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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
July 22 - 26, 2026

(2) Nils Ehlers/Lui Wust, Germany

Nils Ehlers
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 4, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

211 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Hamburg 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$267,363.13

Lui Wüst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Hamburg 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$65,060.23

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$1,100.00
FIVB	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$39,000.00
Overall	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$40,100.00

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool B	Vaclav Kurka / Krystof Oliva, Czechia (31, Q10)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:38
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool B	Hugo Campos / Joao Pedrosa, Portugal (18)	Lost 20-22, 21-15, 13-15	0:50
Fri, 7/24/2026	Winner 1	Aleksander Czachorowski / Jakub Krzeminski, Poland (24, Q1)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:44
Fri, 7/24/2026	Winner 2	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (5)	Won 9-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:45
Sat, 7/25/2026	Winner 3	Manuel Alfieri / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (19)	Won 22-24, 21-18, 15-11	0:57
Sat, 7/25/2026	Semi-Finals	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (9)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:34
Sun, 7/26/2026	Bronze Medal	Jiri Sedlak / Jakub Sepka, Czechia (11)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:36

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$30,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$40,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nils Ehlers												Lui Wust
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	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$26,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$21,500.00	World Tour Finals
30	1	2	2	4	12	4	2	2	1	$136,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	0	$30,750.00
27	0	2	2	0	4	4	4	4	7	$49,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	1	2	0	2	4	2	2	2	$26,625.00
8	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$9,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	0	0	0	2	1	6	5	0	0	$1,100.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	$16,250.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00
81	1	7	4	5	24	14	11	7	8	$259,750.00	Total	44	1	1	2	2	5	14	13	4	2	$63,725.00

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
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$9,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$9,000.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nils Ehlers													Lui Wust
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	4	$8,750.00	2018	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	CEV
14	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	2	4	$29,250.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2020	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2020	CEV
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	$10,500.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$200.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2021	CEV
6	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$20,375.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2022	CEV
11	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	0	$54,500.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	$650.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2023	CEV
10	0	2	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	$51,000.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$6,750.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2024	CEV
10	0	1	0	1	5	1	2	0	0	$44,625.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	1	0	$26,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,500.00	2026	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	$12,875.00
79	0	7	4	5	24	14	10	7	8	$244,250.00	Total	Total	42	0	1	2	2	5	14	12	4	2	$48,225.00

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	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4-3	57.1%	6-2	75.0%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	11-4	73.3%
2025-2026	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4-3	57.1%	6-2	75.0%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	11-4	73.3%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	8-2	80.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	6-2	75.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	12	6

Head to Head Results
Ehlers/Wust lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 Horst/Pascariuc, Austria 1-0
7/24/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wust	2	Horst/Pascariuc	5	9-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:45
Trail the series against # 9 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 0-1
7/25/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Semi-Finals	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	Ehlers/Wust	2	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 11 Sedlak/Sepka, Czechia 1-0
7/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Bronze Medal	Ehlers/Wust	2	Sedlak/Sepka	11	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-1
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool B	Campos/Pedrosa	18	Ehlers/Wust	2	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 19 Alfieri/Ranghieri, Italy 1-0
7/25/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Winner 3	Ehlers/Wust	2	Alfieri/Ranghieri	19	22-24, 21-18, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 Czachorowski/Krzeminski, Poland 1-0
7/24/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wust	2	Czachorowski/Krzeminski	24, Q1	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Kurka/Oliva, Czechia 1-0
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool B	Ehlers/Wust	2	Kurka/Oliva	31, Q10	21-19, 21-18	0:38