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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Montréal
Saturday, August 22, 2026 Court #2 11:30

Match #26: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(9) Taylor Crabb/Andy Benesh, United States
vs.
(15, Q4) Nils Ringoen/Even Aas, Norway

Taylor Crabb
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 26, 1992 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

185 cm (6'0")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Chetumal 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$187,225.00

Andy Benesh
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'9")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$141,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	US$54,900.00

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Miles Partain - 2nd
2025	Did not play	Miles Partain - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	6	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	14	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	11	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	11	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	11	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

BPT Elite Montréal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool A	Moritz Pristauz / Philipp Waller, Austria (8)	Won 21-18, 27-25	0:41
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool A	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (1)	Lost 13-21, 10-21	0:30
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool A	Steven Abrams / Cameron Chadwick, Canada (16, Q15)	Won 21-23, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
Sat, 8/22/2026	Winner 1	Even Aas / Nils Ringoen, Norway (15, 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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$54,900.00
Total	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$54,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taylor Crabb												Andy Benesh
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	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
21	0	0	2	2	4	8	4	0	0	$93,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	1	1	4	0	4	11	2	0	0	$109,200.00
34	1	0	2	0	4	14	8	5	0	$63,775.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	$15,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$650.00
62	1	0	4	3	10	23	14	6	0	$187,225.00	Total	39	2	2	4	1	8	15	4	1	1	$141,600.00

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	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$48,900.00	18	10	64.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$48,900.00	18	10	64.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taylor Crabb													Andy Benesh
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	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$15,500.00	2016	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	$23,000.00	2017	FIVB
9	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB
10	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	0	0	$32,900.00	2019	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00	2020	FIVB
8	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	$22,500.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$300.00
6	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$9,375.00	2022	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$10,975.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$3,250.00	2023	FIVB	9	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$56,625.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$24,000.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$22,250.00
5	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	$24,450.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	$24,450.00
61	1	0	4	3	10	23	14	6	0	$184,225.00	Total	Total	38	2	2	4	1	8	15	4	1	1	$138,600.00

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	75.0%	0	0.0%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	7	50.0%	2	14.3%	5	35.7%	7-7	50.0%	9-5	64.3%	7-5	58.3%	2	0	18-10	64.3%
2025-2026	9	75.0%	0	0.0%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	7	50.0%	2	14.3%	5	35.7%	7-7	50.0%	9-5	64.3%	7-5	58.3%	2	0	18-10	64.3%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	4	44.4%	3-6	33.3%	2-6	25.0%	6-6	50.0%	1	0	5-6	45.5%

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	12	6	0	0	4	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	18	10
Total	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	4	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	18	10

Nils Gunnar Ringøen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 26, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krstiansand

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$20,279.61

Even Stray Aas
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 9, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Budapest 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$18,223.71

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	19	1	1	1	2	5	0	1	1	2	2	2	US$34,233.44

Previous Montréal 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	7	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	17	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	13	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	10	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	5	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	31, Q9	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	2, Q1	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	8	1st	400	€ 1,000.00

BPT Elite Montréal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/19/2026	Qualifier 1	Tynan Gannett / Luke de Greeff, Canada (Q13)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:45
Wed, 8/19/2026	Qualifier 2	Cody Caldwell / Jacob LaBouliere, United States (Q5)	Won 27-25, 22-24, 21-19	1:02
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool B	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (2)	Lost 20-22, 13-21	0:32
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool B	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (7)	Won 15-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:44
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool B	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (10)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:36
Sat, 8/22/2026	Winner 1	Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb, United States (9)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$6,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	$24,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,750.00
Total	19	1	1	1	2	5	0	1	1	2	2	2	$33,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nils Ringoen												Even Aas
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	1	0	$3,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,000.00
16	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	10	$12,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	3	$12,000.00
22	2	1	1	4	4	7	3	0	0	$3,675.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	1	2	1	3	4	2	0	0	$2,275.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
41	2	1	1	5	6	8	4	3	10	$18,675.00	Total	28	1	1	2	2	6	5	3	3	4	$17,275.00

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	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	8	5	61.5 %
2025	FIVB	9	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	$6,100.00	24	11	68.6 %
2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	$20,750.00	13	12	52.0 %
Total	FIVB	18	1	1	1	2	5	0	1	1	2	2	2	$27,750.00	45	28	61.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nils Ringoen													Even Aas
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	0	1	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2020	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$100.00	2021	FIVB
8	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	$800.00	2022	FIVB
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	$200.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$150.00
4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$550.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	$700.00
9	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	2	$3,050.00	2025	FIVB	9	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	2	$3,050.00
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	$10,375.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	$10,375.00
40	2	1	1	5	6	8	4	3	10	$15,675.00	Total	Total	27	1	1	2	2	6	5	3	3	4	$14,275.00

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	27	73.0%	7	18.9%	3	8.1%	34-3	91.9%	10	28.6%	3	8.6%	22	62.9%	10-25	28.6%	27-22	55.1%	17-6	73.9%	1	0	45-28	61.6%
2025-2026	22	73.3%	5	16.7%	3	10.0%	27-3	90.0%	9	31.0%	2	6.9%	18	62.1%	9-20	31.0%	22-18	55.0%	14-5	73.7%	1	0	37-23	61.7%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	3-4	42.9%	4-6	40.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	6-4	60.0%

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	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	2	6	5	0	0	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	13
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	12	4	0	0	7	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	27	12
Total	0	0	9	4	19	11	0	0	13	7	2	3	1	2	1	1	45	28

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/22/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 1