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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Court #3 10:40

Match #7: Pool D

(4) Joaquin Bello/Luis Javier Bello, England
vs.
(29, Q6) Ryan Ierna/Hagen Smith, United States

Joaquin Bello
England

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madrid, Spain

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$94,681.08

Luis Javier Bello Fernandez Echevarria
England

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madrid, Spain

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$94,681.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$9,827.10
FIVB	68	2	2	6	1	6	1	13	8	7	1	5	4	5	0	6	US$174,492.00
FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	75	2	2	6	1	9	1	15	8	7	1	5	4	6	1	6	US$184,319.10

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	Q4	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	11	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	5	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	15, Q6	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	13	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q12	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	7	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	6	9th	460	€ 2,500.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool D	Ryan Ierna / Hagen Smith, United States (29, Q6)

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$)
Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,800.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	8	3	0	$75,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	2	3	1	1	0	4	0	2	1	9	$72,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	22	1	0	3	0	5	0	7	2	3	0	1	$5,800.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	75	2	2	6	1	9	1	15	8	13	4	13	$182,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joaquin Bello												Luis Javier Bello
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	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
20	1	0	0	0	0	8	8	3	0	$37,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	1	0	0	0	0	8	8	3	0	$37,750.00
24	0	2	3	1	1	4	2	1	9	$36,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	2	3	1	1	4	2	1	9	$36,375.00
22	1	0	3	0	5	9	3	0	1	$2,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	23	1	0	3	0	5	9	4	0	1	$2,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,500.00
75	2	2	6	1	10	23	13	4	13	$91,425.00	Total	76	2	2	6	1	10	23	14	4	13	$91,425.00

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
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$500.00	3	5	37.5 %
2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	3	72.7 %
2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	11	13	45.8 %
2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2021	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	$2,300.00	19	10	65.5 %
2022	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	2	$14,000.00	17	22	43.6 %
2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	$16,750.00	11	9	55.0 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2024	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	7	0	0	$75,500.00	26	23	53.1 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	1	$48,800.00	15	22	40.5 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$13,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	67	2	2	6	1	6	1	13	8	13	4	11	$172,350.00	107	106	50.2 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	8	6	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joaquin Bello													Luis Javier Bello
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	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$250.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	3	$750.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	3	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	$1,150.00	2021	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	$1,150.00
12	0	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	$7,000.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	$7,000.00
6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	$8,375.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	$8,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
14	1	0	2	0	1	3	7	0	0	$37,750.00	2024	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	1	3	7	0	0	$37,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
11	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	2	1	$24,400.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	2	1	$24,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$6,500.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$6,500.00
74	2	2	6	1	10	23	13	4	13	$90,675.00	Total	Total	75	2	2	6	1	10	23	14	4	13	$90,675.00

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	60	61.2%	18	18.4%	20	20.4%	78-20	79.6%	26	23.2%	21	18.8%	65	58.0%	26-86	23.2%	60-65	48.0%	44-41	51.8%	3	0	107-106	50.2%
2025-2026	8	47.1%	4	23.5%	5	29.4%	12-5	70.6%	8	29.6%	5	18.5%	14	51.9%	8-19	29.6%	8-14	36.4%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	20-24	45.5%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	5	41.7%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	5-7	41.7%	8-8	50.0%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	9-8	52.9%

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
Youth Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	10	6	21	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	34
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	10	18	8	0	2	14	5	2	4	3	1	0	2	39	32
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	9	4	21	15	0	0	8	12	1	3	3	0	1	0	43	34
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Total	0	0	26	26	56	53	0	3	31	25	4	7	6	1	2	2	125	117

Ryan Ierna
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 14, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Clearwater, FL

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Pompano Beach 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$9,650.00

Hagen Smith
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Palisades, CA

Height:

186 cm (6'0")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Battipaglia 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$13,370.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	US$8,250.00

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	25	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	20	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	23	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/22/2026	Qualifier 1	Lewis Jupp / Thomas Smith, Australia (Q27)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:30
Wed, 7/22/2026	Qualifier 2	Soloman Bushby / Justin Schumann, Australia (Q11)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:35
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool D	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (4)

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$8,250.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$8,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ryan Ierna												Hagen Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$1,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	$6,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1	5	$10,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,300.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1	3	$9,650.00	Total	26	1	1	1	1	1	1	12	2	5	$12,925.00

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
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$6,750.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$6,750.00	5	6	45.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ryan Ierna													Hagen Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$550.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$150.00	2024	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	2	$3,625.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	$5,375.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	$4,625.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$3,375.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$3,375.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1	3	$8,900.00	Total	Total	25	1	1	1	1	1	1	12	2	5	$12,175.00

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	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1	0	5-6	45.5%
2025-2026	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1	0	5-6	45.5%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-4	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Total	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6

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 D