TAFC - Etapa 53: Felipe e Indio crowned champions in Sorriso
Felipe e Indio are the champions of TAFC, Etapa 53, in Sorriso. The title run went unbeaten, day by day, with the numbers behind every match.
TAFC got under way on Friday, 15 May 2026, in Sorriso - MT.
Three days and 28 matches later, the title went to Indio e Felipe, who came through the whole draw without losing a single matchup.
Areia Score tracked 28 matches play by play, logging 1,714 actions. Below: the full podium, the individual standouts and the numbers behind the tournament.
Friday: the TAFC qualifier
Day one belonged to the qualifier, the way into the main draw. Four duos came through: Pablo e Pedrinho, Eduzinho e Neguinho, Gui Nascimento e Rhuan and VT e Gui.
Saturday: the main draw in Sorriso
The pro draw opened on 16 May 2026, with 16 duos. It runs as a double elimination: a loss drops you into the repechage with a way back, a win keeps you in the winners bracket.
Four duos went through the winners bracket unbeaten and booked a direct place in Sunday's quarterfinals: Indio e Felipe, Amaury e Tavinho BA, Tavinho e Gui BSB and Dudu e Arthur.
Indio e Felipe beat Pablo e Pedrinho 18 x 11 and Sandrey e Michel 18 x 13.
Amaury e Tavinho BA beat Beguinha e Pedrinho 18 x 16 and Eduzinho e Neguinho 20 x 18.
Tavinho e Gui BSB beat Gui Nascimento e Rhuan 18 x 12 and Davi e Fernando 18 x 12.
Dudu e Arthur beat VT e Gui 18 x 14 and Giovane e Edson Junio 19 x 17.
Sunday: the TAFC decider
The quarterfinals
Indio e Felipe v Amaury e Tavinho BA
Indio e Felipe beat Amaury e Tavinho BA 18 x 14.
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Tavinho e Gui BSB v Dudu e Arthur
Tavinho e Gui BSB beat Dudu e Arthur 18 x 10.
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Amaury e Tavinho BA v Beguinha e Pedrinho
Amaury e Tavinho BA beat Beguinha e Pedrinho 18 x 13.
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Dudu e Arthur v Brisa e Marcola
Brisa e Marcola beat Dudu e Arthur 19 x 17.
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Into the 17 May 2026 decider, the four duos that reached the semifinals were Tavinho e Gui BSB, Amaury e Tavinho BA, Indio e Felipe and Brisa e Marcola.
The semifinals
Tavinho e Gui BSB 2 x 0 Amaury e Tavinho BA
Tavinho e Gui BSB controlled the opener, 18 x 13. Tavinho e Gui BSB backed it up in the second, 18 x 11, to close the matchup out.
Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.
Indio e Felipe 2 x 0 Brisa e Marcola
The opener went point for point, and Indio e Felipe edged it 23 x 21. Indio e Felipe held on in the second, 29 x 27, to close the matchup out.
Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.
Third-place match
Amaury e Tavinho BA beat Brisa e Marcola 18 x 15.
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The final
Indio e Felipe needed the deciding game to get past Tavinho e Gui BSB and took the matchup 2 to 1. Indio e Felipe controlled the opener, 18 x 15. Tavinho e Gui BSB answered in the second, 18 x 13, to level the matchup. It came down to the last game, and Indio e Felipe settled it 15 x 12.
Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2, game 3.
Felipe led the scoring in the decider, with 32 attack points.
Indio e Felipe take the title.
The champions' run at TAFC
Indio e Felipe went through 5 matchups across the weekend and won every one. The full road to the title:
- First round: beat Pablo e Pedrinho 18 x 11
- Round of 16: beat Sandrey e Michel 18 x 13
- Quarterfinals: beat Amaury e Tavinho BA 18 x 14
- Semifinals: beat Brisa e Marcola 2 to 0 (23 x 21, 29 x 27)
- Final: beat Tavinho e Gui BSB 2 to 1 (18 x 15, 13 x 18, 15 x 12)
Podium
- 1º Felipe e Indio (+2,000 ranking points)
- 2º Gui e Tavinho (+1,400 ranking points)
- 3º Amaury e Tavinho (+1,000 ranking points)
- 4º Marcola e Brisa (+800 ranking points)
Gui e Tavinho finished as runners-up and Amaury e Tavinho completed the podium.
Individual standouts
Top scorer: Felipe, 92 attack points for Felipe e Indio.
Best conversion: Indio, 75.0% conversion (27 points from 36 attacks).
Top defender: Felipe, 44 defenses across 8 matches.
Foot points (shark): Felipe, 56 points.
Head points: Felipe, 35 points.
The matches that mattered
Biggest comeback: Beguinha e Pedrinho came back from 4 points down to beat Giovane e Edson Junio 19 x 17, in the losers round 3.
Longest match: Indio e Felipe 29 x 27 Brisa e Marcola, 56 points played in total, in the semifinals.
Every team's stat line
Everything the scout logged per team: score, attack, defense, blocks and errors. Attack, defense, blocks and errors add up the whole squad and count only the matches that were scouted.
| Team | P | W | Points for | Points against | Attack points | Defenses | Blocks | Errors | Conversion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indio e Felipe | 8 | 7 | 152 | 131 | 126 | 69 | 8 | 22 | 64.1% |
| Tavinho e Gui BSB | 8 | 6 | 135 | 104 | 99 | 65 | 2 | 16 | 60.6% |
| Brisa e Marcola | 8 | 4 | 150 | 147 | 95 | 47 | 6 | 18 | 62.0% |
| Amaury e Tavinho BA | 7 | 4 | 112 | 116 | 79 | 33 | 2 | 24 | 59.3% |
| Beguinha e Pedrinho | 5 | 3 | 84 | 83 | 53 | 34 | 4 | 16 | 59.0% |
| Giovane e Edson Junio | 4 | 2 | 70 | 51 | 44 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 57.8% |
| Dudu e Arthur | 4 | 2 | 64 | 68 | 49 | 27 | 3 | 17 | 54.9% |
| Sandrey e Michel | 4 | 2 | 61 | 65 | 56 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 70.9% |
| VT e Gui | 3 | 1 | 45 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 50.0% |
| Eduzinho e Neguinho | 3 | 1 | 51 | 53 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 71.7% |
| Davi e Fernando | 3 | 1 | 46 | 50 | 36 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 49.3% |
| Longo e Vitinho | 3 | 1 | 49 | 54 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 57.6% |
| Murilo e Preto Mágico | 2 | 0 | 29 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 56.3% |
| Gui Nascimento e Rhuan | 2 | 0 | 27 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37.5% |
| Pablo e Pedrinho | 2 | 0 | 29 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 38.9% |
| Paulinho e Matteus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
P = matches played, W = wins. Conversion is the ratio of attacks that scored to attacks attempted.
The tournament in numbers
- 28 matches analyzed
- 1,714 actions recorded
- 1,137 attack points
- 391 defenses
- 186 unforced errors
- Head attack: 196 points from 421 attempts (47%)
- Foot attack: 499 points from 658 attempts (76%)
The tournament wrapped up
Felipe e Indio stay atop the ranking, 7,180 points ahead of Gui BSB e Tavinho. Check the full ranking at: /en/ligas/lbf/duplas
The broadcast of this tournament has already reached 530,111 views on YouTube, across 4 videos.
Every match of TAFC is available with full point-by-point statistics on the tournament page.
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