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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$15,000 BPT Futures Qidong
Saturday, August 1, 2026 Stadium Court 16:00

Match #23: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(4) Yuan Liu/Yuan Mao, China
vs.
(11) Soloman Bushby/Justin Schumann, Australia

Yuan Liu
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 2008 (18 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sichuan

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Hangzhou 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$1,550.00

Yuan Mao
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 2006 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sichuan

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Hangzhou 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$1,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	US$3,100.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	1	2	US$3,100.00

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	Q21	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-28/2026	BPT Futures Hangzhou	15	4th	280	US$600.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q21	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	3/12-15/2026	BPT Futures Haikou	11	13th	140	US$150.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	8	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB Age Group WC	10/15-19/2025	U21 World Championships	13	9th	144	US$0.00

BPT Futures Qidong Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool D	Georg Wolf / Peter Wolf, Germany (13, Q5)	Won 19-21, 21-7, 15-10	0:51
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool D	Yoshiumi Hasegawa / Dylan Kurokawa, Japan (12, Q3)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:40
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 2	Soloman Bushby / Justin Schumann, Australia (11)

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	3	$3,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Yuan Liu												Yuan Mao
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$750.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	$800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	$800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	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	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
12	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	2	3	$1,550.00	Total	12	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	3	$1,550.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$1,700.00	2	5	28.6 %
2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	$950.00	6	9	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	3	$2,650.00	8	15	34.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Yuan Liu													Yuan Mao
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	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$850.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	$475.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	$475.00
11	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	2	3	$1,325.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	3	$1,325.00

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	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	7.1%	3	21.4%	10	71.4%	1-13	7.1%	5-10	33.3%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	8-15	34.8%
2025-2026	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	7.1%	3	21.4%	10	71.4%	1-13	7.1%	5-10	33.3%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	8-14	36.4%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%

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	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	1	5	5	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	10
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Total	0	0	1	4	6	9	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	18

Soloman Bushby
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 29, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$3,626.38

Justin Schumann
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Melbourne

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$2,425.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	US$1,950.00

Previous Qidong Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	James Takken - 5th	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Garang Anyang - 5th
2025	Did not play	Garang Anyang - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Q11	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q19	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q10	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q10	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	5, Q2	3rd	320	US$500.00
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	3	1st	400	US$1,000.00

BPT Futures Qidong Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool C	Dimitrios Chatzinikolaou / Stavros Ntallas, Greece (6)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-6	0:48
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool C	Colin Paszkiewicz / Charlie Peters, Germany (3)	Lost 21-16, 19-21, 11-15	0:50
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Finley Bennett / James Kay, Australia (9, Q1)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:40
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 2	Yuan Liu / Yuan Mao, China (4)

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
Total	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$1,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Soloman Bushby												Justin Schumann
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	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	$500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$0.00
23	1	0	1	1	5	12	2	0	0	$2,775.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	1	0	1	3	4	3	4	0	3	$2,425.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
37	1	0	1	1	5	12	4	2	10	$3,275.00	Total	29	1	0	1	3	4	3	4	1	10	$2,425.00

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
2026	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$1,500.00	16	7	69.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$1,500.00	16	7	69.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Soloman Bushby													Justin Schumann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$50.00
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	$600.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$100.00
10	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	$1,050.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
9	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	3	$500.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	$350.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$150.00	2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	$550.00
6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	$750.00	2026	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	$750.00
36	1	0	1	1	5	12	4	2	10	$3,050.00	Total	Total	27	1	0	1	3	4	3	4	1	10	$2,150.00

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	50.0%	5	25.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	10-2	83.3%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	16-7	69.6%
2025-2026	10	50.0%	5	25.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	10-2	83.3%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	16-7	69.6%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0		0		0		0-0		6-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	4	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	13	3
Total	0	0	5	4	4	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	16	7

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Qidong	Winner 2