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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Hamburg
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Court #2 16:30

Match #7: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q7) Gustavs Auzins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia
vs.
(Q10) Niklas Held/Luis Kubo, Germany

Gustavs Auzins
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 29, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$7,885.71

Edgars Tocs
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madona

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$129,542.19

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	7	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	US$4,988.87

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Martins Plavins - 5th
2019	Did not play	Martins Plavins - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Futures Jurmala	3	1st	400	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Wuhan	3	5th	240	US$450.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q9	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	5/7-10/2026	BPT Futures Madrid	10	1st	400	€ 1,500.00

BPT Elite16 Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/5/2026	Qualifier 1	Niklas Held / Luis Kubo, Germany (Q10)

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	$0.00
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	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,350.00
Total	7	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	$4,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gustavs Auzins												Edgars Tocs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	4	$27,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$1,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	1	0	1	0	4	7	9	13	10	$53,400.00
12	3	2	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	$4,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	2	1	2	0	5	2	2	0	0	$11,125.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
											Confederation Championship	6	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	$6,250.00
18	5	2	1	0	4	2	0	2	1	$5,750.00	Total	85	3	1	4	1	11	18	16	16	14	$124,525.00

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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00	2	3	40.0 %
2026	FIVB	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,950.00	13	2	86.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	$4,350.00	15	5	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gustavs Auzins													Edgars Tocs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	3	$9,400.00
											2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
											2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$5,000.00
											2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00
											2018	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00
											2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$8,750.00
											2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2022	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	5	2	$900.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	3	$550.00
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00
7	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	$2,675.00	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$200.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,975.00	2026	FIVB	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,975.00
17	5	2	1	0	4	2	0	2	1	$5,750.00	Total	Total	89	3	1	4	1	11	19	18	16	16	$124,900.00

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	83.3%	2	16.7%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	4-1	80.0%	1	0	15-5	75.0%
2025-2026	10	83.3%	2	16.7%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	4-1	80.0%	1	0	15-5	75.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	2-0	100.0%	1	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	0	0	8	2	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	4
Total	0	0	0	1	8	2	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	5

Niklas Held
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 11, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sanya 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$2,589.66

Luis Kubo
Germany

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 4, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sanya 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$1,305.41

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$2,272.04

Previous Hamburg 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	Q18	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	5/21-24/2026	BPT Futures Apeldoorn	2	5th	240	€ 450.00
FIVB	3/12-15/2026	BPT Futures Haikou	6, Q1	3rd	320	US$750.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	13, Q6	1st	400	US$1,000.00

BPT Elite16 Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/5/2026	Qualifier 1	Gustavs Auzins / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (Q7)

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	$0.00
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	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Niklas Held												Luis Kubo
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	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
16	1	0	2	1	4	4	4	0	0	$2,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00
21	1	0	2	1	4	4	4	0	4	$2,250.00	Total	6	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,200.00

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	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,200.00	15	3	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,200.00	15	3	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Niklas Held													Luis Kubo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$200.00	2023	FIVB
7	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	$450.00	2024	FIVB
5	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	$500.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00	2026	FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00
20	1	0	2	1	4	4	4	0	4	$2,250.00	Total	Total	5	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,200.00

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	9	64.3%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	9-2	81.8%	5-1	83.3%	1	0	15-3	83.3%
2025-2026	9	64.3%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	9-2	81.8%	5-1	83.3%	1	0	15-3	83.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-0	100.0%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	4	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	2
Total	0	0	4	1	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	3

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/5/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Qualifier 1