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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 15,000 BPT Futures Alanya
October 15 - 18, 2026

(1) Batuhan Kuru/Yusuf Ozdemir, Türkiye

Batuhan Kuru
Türkiye

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 12, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$8,808.85

Yusuf Ozdemir
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Seyhan

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$10,219.68

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	20	1	3	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	3	US$16,029.01

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Ali Cebeci - 9th
2025	Yusuf Ozdemir - 25th	Batuhan Kuru - 25th
2026	Yusuf Ozdemir - 25th	Batuhan Kuru - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-28/2026	BPT Futures Balikesir	1	2nd	360	€ 1,050.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	8	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	27	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	21	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/12-15/2026	BPT Futures Haikou	1	2nd	360	US$1,050.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q6	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Futures Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 10/16/2026	Pool A	Alexander Sponer / Maximilian Trummer, Austria (16, Q7)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:32
Sat, 10/17/2026	Pool A	Artur Hajos / Lukas Niemeier, Hungary (8)	Won 21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:50
Sat, 10/17/2026	Winner 2	Marcis Berzins / Sandis Berzins, Latvia (5)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:36
Sun, 10/18/2026	Semi-Finals	Elias Holzinger / Michael Klemen, Austria (4)	Won 25-27, 24-22, 15-12	1:03
Sun, 10/18/2026	Gold Medal	Julian Hikel / Kalle Pieper, Germany (12, Q5)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 14-16	0:49

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	$10,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	1	3	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$5,450.00
Total	20	1	3	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	3	$15,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Batuhan Kuru												Yusuf Ozdemir
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	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$5,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	$5,000.00
16	1	3	0	0	2	6	4	0	0	$2,825.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	1	3	0	0	4	8	2	1	1	$4,025.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
26	1	3	0	0	2	7	5	3	5	$7,825.00	Total	32	1	3	0	0	4	9	3	4	8	$9,025.00

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
2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$200.00	2	4	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	3	4	42.9 %
2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	$3,100.00	13	10	56.5 %
2026	FIVB	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$11,650.00	14	11	56.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	1	3	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	3	$15,450.00	32	29	52.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Batuhan Kuru													Yusuf Ozdemir
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$950.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$300.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$100.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$100.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00
8	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$1,550.00	2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$1,550.00
7	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,825.00	2026	FIVB	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,825.00
26	1	3	0	0	2	7	5	3	5	$7,825.00	Total	Total	32	1	3	0	0	4	9	3	4	8	$9,025.00

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	17	54.8%	7	22.6%	7	22.6%	24-7	77.4%	8	26.7%	3	10.0%	19	63.3%	8-22	26.7%	17-19	47.2%	15-10	60.0%	0	0	32-29	52.5%
2025-2026	13	54.2%	6	25.0%	5	20.8%	19-5	79.2%	8	33.3%	2	8.3%	14	58.3%	8-16	33.3%	13-14	48.1%	14-7	66.7%	0	0	27-21	56.3%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	4-0	100.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%

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	1	3	1	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	2	14	6	0	0	5	5	4	0	0	0	1	3	29	16
Total	0	0	6	5	15	14	0	0	6	7	4	0	0	0	1	3	32	29

Head to Head Results
Kuru/Ozdemir lead the series against the field 5-1 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Holzinger/Klemen, Austria 1-0
10/18/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Alanya	Semi-Finals	Kuru/Ozdemir	1	Holzinger/Klemen	4	25-27, 24-22, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 5 Berzins/Berzins, Latvia 1-0
10/17/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Alanya	Winner 2	Kuru/Ozdemir	1	Berzins/Berzins	5	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 6 Kalchev/Mehandzhiyski, Bulgaria 1-0
9/26/25	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Pool D	Kuru/Ozdemir	4	Kalchev/Mehandzhiyski	13	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 Hajos/Niemeier, Hungary 1-0
10/17/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Alanya	Pool A	Kuru/Ozdemir	1	Hajos/Niemeier	8	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 12, Q5 Hikel/Pieper, Germany 0-1
10/18/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Alanya	Gold Medal	Hikel/Pieper	12, Q5	Kuru/Ozdemir	1	21-18, 19-21, 16-14	0:49
Lead the series against # 16, Q7 Sponer/Trummer, Austria 1-0
10/16/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Alanya	Pool A	Kuru/Ozdemir	1	Sponer/Trummer	16, Q7	21-11, 21-17	0:32