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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
Saturday, August 1, 2026 Court #2 14:00

Match #41: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(8) Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Teo Rotar, France
vs.
(11) Thomas Hodges/Ben Hood, Australia

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$166,541.70

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$85,890.73

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$131,600.00
Overall	18	0	1	2	1	4	0	5	0	1	1	2	US$136,770.20

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)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:29
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool E	Gabriel Dos Reis / Johann Ferdinand, Brazil (20, Q9)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:31
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool E	Chase Budinger / Trevor Crabb, United States (5)	Lost 21-23, 17-21	0:33
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Thomas Hodges / Ben Hood, 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$)
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	$64,600.00
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	$136,600.00

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	$65,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	1	2	5	10	2	0	$36,300.00
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	$162,450.00	Total	53	3	2	4	1	9	11	15	4	3	$82,900.00

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	15	8	65.2 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	1	2	1	3	0	5	0	1	2	0	$125,400.00	46	23	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	32	80.0%	7	17.5%	1	2.5%	39-1	97.5%	6	22.2%	8	29.6%	13	48.1%	6-21	22.2%	32-13	71.1%	13-9	59.1%	1	1	46-23	66.7%
2025-2026	32	80.0%	7	17.5%	1	2.5%	39-1	97.5%	6	22.2%	8	29.6%	13	48.1%	6-21	22.2%	32-13	71.1%	13-9	59.1%	1	1	46-23	66.7%
Against the Field	14	93.3%	1	6.7%	0	0.0%	15-0	100.0%	4	40.0%	2	20.0%	4	40.0%	4-6	40.0%	28-6	82.4%	10-4	71.4%	1	0	20-5	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
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	16	7	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	22	17
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	29	10	0	0	16	10	1	3	2	1	0	1	50	27

Thomas Hodges
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

East Melbourne

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$99,477.95

Ben Hood
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 22, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toowoomba

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Nuvali 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$27,681.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	US$45,250.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro 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	1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	3	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	10	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	15	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	21	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	28, Q6	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	1	5th	240	US$300.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (14)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:30
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool B	Joao Elbert / Lucas Sampaio, Brazil (23, Q13)	Lost 20-22, 21-16, 9-15	0:51
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool B	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (2)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 13-15	0:45
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (8)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$38,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00
Total	8	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	$45,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Hodges												Ben Hood
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,200.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	$26,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,100.00
32	2	2	1	1	8	9	5	4	0	$64,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	$20,500.00
6	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	0	1	0	1	4	11	4	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
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
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
54	2	4	3	1	10	15	12	5	1	$99,150.00	Total	38	1	1	0	1	6	14	8	1	5	$27,400.00

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	7	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	$39,050.00	21	11	65.6 %
Total	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	$39,050.00	21	11	65.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thomas Hodges													Ben Hood
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	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB
10	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	$16,575.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
14	1	1	1	0	2	5	4	0	0	$29,000.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$500.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$19,125.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	3	$1,100.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	$11,825.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	$3,175.00
7	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$19,525.00	2026	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$19,525.00
53	2	4	3	1	10	15	12	5	1	$96,050.00	Total	Total	37	1	1	0	1	6	14	8	1	5	$24,300.00

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	13	68.4%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	7	58.3%	3-9	25.0%	13-7	65.0%	7-4	63.6%	1	0	21-11	65.6%
2025-2026	13	68.4%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	7	58.3%	3-9	25.0%	13-7	65.0%	7-4	63.6%	1	0	21-11	65.6%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	4-5	44.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	9	3	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	8
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	1	0	12	5	0	0	6	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	21	11

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 Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1