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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Bujumbura
Saturday, August 22, 2026 Stadium Court 10:40

Match #5: Pool A

(1) Tjasa Kotnik/Tajda Lovsin, Slovenia
vs.
(4) Yu Okuno/Nozomi Sekiguchi, Japan

Tjasa Kotnik
Slovenia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ljubljana

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Siofok 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$31,209.83

Tajda Lovsin
Slovenia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 7, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Izola

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$30,069.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	US$2,687.05
FIVB	29	0	3	1	0	5	0	5	1	2	3	3	3	2	US$49,378.58
Overall	32	0	3	1	0	5	0	5	1	4	3	3	4	2	US$52,065.63

Previous Bujumbura Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Did not play	Ziva Javornik - 2nd

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

BPT Futures Bujumbura Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 8/22/2026	Pool A	Yu Okuno / Nozomi Sekiguchi, Japan (4)	Won 21-11, 21-6	0:26

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	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	$21,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	4	3	2	$23,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,700.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$2,500.00
Total	32	0	3	1	0	5	0	5	1	10	4	2	$51,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tjasa Kotnik												Tajda Lovsin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	2	$10,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	$10,500.00
17	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	4	$11,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	5	$12,375.00
24	1	4	2	1	4	6	4	1	0	$5,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	22	0	4	2	0	5	8	2	0	0	$4,000.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,250.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,250.00
52	1	4	2	1	7	12	13	5	6	$29,125.00	Total	53	0	4	2	0	8	15	11	6	6	$28,125.00

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	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,900.00	12	9	57.1 %
2022	FIVB	10	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	$29,900.00	23	18	56.1 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	$8,750.00	6	12	33.3 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	$5,000.00	6	6	50.0 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	28	0	3	1	0	5	0	5	1	8	3	2	$48,550.00	47	45	51.1 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$2,500.00	2	7	22.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tjasa Kotnik													Tajda Lovsin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	3	$750.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
7	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	$1,900.00	2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	$550.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
6	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	$2,450.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$2,500.00
11	0	3	0	0	2	3	2	0	1	$15,300.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	2	0	0	2	3	2	0	1	$14,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	$4,375.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	$4,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	$2,500.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$250.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	2	$1,700.00
51	1	4	2	1	7	12	13	5	6	$28,925.00	Total	Total	52	0	4	2	0	8	15	11	6	6	$27,925.00

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	29	61.7%	12	25.5%	6	12.8%	41-6	87.2%	7	15.2%	8	17.4%	31	67.4%	7-39	15.2%	29-31	48.3%	19-14	57.6%	0	0	48-45	51.6%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		1-0	100.0%	0-0		0	0	1-0	100.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	0-0		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	4	3	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	4	9	13	2	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	25
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	0	6	2	3	1	1	0	0	3	21	10
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Total	0	0	11	7	26	27	2	2	7	12	3	1	1	0	0	3	50	52

Yu Okuno
Japan

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 8, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Nuvali 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$250.00

Nozomi Sekiguchi
Japan

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 20, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Nuvali 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	US$500.00

Previous Bujumbura Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q31	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q21	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	Q6	17th	100	€ 0.00

BPT Futures Bujumbura Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool A	Nadia Buntubwimana / Delly-Drice Kaze, Burundi (5)	Won 21-8, 21-13	0:29
Sat, 8/22/2026	Pool A	Tjasa Kotnik / Tajda Lovsin, Slovenia (1)	Lost 11-21, 6-21	0:26

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$500.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Yu Okuno												Nozomi Sekiguchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$250.00	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	$250.00

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	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$200.00	4	3	57.1 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$200.00	5	6	45.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Yu Okuno													Nozomi Sekiguchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$100.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	$100.00

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	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
2025-2026	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0		0	0	1-1	50.0%

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

Head to Head Results
Kotnik/Lovsin lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/22/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Bujumbura	Pool A	Kotnik/Lovsin	1	Okuno/Sekiguchi	4	21-11, 21-6	0:26