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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 15,000 BPT Futures Tallinn
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Court #2 13:30

Match #4: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q4) Dimitar Kalchev/Dimitar Mehandzhiyski, Bulgaria
vs.
(Q13) Arne Brendel/Philipp Henke, Germany

Dimitar Kalchev
Bulgaria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 20, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Sveti Vlas 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$1,909.05

Dimitar Mehandzhiyski
Bulgaria

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Sveti Vlas 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,055.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	17	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	5	3	3	0	US$2,650.26

Previous Tallinn Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-28/2026	BPT Futures Balikesir	8	13th	140	€ 150.00
FIVB	6/4-7/2026	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	4	4th	280	€ 600.00
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Cervia	10	13th	140	€ 150.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	13	13th	140	€ 100.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Warsaw	6	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	10	9th	180	€ 200.00

BPT Futures Tallinn Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/19/2026	Qualifier 1	Arne Brendel / Philipp Henke, Germany (Q13)

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	5	6	0	0	$2,300.00
Total	17	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	5	6	0	0	$2,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dimitar Kalchev												Dimitar Mehandzhiyski
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
20	0	0	1	1	0	10	7	0	0	$1,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	0	1	1	0	11	6	0	0	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
21	0	0	1	1	0	10	8	0	0	$1,300.00	Total	20	0	0	1	1	0	11	6	0	0	$1,400.00

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
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	0	2	0.0 %
2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$100.00	0	5	0.0 %
2025	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	$1,200.00	8	13	38.1 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$900.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	5	6	0	0	$2,300.00	11	27	28.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dimitar Kalchev													Dimitar Mehandzhiyski
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	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$200.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$300.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$50.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$50.00
8	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	$600.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	$600.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$450.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$450.00
20	0	0	1	1	0	10	8	0	0	$1,300.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	1	1	0	11	6	0	0	$1,400.00

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	6	50.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	1	4.0%	6	24.0%	18	72.0%	1-24	4.0%	6-18	25.0%	4-9	30.8%	1	0	11-27	28.9%
2025-2026	6	54.5%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	5.3%	5	26.3%	13	68.4%	1-18	5.3%	6-13	31.6%	4-7	36.4%	1	0	11-20	35.5%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	6	5	15	0	0	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	11	27
Total	0	0	1	6	5	15	0	0	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	11	27

Arne Robert Brendel
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 26, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Magdeburg

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$141.78

Philipp Henke
Germany

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 4, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00

Previous Tallinn Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Tallinn Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/19/2026	Qualifier 1	Dimitar Kalchev / Dimitar Mehandzhiyski, Bulgaria (Q4)

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Arne Brendel												Philipp Henke
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$112.50	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$112.50	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Arne Brendel													Philipp Henke
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	$62.50	2025	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$50.00	2026	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$112.50	Total	Total

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/19/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Tallinn	Qualifier 1