TAFC - Etapa 55: Felipe e Indio crowned champions in Rio das Ostras
Felipe e Indio are the champions of TAFC, Etapa 55, in Rio das Ostras. The title run went unbeaten, day by day, with the numbers behind every match.
TAFC got under way on Friday, 21 August 2026, in Rio das Ostras - RJ.
Three days and 29 matches later, the title went to Indio e Felipe, who came through the whole draw without losing a single matchup.
Areia Score tracked 29 matches play by play, logging 2,044 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: Heitor e Baiano, Bernardo Bulks e Scarpelli, Leozinho e Biel and Julio e Juninho.
Saturday: the main draw in Rio das Ostras
The pro draw opened on 22 August 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, Beguinha e Iago Porto, Tavinho e Gui BSB and Vitinho e Victor Real.
Indio e Felipe beat Heitor e Baiano 18 x 16 and Murilo e Preto Mágico 18 x 12.
Beguinha e Iago Porto beat Amaury e João ET 18 x 10 and Sandrey e Michel 18 x 14.
Tavinho e Gui BSB beat Leozinho e Biel 18 x 9 and Pedrinho e Renan Magnago 18 x 14.
Vitinho e Victor Real beat Davi e Giovane 18 x 15 and Dudu e Arthur 18 x 15.
Sunday: the TAFC decider
The quarterfinals
Indio e Felipe v Beguinha e Iago Porto
Indio e Felipe beat Beguinha e Iago Porto 18 x 16.
Follow this one point by point on Areia Score.
Tavinho e Gui BSB v Vitinho e Victor Real
Tavinho e Gui BSB beat Vitinho e Victor Real 18 x 11.
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The repechage quarterfinals
Beguinha e Iago Porto v Pedrinho e Renan Magnago
Pedrinho e Renan Magnago beat Beguinha e Iago Porto 18 x 14.
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Vitinho e Victor Real v Sandrey e Michel
Sandrey e Michel beat Vitinho e Victor Real 18 x 8.
Follow this one point by point on Areia Score.
Into the 23 August 2026 decider, the four duos that reached the semifinals were Indio e Felipe and Tavinho e Gui BSB, through the winners bracket, and Sandrey e Michel and Pedrinho e Renan Magnago, back from the repechage.
The semifinals
Indio e Felipe 2 x 0 Sandrey e Michel
The opener went point for point, and Indio e Felipe edged it 18 x 16. Indio e Felipe backed it up in the second, 18 x 13, to close the matchup out.
Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.
Tavinho e Gui BSB 2 x 0 Pedrinho e Renan Magnago
Tavinho e Gui BSB started sharper and took the opener comfortably, 18 x 9. 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.
Third-place match
Pedrinho e Renan Magnago beat Sandrey e Michel 18 x 15.
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The final
Indio e Felipe won both games against Tavinho e Gui BSB to take the matchup 2 to 0. Indio e Felipe controlled the opener, 18 x 15. Indio e Felipe backed it up in the second, 18 x 12, to close the matchup out.
Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.
Felipe led the scoring in the decider, with 22 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 Heitor e Baiano 18 x 16
- Round of 16: beat Murilo e Preto Mágico 18 x 12
- Quarterfinals: beat Beguinha e Iago Porto 18 x 16
- Semifinals: beat Sandrey e Michel 2 to 0 (18 x 16, 18 x 13)
- Final: beat Tavinho e Gui BSB 2 to 0 (18 x 15, 18 x 12)
Podium
- 1º Felipe e Indio (+2,000 ranking points)
- 2º Gui e Tavinho (+1,400 ranking points)
- 3º Renan e Pedrinho (+1,000 ranking points)
- 4º Michel e Sandrey (+800 ranking points)
Gui e Tavinho finished as runners-up and Renan e Pedrinho completed the podium.
Individual standouts
Top scorer: Sandrey, 70 attack points for Michel e Sandrey.
Best conversion: Tavinho, 66.7% conversion (38 points from 57 attacks).
Top defender: Felipe, 44 defenses across 7 matches.
Foot points (shark): Sandrey, 63 points.
Head points: Renan Magnago, 33 points.
The matches that mattered
Biggest comeback: Indio e Felipe came back from 4 points down to beat Tavinho e Gui BSB 18 x 15, in the final.
Longest match: Bernardo Bulks e Scarpelli 22 x 24 Amaury e João ET, 46 points played in total, in the losers round 1.
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 | 7 | 7 | 126 | 100 | 94 | 70 | 4 | 23 | 61.6% |
| Tavinho e Gui BSB | 7 | 5 | 117 | 90 | 85 | 72 | 3 | 20 | 55.4% |
| Pedrinho e Renan Magnago | 8 | 5 | 125 | 129 | 103 | 70 | 8 | 25 | 53.1% |
| Sandrey e Michel | 8 | 4 | 133 | 127 | 112 | 76 | 10 | 28 | 52.8% |
| Beguinha e Iago Porto | 4 | 2 | 66 | 60 | 51 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 61.0% |
| Dudu e Arthur | 4 | 2 | 68 | 64 | 54 | 40 | 2 | 16 | 59.3% |
| Murilo e Preto Mágico | 4 | 2 | 67 | 70 | 51 | 37 | 2 | 12 | 55.1% |
| Vitinho e Victor Real | 4 | 2 | 55 | 66 | 39 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 44.2% |
| Heitor e Baiano | 3 | 1 | 51 | 51 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 56.5% |
| Brisa e Neguebinha | 3 | 1 | 46 | 51 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 53.1% |
| Amaury e João ET | 3 | 1 | 51 | 59 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 56.4% |
| Julio e Juninho | 3 | 1 | 44 | 52 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 40.9% |
| Davi e Giovane | 2 | 0 | 31 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 54.2% |
| Rafael Longo e Franklin | 2 | 0 | 30 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 53.6% |
| Bernardo Bulks e Scarpelli | 2 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 48.0% |
| Leozinho e Biel | 2 | 0 | 24 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 30.4% |
P = matches played, W = wins. Conversion is the ratio of attacks that scored to attacks attempted.
The tournament in numbers
- 29 matches analyzed
- 2,044 actions recorded
- 1,222 attack points
- 489 defenses
- 187 unforced errors
- Head attack: 234 points from 512 attempts (46%)
- Foot attack: 452 points from 651 attempts (69%)
The tournament wrapped up
Felipe and Indio stay atop the ranking, 7,780 points ahead of Gui BSB and Tavinho. Check the full ranking at: /en/ligas/lbf/duplas
The broadcast of this tournament has already reached 585,984 views on YouTube, across 3 videos.
Every match of TAFC is available with full point-by-point statistics on the tournament page.
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