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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
Friday, July 31, 2026 Stadium Court 16:00

Match #31: Pool A

(1) Evandro Goncalves/Arthur Lanci, Brazil
vs.
(12) Miles Partain/James Shaw, United States

Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 17, 1990 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

210 cm (6'11")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$811,000.00

Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paranavaí

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$223,319.39

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	42	4	2	4	4	9	0	13	1	2	1	1	0	US$397,700.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Pedro Solberg - 9th	Eduardo Davi - 25th
2016	Pedro Solberg - 9th	Did not play
2016	Pedro Solberg - 2nd	Did not play
2017	Andre Loyola - 9th	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Pedro Sousa - 13th
2025	Arthur Lanci - 5th	Evandro Goncalves - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	9	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	5	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	1	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	1	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	1	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	4	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	3	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	6	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool A	Adrian Gavira / Alejandro Huerta, Spain (24, Q6)
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool A	Tim Berger / Timo Hammarberg, Austria (13)
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool A	Miles Partain / James Shaw, United States (12)

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	2	2	2	2	6	0	11	1	4	0	0	$300,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00
Total	42	4	2	4	4	9	0	13	1	4	0	0	$397,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Evandro Goncalves												Arthur Lanci
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	1	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	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
6	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$74,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00
5	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$93,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
84	6	6	3	3	16	26	11	4	8	$501,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	2	3	2	2	6	13	4	0	1	$162,600.00
45	4	5	2	5	9	10	3	4	3	$139,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	2	0	3	2	1	3	0	3	6	$34,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$1,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
146	11	13	7	8	30	40	16	9	11	$811,000.00	Total	68	6	4	5	4	15	19	4	3	7	$223,050.00

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
2023	FIVB	13	1	0	1	3	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	$72,500.00	35	25	58.3 %
2024	FIVB	11	2	0	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	$107,000.00	33	21	61.1 %
2025	FIVB	13	1	2	1	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	$178,000.00	44	21	67.7 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$37,700.00	13	9	59.1 %
Total	FIVB	41	4	2	4	4	9	0	13	1	4	0	0	$395,200.00	125	76	62.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Evandro Goncalves													Arthur Lanci
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	1	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	$5,550.00	2012	FIVB
12	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	2	1	$60,850.00	2013	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	1	$45,000.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	1	1	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	$122,500.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
11	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$136,500.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	2	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	$100,250.00	2017	FIVB
9	1	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	$48,000.00	2018	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$1,325.00
13	1	1	1	0	5	2	3	0	0	$58,500.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$350.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$15,500.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	1	0	$15,500.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$16,625.00
13	1	0	1	3	1	4	3	0	0	$36,250.00	2023	FIVB	13	1	0	1	3	1	4	3	0	0	$36,250.00
11	2	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	$53,500.00	2024	FIVB	12	2	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$56,000.00
13	1	2	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$89,000.00	2025	FIVB	13	1	2	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$89,000.00
4	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$18,850.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$18,850.00
145	11	13	7	8	30	40	16	9	11	$809,750.00	Total	Total	67	6	4	5	4	15	19	4	3	7	$221,800.00

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	75	58.6%	29	22.7%	24	18.8%	104-24	81.3%	19	27.1%	18	25.7%	33	47.1%	19-51	27.1%	75-33	69.4%	48-42	53.3%	2	1	125-76	62.2%
2025-2026	34	58.6%	15	25.9%	9	15.5%	49-9	84.5%	8	28.6%	8	28.6%	12	42.9%	8-20	28.6%	34-12	73.9%	23-17	57.5%	0	1	57-30	65.5%
Against the Field	21	70.0%	5	16.7%	4	13.3%	26-4	86.7%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	8	53.3%	3-12	20.0%	42-16	72.4%	16-16	50.0%	0	0	29-16	64.4%

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
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	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	41	30	1	0	27	18	4	4	2	2	2	2	81	59
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	11	3	1	0	12	1	2	4	2	2	2	0	30	10
Total	0	0	4	3	62	36	2	0	43	23	6	8	4	4	4	2	125	76

Miles Partain
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Palisades, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$115,850.00

James Shaw
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodside, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$48,325.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	US$8,700.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Chaim Schalk - 17th
2025	Andy Benesh - 13th	Chaim Schalk - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	19, Q5	9th	600	US$6,200.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool A	Tim Berger / Timo Hammarberg, Austria (13)
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool A	Adrian Gavira / Alejandro Huerta, Spain (24, Q6)
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool A	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,700.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Miles Partain												James Shaw
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	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals
20	1	1	2	0	4	10	0	1	0	$86,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	1	0	$28,700.00
5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$13,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	$9,875.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships
32	3	1	2	1	8	12	1	2	1	$115,850.00	Total	22	1	0	2	0	5	6	6	1	0	$48,325.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,200.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,200.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Miles Partain													James Shaw
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	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$8,125.00	2022	FIVB
9	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$56,625.00	2023	FIVB
7	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$24,000.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	$7,000.00
8	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$22,750.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	$33,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,100.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$6,200.00
31	3	1	2	1	8	12	1	2	1	$114,600.00	Total	Total	21	1	0	2	0	5	6	6	1	0	$47,075.00

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	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
2025-2026	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%

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	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool A