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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Court #3 09:00

Match #3: Pool B

(2) Nils Ehlers/Lui Wust, Germany
vs.
(31, Q10) Vaclav Kurka/Krystof Oliva, Czechia

Nils Ehlers
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 4, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

211 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (7 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$247,878.88

Lui Wüst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Nuvali 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$45,575.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$1,500.00

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	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool B	Vaclav Kurka / Krystof Oliva, Czechia (31, 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nils Ehlers												Lui Wust
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$26,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$21,500.00	World Tour Finals
29	0	2	2	4	12	4	2	2	1	$121,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	0	$15,750.00
27	0	2	1	0	4	4	4	4	7	$45,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	2	2	$22,875.00
8	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$9,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	0	0	0	2	1	6	5	0	0	$1,100.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	$15,750.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
79	0	7	3	5	24	14	10	7	8	$240,500.00	Total	42	0	1	1	2	5	14	12	4	2	$44,475.00

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	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nils Ehlers													Lui Wust
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	4	$8,750.00	2018	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	CEV
14	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	2	4	$29,250.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2020	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2020	CEV
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	$10,500.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$200.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2021	CEV
6	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$20,375.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2022	CEV
11	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	0	$54,500.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	$650.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2023	CEV
10	0	2	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	$51,000.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$6,750.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2024	CEV
10	0	1	0	1	5	1	2	0	0	$44,625.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	1	0	$26,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2026	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	0	$8,375.00
78	0	7	3	5	24	14	10	7	8	$239,750.00	Total	Total	41	0	1	1	2	5	14	12	4	2	$43,725.00

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%
2025-2026	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0		0	0	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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

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$3,492.61

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$7,240.84

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$6,053.21
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$6,053.21

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)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:37
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool B	Nils Ehlers / Lui Wust, Germany (2)

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	$1,500.00
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	$5,650.00

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	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$750.00
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	$2,825.00	Total	33	1	2	0	2	4	7	7	4	5	$6,175.00

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	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	1	0	1	4	0	2	1	2	2	2	$4,150.00	31	23	57.4 %
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	19	73.1%	5	19.2%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	6	22.2%	10	37.0%	11	40.7%	6-21	22.2%	19-11	63.3%	11-12	47.8%	1	0	31-23	57.4%
2025-2026	14	77.8%	3	16.7%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	3	17.6%	6	35.3%	8	47.1%	3-14	17.6%	14-8	63.6%	6-7	46.2%	1	0	21-15	58.3%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	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	9	7	12	8	0	0	7	6	2	1	0	1	1	1	31	24

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 B