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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
Friday, July 31, 2026 Court #2 15:00

Match #27: Pool C

(15) Joaquin Bello/Luis Javier Bello, England
vs.
(22, Q5) Derek Bradford/Evan Cory, United States

Joaquin Bello
England

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madrid, Spain

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$98,048.20

Luis Javier Bello Fernandez Echevarria
England

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madrid, Spain

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$98,048.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$9,827.10
FIVB	69	2	2	6	1	7	1	13	8	7	1	5	4	5	0	6	US$180,492.00
FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	76	2	2	6	1	10	1	15	8	7	1	5	4	6	1	6	US$190,319.10

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Luis Javier Bello - 1st	Joaquin Bello - 1st
2025	Luis Javier Bello - 25th	Joaquin Bello - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo	4	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q4	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	11	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	5	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	15, Q6	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	13	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q12	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	7	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	6	9th	460	€ 2,500.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool C	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (10)
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool C	Calvin Aye / Remi Daubas, France (3)
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool C	Derek Bradford / Evan Cory, United States (22, Q5)

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$)
Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,800.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	8	3	0	$78,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	2	3	1	2	0	4	0	2	1	9	$76,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	22	1	0	3	0	5	0	7	2	3	0	1	$5,800.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	76	2	2	6	1	10	1	15	8	13	4	13	$188,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joaquin Bello												Luis Javier Bello
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	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
21	1	0	0	0	0	8	8	3	0	$39,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	1	0	0	0	0	8	8	3	0	$39,000.00
24	0	2	3	1	2	4	2	1	9	$38,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	2	3	1	2	4	2	1	9	$38,125.00
22	1	0	3	0	5	9	3	0	1	$2,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	23	1	0	3	0	5	9	4	0	1	$2,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,500.00
76	2	2	6	1	11	23	13	4	13	$94,425.00	Total	77	2	2	6	1	11	23	14	4	13	$94,425.00

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
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$500.00	3	5	37.5 %
2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	3	72.7 %
2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	11	13	45.8 %
2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2021	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	$2,300.00	19	10	65.5 %
2022	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	2	$14,000.00	17	22	43.6 %
2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	$16,750.00	11	9	55.0 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2024	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	7	0	0	$75,500.00	26	23	53.1 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	1	$48,800.00	15	22	40.5 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$18,000.00	8	3	72.7 %
Total	FIVB	68	2	2	6	1	7	1	13	8	13	4	11	$177,350.00	110	107	50.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	8	6	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joaquin Bello													Luis Javier Bello
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	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$250.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	3	$750.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	3	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	$1,150.00	2021	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	$1,150.00
12	0	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	$7,000.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	$7,000.00
6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	$8,375.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	$8,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
14	1	0	2	0	1	3	7	0	0	$37,750.00	2024	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	1	3	7	0	0	$37,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
11	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	2	1	$24,400.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	2	1	$24,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$9,000.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$9,000.00
75	2	2	6	1	11	23	13	4	13	$93,175.00	Total	Total	76	2	2	6	1	11	23	14	4	13	$93,175.00

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	63	62.4%	18	17.8%	20	19.8%	81-20	80.2%	26	23.0%	22	19.5%	65	57.5%	26-87	23.0%	63-65	49.2%	44-42	51.2%	3	0	110-107	50.7%
2025-2026	11	55.0%	4	20.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	8	28.6%	6	21.4%	14	50.0%	8-20	28.6%	11-14	44.0%	12-11	52.2%	0	0	23-25	47.9%
Against the Field	5	50.0%	1	10.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	6	50.0%	3-9	25.0%	10-12	45.5%	8-14	36.4%	0	0	9-13	40.9%

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
Youth 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	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	10	6	21	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	34
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	10	20	8	0	2	15	6	2	4	3	1	0	2	42	33
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	9	4	21	15	0	0	8	12	1	3	3	0	1	0	43	34
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Total	0	0	26	26	58	53	0	3	32	26	4	7	6	1	2	2	128	118

Derek Bradford
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 2, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Northridge, CA

Height:

206 cm (6'9")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$8,600.00

Evan Cory
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 14, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Metairie, LA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$22,359.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	US$16,000.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	20	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	11	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	12	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q9	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	23, Q1	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/29/2026	Qualifier 1	Vilsomar Brito / Joao Pedro Camargo, Brazil (Q12)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:31
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool C	Calvin Aye / Remi Daubas, France (3)
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool C	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (10)
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool C	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (15)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	$13,500.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	$16,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Derek Bradford												Evan Cory
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	$1,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,250.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	$6,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	7	4	$20,375.00
6	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	$600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
16	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	3	2	$8,600.00	Total	25	2	0	0	1	2	3	4	8	4	$22,125.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$12,000.00	6	7	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	$13,500.00	6	10	37.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Derek Bradford													Evan Cory
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	$4,750.00
											2023	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$500.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$6,500.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	$3,125.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$6,000.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$6,000.00
15	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	3	2	$7,350.00	Total	Total	24	2	0	0	1	2	3	4	8	4	$20,875.00

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	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	4-8	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-10	37.5%
2025-2026	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	4-8	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-10	37.5%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-1	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9
Total	0	0	1	1	3	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10

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 C