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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Qidong
Thursday, July 30, 2026 Stadium Court 15:30

Match #12: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q10) Patrick Buckel /Leigh Sinoto, United States
vs.
(Q2) Juraj Krajci/Noah Smith, New Zealand

Patrick Buckel
United States

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 16, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Beach, CA

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

21st (FIVB Pirae Tahiti 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Leigh Sinoto
United States

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 16, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB Pirae Tahiti 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$50.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00

Previous Qidong Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Cody Price - 17th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Qidong Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Qualifier 1	Lewis Jupp / Thomas Smith, Australia (Q7)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-4	0:50
Thu, 7/30/2026	Qualifier 2	Juraj Krajci / Noah Smith, New Zealand (Q2)

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Patrick Buckel												Leigh Sinoto
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	$50.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	$50.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Patrick Buckel													Leigh Sinoto
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$50.00
											2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	$50.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0-0	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-0	100.0%
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0-0	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-0	100.0%
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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Juraj Krajci
New Zealand

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

New Plymouth

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$650.00

Noah Smith
New Zealand

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 31, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB Coolangatta 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$50.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	US$0.00

Previous Qidong Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Q22	41st	100	US$0.00

BPT Futures Qidong Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Qualifier 2	Patrick Buckel / Leigh Sinoto, United States (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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Juraj Krajci												Noah Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
21	0	0	0	0	2	5	13	0	0	$650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	$50.00
22	0	0	0	0	2	5	13	0	1	$650.00	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	1	$50.00

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	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Juraj Krajci													Noah Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	$50.00	2023	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	$50.00	2024	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$150.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	$400.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$50.00
21	0	0	0	0	2	5	13	0	1	$650.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	1	$50.00

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	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Qidong	Qualifier 2