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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
Thursday, July 30, 2026 Court #4 14:00

Match #11: Pool E

(8) Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Teo Rotar, France
vs.
(17, Q1) Bautista Amieva/Maciel Bueno, Argentina

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 22, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saint Maurice

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$164,691.70

Téo Rotar
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Martigues

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$84,040.73

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$5,170.20
FIVB	16	0	1	2	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	2	US$127,900.00
Overall	18	0	1	2	1	4	0	5	0	1	1	2	US$133,070.20

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Teo Rotar - 9th	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	4	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	10	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	10	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	18	3rd	1280	US$35,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	10	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	11	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	12	9th	600	US$7,500.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	14	5th	600	€ 4,000.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool E	Bautista Amieva / Maciel Bueno, Argentina (17, Q1)
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool E	Gabriel Dos Reis / Johann Ferdinand, Brazil (20, Q9)
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool E	Chase Budinger / Trevor Crabb, United States (5)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	1	2	0	$60,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$32,000.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	18	0	1	2	1	4	0	5	0	2	2	0	$132,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat												Teo Rotar
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$22,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	World Tour Finals
24	1	0	0	1	2	10	5	2	2	$63,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	1	2	5	10	2	0	$34,450.00
33	0	3	1	0	4	11	2	4	8	$49,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	1	1	0	4	2	2	2	3	$23,250.00
22	1	3	1	0	5	8	2	2	0	$14,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	1	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	$6,000.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,750.00
94	2	6	3	1	13	34	15	8	11	$160,600.00	Total	53	3	2	4	1	9	11	15	4	3	$81,050.00

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	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	0	$92,000.00	31	15	67.4 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$33,400.00	13	7	65.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	1	2	1	3	0	5	0	1	2	0	$125,400.00	44	22	66.7 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00	4	4	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat													Teo Rotar
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,400.00	2017	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	3	$6,600.00	2018	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	2018	CEV
15	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	2	4	$14,000.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,850.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2020	CEV
6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$3,000.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$650.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2021	CEV
11	1	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$31,500.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	$5,600.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	2	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	$20,550.00	2023	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	$6,500.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
8	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$7,750.00	2024	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
11	0	1	2	0	2	3	1	2	0	$46,000.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	2	0	2	3	1	2	0	$46,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$16,700.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$16,700.00
93	2	6	3	1	13	34	15	8	11	$159,350.00	Total	Total	52	3	2	4	1	9	11	15	4	3	$79,800.00

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	30	78.9%	7	18.4%	1	2.6%	37-1	97.4%	6	23.1%	8	30.8%	12	46.2%	6-20	23.1%	30-12	71.4%	13-9	59.1%	1	1	44-22	66.7%
2025-2026	30	78.9%	7	18.4%	1	2.6%	37-1	97.4%	6	23.1%	8	30.8%	12	46.2%	6-20	23.1%	30-12	71.4%	13-9	59.1%	1	1	44-22	66.7%
Against the Field	12	92.3%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	4	44.4%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	4-5	44.4%	24-4	85.7%	10-4	71.4%	1	0	18-4	81.8%

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	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	14	6	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	20	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	17	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	0	0	2	2	27	9	0	0	16	10	1	3	2	1	0	1	48	26

Bautista Amieva
Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 29, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tunuyán - Mendoza

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$25,144.48

Maciel Bueno Torres
Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tunuyan

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (9 times)

Career Winnings:

US$22,357.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	4	US$39,450.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Maciel Bueno - 13th	Bautista Amieva - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	Q8	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	24, Q8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	28	17th	640	US$7,000.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool E	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (8)
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool E	Chase Budinger / Trevor Crabb, United States (5)
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool E	Gabriel Dos Reis / Johann Ferdinand, Brazil (20, 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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	$21,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	$11,250.00
Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	4	0	$39,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bautista Amieva												Maciel Bueno
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	$10,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	$10,600.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	$5,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	$6,125.00
14	5	0	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	$3,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
34	5	0	2	3	3	10	3	4	3	$23,575.00	Total	27	0	0	0	0	9	8	3	4	2	$21,725.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$10,000.00	4	6	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$11,000.00	2	9	18.2 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	$15,950.00	9	9	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	4	0	$36,950.00	15	24	38.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bautista Amieva													Maciel Bueno
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	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$500.00	2021	FIVB
5	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$600.00
8	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	$1,600.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$5,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$5,500.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$5,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	$7,975.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	$7,975.00
33	5	0	2	3	3	10	3	4	3	$22,325.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	0	9	8	3	4	2	$20,475.00

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	62.5%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	1	4.5%	5	22.7%	16	72.7%	1-21	4.5%	10-16	38.5%	5-7	41.7%	0	1	15-24	38.5%
2025-2026	7	58.3%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	1	5.9%	4	23.5%	12	70.6%	1-16	5.9%	7-12	36.8%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	11-18	37.9%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	11	84.6%	1-12	7.7%	2-20	9.1%	4-2	66.7%	0	1	3-12	20.0%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	3	1	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Total	0	0	6	3	6	16	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	24

Head to Head Results
Gauthier-Rat/Rotar lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool E
11/18/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	18	Amieva/Bueno	28	22-20, 21-12	0:34