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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$15,000 BPT Futures Qidong
Saturday, August 1, 2026 Court #2 10:40

Match #19: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(11) Soloman Bushby/Justin Schumann, Australia
vs.
(9, Q1) Finley Bennett/James Kay, Australia

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

Finley Bennett
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 20, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Coolangatta 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$975.00

James Kay
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Rarotonga 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$625.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	US$1,250.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	US$1,250.00

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	Q17	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-28/2026	BPT Futures Hangzhou	5	13th	140	US$150.00
FIVB	3/30-4/2/2026	BPT Futures Tahiti	9, Q1	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/24-27/2026	BPT Futures Rarotonga	8, Q1	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	11	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB Age Group WC	10/15-19/2025	U21 World Championships	12	17th	80	US$0.00

BPT Futures Qidong Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Qualifier 2	Kaur Kais / Jaan Rebel, Estonia (Q8)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:56
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool A	Ryuichi Adachi / Kai Kurokawa, Japan (8)	Lost 14-21, 23-25	0:38
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool A	Xingyu Tang / Xu Yuan, China (16)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:40
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Soloman Bushby / Justin Schumann, Australia (11)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:40

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	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	$1,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Finley Bennett												James Kay
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
9	0	0	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	$975.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	$625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
12	0	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	1	$975.00	Total	8	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	1	$625.00

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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	$1,250.00	9	12	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	$1,250.00	9	12	42.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Finley Bennett													James Kay
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	2024	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$350.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	$625.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	$625.00
12	0	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	1	$975.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	1	$625.00

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	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	9	75.0%	1-11	8.3%	7-9	43.8%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	9-12	42.9%
2025-2026	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	9	75.0%	1-11	8.3%	7-9	43.8%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	9-12	42.9%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	2-10	16.7%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%

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	3	0	4	6	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	11
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	3	1	5	8	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	15

Head to Head Results
Bushby/Schumann lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Qidong	Winner 1	Bushby/Schumann	11	Bennett/Kay	9, Q1	21-17, 21-14	0:40
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Winner 1	Bushby/Schumann	5, Q2	Bennett/Kay	11	21-15, 21-14	0:32