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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
April 8 - 12, 2026

(3) Elmer Andersson/Jacob Nilsson, Sweden

Elmer Andersson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 26, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Home Town:

Järstorp

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$110,155.90

Jacob Hölting Nilsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

ST Köpinge

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$110,155.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	24	6	3	1	0	4	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	US$219,328.28
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	25	6	3	1	0	5	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	US$219,328.28

Previous Saquarema Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	2	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	7	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	3	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	10	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	3	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	24, Q13	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/12-15/2025	BPT Futures Malmo	2	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	16, Q1	13th	460	US$4,500.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool C	Guto Carvalhaes / Jonathan De Menezes, Brazil (22, Q16)	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:33
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool C	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (15)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:32
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool C	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (10)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	$120,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$50,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	24	6	3	1	0	4	0	3	1	3	1	0	$219,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Elmer Andersson												Jacob Nilsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
11	1	2	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	$60,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	1	2	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	$60,350.00
7	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$25,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$25,250.00
5	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$1,400.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
24	6	3	1	0	4	4	3	1	0	$109,500.00	Total	28	6	3	1	0	4	5	5	1	0	$109,500.00

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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$21,800.00	29	6	82.9 %
2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	$187,750.00	49	18	73.1 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$9,450.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	23	6	3	1	0	4	0	3	1	3	1	1	$219,000.00	84	27	75.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Elmer Andersson													Jacob Nilsson
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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00	2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00
14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00	2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,725.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,725.00
24	6	3	1	0	5	4	3	1	1	$109,500.00	Total	Total	28	6	3	1	0	5	5	5	1	2	$109,500.00

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	61	79.2%	13	16.9%	3	3.9%	74-3	96.1%	10	30.3%	5	15.2%	18	54.5%	10-23	30.3%	61-18	77.2%	23-8	74.2%	0	1	84-27	75.7%
2025-2026	40	76.9%	10	19.2%	2	3.8%	50-2	96.2%	5	21.7%	3	13.0%	15	65.2%	5-18	21.7%	40-15	72.7%	15-5	75.0%	0	1	55-21	72.4%
Against the Field	21	77.8%	5	18.5%	1	3.7%	26-1	96.3%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	10	62.5%	4-12	25.0%	42-18	70.0%	18-6	75.0%	0	1	30-13	69.8%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	17	6	0	0	8	5	3	0	0	0	1	2	32	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	10	2	0	0	8	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	28	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	6	2	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	18	5
Total	0	0	9	3	35	11	0	0	24	9	9	1	1	0	6	3	84	27

Head to Head Results
Andersson/Nilsson lead the series against the field 30-14 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 2-0
8/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool D	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Goncalves/Lanci	4	22-24, 21-19, 15-10	0:52
7/5/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 3	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	Goncalves/Lanci	8	21-16, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-3
11/23/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Gold Medal	Ahman/Hellvig	3	Andersson/Nilsson	7	25-23, 21-19	0:49
8/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Semi-Finals	Andersson/Nilsson	10	Ahman/Hellvig	2	21-17, 18-21, 18-16	0:50
8/15/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool B	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Andersson/Nilsson	10	21-12, 21-15	0:31
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool B	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Andersson/Nilsson	15	21-14, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # 4 Aye/Daubas, France 3-0
8/10/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Semi-Finals	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Aye/Daubas	22	23-21, 21-13	0:39
11/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	10, Q2	Aye/Daubas	4	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:49
11/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	19, Q5	Aye/Daubas	5	24-22, 27-25	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-3
9/20/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Andersson/Nilsson	3	21-18, 21-17	0:36
8/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Andersson/Nilsson	10	21-19, 21-13	0:36
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	21-18, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 6 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 1-0
7/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	Fokerots/Plavins	14	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Series tied with # 7 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-1
10/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Semi-Finals	Andersson/Nilsson	1	Berntsen/Mol	8	21-15, 19-21, 15-5	0:43
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	9	Andersson/Nilsson	16, Q1	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Series tied with # 8 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 1-1
10/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Gold Medal	Andersson/Nilsson	1	Berger/Hammarberg	6	21-15, 21-18	0:34
11/11/23	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Winner 3	Berger/Hammarberg	28	Andersson/Nilsson	2	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 9 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-0
8/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	10	Bryl/Losiak	6	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 2-1
11/22/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Semi-Finals	Andersson/Nilsson	7	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	18	21-18, 21-17	0:35
11/17/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	18	Andersson/Nilsson	7	21-16, 12-21, 15-13	0:42
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool H	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	24	21-16, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 11 Benesh/Crabb, United States 0-1
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool B	Benesh/Crabb	11	Andersson/Nilsson	2	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
Series tied with # 12 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-2
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	13, Q1	Andersson/Nilsson	2	25-23, 13-21, 20-18	0:56
8/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 1	Andersson/Nilsson	10	Grimalt/Grimalt	16, Q11	21-16, 24-22	0:39
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:43
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	Andersson/Nilsson	17, Q1	21-15, 27-25	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Lima/Loyola, Brazil 1-0
11/20/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	7	Lima/Loyola	27	21-16, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 15 Budinger/Evans, United States 2-0
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool C	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Budinger/Evans	15	21-15, 21-15	0:32
3/22/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Budinger/Evans	6	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 16 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
4/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Qualifier 1	Andersson/Nilsson	16, Q1	Barbosa/Wanderley	Q16	21-14, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # 17, Q2 Dillier/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
7/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	Dillier/Krattiger	20, Q2	21-16, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # 18, Q3 Pristauz/Waller, Austria 0-1
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Pristauz/Waller	15	Andersson/Nilsson	2	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 19, Q5 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 1-0
10/23/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Pool A	Andersson/Nilsson	1	Dos Santos/da Silva	12	26-24, 21-7	0:36
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 De Paula/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
8/30/24	FIVB	Futures Warsaw	Pool A	Andersson/Nilsson	1	De Paula/Goncalves	8	20-22, 21-17, 19-17	0:53
Lead the series against # 21, Q4 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 2-1
3/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	4	Andersson/Nilsson	1	By Forfeit
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	14	21-16, 22-20	0:39
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	7	24-22, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 22, Q16 Carvalhaes/De Menezes, Brazil 1-0
4/8/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool C	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Carvalhaes/De Menezes	22, Q16	21-12, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q9 Barbosa/Rezende, Brazil 4-0
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	2	Barbosa/Rezende	23, Q5	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:54
10/25/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	1	Barbosa/Rezende	9	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:43
9/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Barbosa/Rezende	22, Q9	21-18, 12-21, 17-15	0:48
6/26/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	15	Barbosa/Rezende	18	14-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:46
Lead the series against # Q10 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 1-0
11/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Winner 3	Andersson/Nilsson	19, Q5	Bedritis/Rinkevics	11	21-11, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # Q11 Batrane/Bialokoz, England 1-0
10/22/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Pool A	Andersson/Nilsson	1	Batrane/Bialokoz	24, Q9	21-15, 21-13	0:33