Beach Youth Olympic Games 2026

Hüper & Wüst remain unbeaten as 14 pairs book Round of 16 slots

The World U18 champions Hüper & Wüst defeated Sierra Leone’s Sulaiman A. Bangura & Alie Kainesie by 2-0 (21-19, 21-09) to finish top of Pool A

Published 07:08, 01 Nov 2026

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Top seeds Lasse Hüper & Filo Wüst of Germany maintained their perfect run at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Sunday to proceed to the Round of 16 unbeaten.

A total of 20 boys’ matches were played on Sunday as the preliminary round concluded at the Saly Beach West with all 24 teams in action.

The top two teams from each pool, together with the two best third-placed teams advanced directly to the Round of 16. The four remaining third-placed teams will compete in an additional qualification round on Monday morning, with the two winners securing the final spots in the 16-team single-elimination phase.

The World U18 champions Hüper & Wüst defeated Sierra Leone’s Sulaiman A. Bangura & Alie Kainesie by 2-0 (21-19, 21-09) to finish top of Pool A on a 3-0 win-loss record as the West Africans settled second on 2-1.

Morocco’s Yasser Errazi & Othmane Taghdouini registered their first win of the season after edging out Namibia’s Rene Steinkopff & Robert Alexander Sinclair by 2-1 (20-22, 21-13, 15-12). The win handed the North Africans a lifeline via the lucky losers round on Monday morning.

Austria’s second seeds Paul Hohenauer & Martin Poinstingl registered a slim 2-1 (21-11, 19-21, 15-12) victory over Iran’s Amirreza Jamshidi Khalkiasari & Amin Vakili to claim top spot in Pool B on a 3-0 record. Following the loss, Iran's Jamshidi & Vakili settled second on a 2-1 record.

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Mulapwa Sakeni Jonathan & Gloire Nzazi Mutendi of The Democratic Republic of Congo eased past Rares-Edward Pomian-Brad & Ronald Dylan Simpson of the Cayman Islands by 2-0 (21-05, 21-05) for their only win of the competition which was enough to secure them a slot in the Round of 16 as one of the two best third-placed teams.

In Pool C, Australia’s Ryan Edgar & Thomas Turner stretched their flawless streak to three matches after posting straight sets wins over Kazakhstan’s Alikhan Agabek & Orazali Sagynysh (21-15, 21-16) and Saudi Arabia’s Wafi Aljasir & Ali Alawami (21-15, 21-11).

Agabek & Sagynysh had earlier beaten Ghana’s Justice Adusei Amoafo & Daniel Lartey by 2-0 (21-19, 21-13) to confirm second position but the West Africans bounced back with a 2-0 (22-20, 21-13) win over Ali Alawami & Wafi Aljasir.

Fourth seeds Ludvig Sødal Ringøen & Liam Karlsen of Norway picked from where they left on Saturday after dismissing Nicaragua’s Justin Alfredo Barrios Dinarte & Matthew Eberhard Kempf Palacio (21-08, 21-15) and Chile’s Gael Arias Saldias & Francisco Farias Valdivia (21-19, 21-12) in straight sets to wind up top of Pool D.

Gael & Farias overcame South Africa’s Duncan Luke Davids & Evra Carter King by 2-0 (21-13, 21-10) to secure second place on a 2-0 record. Barrios & Kempf also defeated the South Africans by a similar margin (21-15, 21-11) to settle for third place.

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Gabriel Campos & Bruno Fellipe Lobo Silva Souza of Brazil had to dig deep to edge out Venezuela’s Santiago Leandro Camejo Guerra & Moises David Yepez Ramirez by 2-1 (21-17, 19-21, 15-13). That win confirmed first place for Brazil in Pool E having earlier swept aside Guatemala’s Joseph David Godoy Vásquez & Harold René Vásquez Solorzano by 2-0 (21-11, 21-16).

USA’s Caden Phillips & Gavin Mortensen came a close second on a 2-1 record after 2-0 wins over Godoy & Vásquez (21-15, 21-11) and Camejo & Yepez (21-16, 21-17) on Sunday. Meanwhile, Camejo & Yepe qualified for the Round of 16 as one of two best third-placed teams on a 1-2 record.

Türkiye’s Freddie Jude Foks & Polat Kemal Eser defeated Senegal’s Souleymane Seck Ciss & Mouhamed Moustapha Sidibe by 2-0 (21-12, 21-15) to emerge as Pool F leaders. Earlier, Freddie J. & Polat Kemal Eser had beaten Palau’s Linzy Moky Allen & Brendan Keane by 2-0 (21-08, 21-08).

Sweden’s Casper Tjernqvist & Henrik Brus forfeited their matches against Palau and Senegal due to injury. That development saw Seck & Sidibe claim second place while Allen & Keane finished third ahead of the bottom-placed Swedes.

The Round of 16 will take place on Monday followed by the quarterfinals and semifinals on 3 November. The competition will conclude on 4 November with the bronze and gold medal matches.