Match Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Stadium Court 15:00

Match #1: Pool A

(1) Xinyi Xia/Xu Yan, China
vs.
(32, Q9) Elea Beutel/Paula Schurholz, Germany

Xinyi Xia
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 14, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Urumqi

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

116

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$288,977.85

Xu Yan
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$29,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	9	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	US$48,200.00

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 Hangzhou	1	5th	240	US$450.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	6	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	1	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	4	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	6	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	3	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	37	17th	640	US$7,000.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool A	Elea Beutel / Paula Schurholz, Germany (32, Q9)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$38,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00
Total	9	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	$48,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Xinyi Xia												Xu Yan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$16,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$23,500.00	World Tour Finals
32	0	0	2	0	4	10	6	4	6	$90,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
55	6	3	3	2	6	16	11	7	0	$132,787.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	0	$22,000.00
21	2	5	1	2	5	4	2	0	0	$25,925.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	3	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	$2,450.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
116	8	8	6	5	16	33	22	11	6	$288,462.50	Total	22	4	0	1	2	4	3	4	3	0	$29,200.00

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
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	7	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	$39,700.00	16	11	59.3 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	$46,700.00	18	13	58.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Xinyi Xia													Xu Yan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$23,750.00	2013	FIVB
13	0	0	2	0	2	2	3	2	2	$33,187.50	2014	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	$5,400.00	2015	FIVB
8	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$13,700.00	2016	FIVB
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,000.00	2017	FIVB
14	0	3	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$28,050.00	2018	FIVB
16	0	0	0	1	1	6	5	3	0	$33,400.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00	2020	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$5,500.00	2021	FIVB
11	1	2	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	$19,100.00	2022	FIVB
10	1	0	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	$36,625.00	2023	FIVB	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	$45,650.00	2024	FIVB	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$2,100.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,000.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$5,525.00
7	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$19,850.00	2026	FIVB	8	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	0	$20,075.00
115	8	8	6	5	16	33	22	11	6	$287,712.50	Total	Total	21	4	0	1	2	4	3	4	3	0	$28,450.00

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	10	52.6%	6	31.6%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	10-7	58.8%	8-4	66.7%	0	2	18-13	58.1%
2025-2026	10	52.6%	6	31.6%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	10-7	58.8%	8-4	66.7%	0	2	18-13	58.1%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	6	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	14	7
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	0	0	10	7	0	0	6	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	18	13

Elea Beutel
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Bridlington 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$2,373.23

Paula Schürholz
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Essen

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$11,008.65

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$3,957.60
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	US$3,957.60

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	2	1st	400	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Wuhan	5	3rd	320	US$750.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q16	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/22/2026	Qualifier 2	Valerie Dvornikova / Veronika Kleiblova, Czechia (Q8)	Won 21-23, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool A	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (1)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Elea Beutel												Paula Schurholz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	$2,375.00
7	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	$1,225.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	2	1	2	1	3	5	3	0	0	$3,275.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
11	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	0	1	$1,975.00	Total	30	2	1	2	1	3	8	5	4	3	$9,650.00

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	1	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,250.00	11	4	73.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,250.00	11	4	73.3 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Elea Beutel													Paula Schurholz
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	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$200.00
											2023	FIVB	4	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	$550.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	$4,500.00
											2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,125.00	2026	FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,750.00
10	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	0	1	$1,225.00	Total	Total	29	2	1	2	1	3	8	5	4	3	$8,900.00

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	8	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	8-4	66.7%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	11-4	73.3%
2025-2026	8	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	8-4	66.7%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	11-4	73.3%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0-0		2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-0	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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	9	3
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	2	1	4	3	0	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	13	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 A