Czechia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Prague

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$8,182.68

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	2	0	1	2	US$15,758.95

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	6	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	Q8	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	21, Q5	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q12	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	4, Q1	9th	180	€ 200.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool C	Manuel Alfieri / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (19)

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$4,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,400.00
Total	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	2	1	2	0	$15,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tomas Semerad												Adam Stocek
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
15	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	3	0	$8,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$2,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	3	$10,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,875.00
14	0	0	0	1	6	6	1	0	0	$2,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	0	0	3	4	5	0	0	$800.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,000.00	Confederation Championship
46	0	0	0	2	9	12	13	6	3	$21,650.00	Total	19	0	0	0	0	4	6	6	2	0	$7,925.00

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
2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	6	5	54.5 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$5,200.00	8	10	44.4 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,250.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	2	1	2	0	$14,150.00	19	19	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tomas Semerad													Adam Stocek
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	$1,000.00	2021	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
11	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	1	1	$8,675.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2022	CEV
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$2,650.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	$850.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2024	CEV
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$2,600.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$2,600.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,125.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,125.00
45	0	0	0	2	9	12	13	6	3	$20,900.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	0	4	6	6	2	0	$7,175.00

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	15	78.9%	2	10.5%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	2	10.5%	1	5.3%	16	84.2%	2-17	10.5%	15-16	48.4%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	19-19	50.0%
2025-2026	11	78.6%	1	7.1%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	12	92.3%	1-12	7.7%	11-12	47.8%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	13-14	48.1%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%

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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	0	6	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	11
Total	0	0	5	3	10	8	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	19

Manuel Alfieri
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 20, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pescara

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$23,148.51

Alex Ranghieri
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1987 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pordenone

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$342,889.59

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	16	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	1	4	1	1	US$40,018.59

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	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	16	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Cervia	1	2nd	360	€ 1,050.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	7	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	9	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	6	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q8	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	12	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	23, Q1	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool C	Tomas Semerad / Adam Stocek, Czechia (14)

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	1	$33,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
Total	16	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	1	4	1	1	$39,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Manuel Alfieri												Alex Ranghieri
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$16,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	0	4	3	6	14	14	7	8	$194,300.00
12	0	0	1	0	0	5	3	1	1	$16,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	3	1	1	3	9	13	5	1	10	$79,000.00
15	1	2	0	1	8	1	2	0	0	$2,825.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	3	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	$9,425.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U17 World Championships
											Confederation Championship	7	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$12,750.00
31	1	2	1	1	9	7	6	2	1	$21,825.00	Total	133	4	5	5	7	20	36	25	11	19	$329,875.00

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
2025	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	$28,450.00	25	14	64.1 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$9,800.00	9	7	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	1	4	1	1	$38,250.00	34	21	61.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Manuel Alfieri													Alex Ranghieri
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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$23,050.00
											2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	$27,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
											2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2015	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	$45,500.00
											2015	CEV	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,500.00
											2016	FIVB	17	2	0	0	3	5	6	1	0	0	$72,000.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$15,500.00
											2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$11,500.00
											2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	$9,150.00
											2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$550.00
											2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	$4,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$450.00	2022	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	$40,500.00
											2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	3	5	0	0	0	$42,750.00
											2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
6	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$5,000.00
10	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	$14,225.00	2025	FIVB	11	1	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	$14,725.00
											2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
5	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$4,900.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$4,900.00
30	1	2	1	1	9	7	6	2	1	$21,075.00	Total	Total	135	5	5	5	7	21	37	25	11	19	$332,875.00

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	19	59.4%	6	18.8%	7	21.9%	25-7	78.1%	8	36.4%	0	0.0%	14	63.6%	8-14	36.4%	19-14	57.6%	14-7	66.7%	1	0	34-21	61.8%
2025-2026	19	59.4%	6	18.8%	7	21.9%	25-7	78.1%	8	36.4%	0	0.0%	14	63.6%	8-14	36.4%	19-14	57.6%	14-7	66.7%	1	0	34-21	61.8%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	6-5	54.5%

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	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	13	5	0	0	4	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	15
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	2
Total	0	0	7	3	18	6	0	0	6	9	2	1	1	0	0	2	34	21

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 C