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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 15,000 BPT Futures Alanya
Friday, October 16, 2026 Court #2 14:50

Match #8: Pool D

(5) Marcis Berzins/Sandis Berzins, Latvia
vs.
(12, Q5) Julian Hikel/Kalle Pieper, Germany

Marcis Berzinš
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 8, 2006 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$2,367.96

Sandis Berzins
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 29, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$972.88

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$165.00

Previous Alanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 10/16/2026	Pool D	Julian Hikel / Kalle Pieper, Germany (12, Q5)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$150.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marcis Berzins												Sandis Berzins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	$1,612.50	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	$662.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships
10	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,612.50	Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	$662.50

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marcis Berzins													Sandis Berzins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$187.50	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$487.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	$1,350.00	2026	FIVB
9	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,537.50	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	$587.50

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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%
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%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Julian Hikel
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 9, 2006 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,443.16

Kalle Pieper
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 2007 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Malmo 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$770.96

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$165.00

Previous Alanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/15/2026	Qualifier 1	Boris Georgiev / Konstantin Mitev, Bulgaria (Q12)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:28
Thu, 10/15/2026	Qualifier 2	Magnus Helgerud / Marius Pande, Norway (Q4)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:47
Fri, 10/16/2026	Pool D	Marcis Berzins / Sandis Berzins, Latvia (5)

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	$150.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julian Hikel												Kalle Pieper
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	0	0	$1,062.50	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	$525.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	0	0	$1,062.50	Total	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	0	1	$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

Individual Finishes by Season

Julian Hikel													Kalle Pieper
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	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2024	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$287.50	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	$150.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$600.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$300.00
11	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	0	0	$987.50	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	0	1	$450.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	2-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	2-0	100.0%
2025-2026	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	2-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	2-0	100.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	4-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	2-0	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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
10/16/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Alanya	Pool D