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

(16) Ardis Bedritis/Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia

Ardis Daniels Bedritis
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 10, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valmiera

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$25,996.74

Arturs Rinkevics
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zakumuizha

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$25,676.46

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$500.00
FIVB	42	1	3	3	0	8	1	3	1	5	3	2	7	3	2	US$47,784.38
Overall	43	1	3	3	0	8	1	3	1	5	3	2	8	3	2	US$48,284.38

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Futures Jurmala	1	2nd	360	€ 1,150.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	23, Q11	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	23	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	23	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	19	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	24, Q3	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	21, Q10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2025	Futures Laginha Beach	2	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	29, Q10	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	7	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Warsaw	2	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q14	41st	100	US$0.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	32	25th	220	€ 500.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool A	Christoph Dressler / Mathias Seiser, Austria (17)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:36
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool A	Thomas Hodges / Ben Hood, Australia (1)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:30
Fri, 7/24/2026	Winner 1	Joshua Howat / Luke Ryan, Australia (28, Q4)	Won 23-21, 16-21, 15-9	0:48
Fri, 7/24/2026	Winner 2	Manuel Alfieri / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (19)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:48

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	6	4	5	$35,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	3	3	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,050.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	43	1	3	3	0	8	1	3	1	10	8	5	$47,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ardis Bedritis												Arturs Rinkevics
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$2,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$2,500.00
21	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	4	5	$17,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	5	5	$17,500.00
18	1	3	3	0	7	2	2	0	0	$3,775.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	1	3	3	0	6	1	0	0	1	$3,525.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$500.00
49	1	3	3	0	10	5	12	9	6	$24,275.00	Total	46	1	3	3	0	9	4	10	10	6	$24,025.00

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
2021	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$800.00	6	4	60.0 %
2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$1,200.00	4	7	36.4 %
2023	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,400.00	19	11	63.3 %
2024	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	$11,000.00	13	10	56.5 %
2025	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	$9,500.00	15	14	51.7 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2026	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	0	$22,150.00	17	18	48.6 %
Total	FIVB	42	1	3	3	0	8	1	3	1	10	7	5	$47,050.00	74	64	53.6 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ardis Bedritis													Arturs Rinkevics
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2020	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$400.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$400.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$600.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	$600.00
9	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	2	$1,200.00	2023	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	2	$1,200.00
6	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$5,500.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$5,500.00
10	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	$4,750.00	2025	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	$4,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
9	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	$11,075.00	2026	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	$11,075.00
49	1	3	3	0	10	5	12	9	6	$24,275.00	Total	Total	46	1	3	3	0	9	4	10	10	6	$24,025.00

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	50	66.7%	13	17.3%	12	16.0%	63-12	84.0%	10	16.1%	11	17.7%	41	66.1%	10-52	16.1%	50-41	54.9%	23-23	50.0%	1	0	74-64	53.6%
2025-2026	25	71.4%	3	8.6%	7	20.0%	28-7	80.0%	4	13.8%	6	20.7%	19	65.5%	4-25	13.8%	25-19	56.8%	7-13	35.0%	0	0	32-32	50.0%
Against the Field	9	64.3%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	2	16.7%	0	0.0%	10	83.3%	2-10	16.7%	18-20	47.4%	12-2	85.7%	0	0	15-11	57.7%

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	2	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	7	11	17	0	1	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	35
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	23	5	0	0	12	7	4	3	3	0	1	3	45	18
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	13	12	34	30	0	1	19	17	4	3	3	0	1	3	74	66

Head to Head Results
Bedritis/Rinkevics lead the series against the field 15-12 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hodges/Hood, Australia 0-4
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool A	Hodges/Hood	1	Bedritis/Rinkevics	16	21-15, 21-18	0:30
5/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 3	Hodges/Hood	10	Bedritis/Rinkevics	23	21-18, 21-11	0:31
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool G	Hodges/Hood	10	Bedritis/Rinkevics	23	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:47
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Hodges/Hood	15	Bedritis/Rinkevics	23	21-17, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 3 Pearse/Potts, Australia 1-0
11/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Pool B	Bedritis/Rinkevics	11	Pearse/Potts	2	15-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Gavira/Huerta, Spain 0-1
10/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool D	Gavira/Huerta	4	Bedritis/Rinkevics	29, Q10	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 7 Aas/Ringoen, Norway 2-0
5/27/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Bedritis/Rinkevics	23, Q11	Aas/Ringoen	Q6	21-17, 21-18	0:31
9/26/25	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Pool B	Bedritis/Rinkevics	7	Aas/Ringoen	2, Q1	21-19, 21-18	0:29
Trail the series against # 9 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 0-1
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	4	Bedritis/Rinkevics	24, Q3	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Series tied with # 10 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 1-1
3/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Qualifier 1	Bedritis/Rinkevics	21, Q10	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	24, Q7	21-19, 23-21	0:40
11/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	18, Q4	Bedritis/Rinkevics	11	21-19, 24-22	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 Sedlak/Sepka, Czechia 1-0
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool C	Bedritis/Rinkevics	19	Sedlak/Sepka	14	21-16, 21-12	0:31
Trail the series against # 12 Huster/Winter, Germany 0-1
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool G	Huster/Winter	10	Bedritis/Rinkevics	23	21-9, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 17 Dressler/Seiser, Austria 1-0
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool A	Bedritis/Rinkevics	16	Dressler/Seiser	17	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-1
7/31/25	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2025	Pool A	Campos/Pedrosa	16	Bedritis/Rinkevics	32	21-14, 19-21, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 19 Alfieri/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
7/24/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Winner 2	Alfieri/Ranghieri	19	Bedritis/Rinkevics	16	21-18, 21-14	0:48
Trail the series against # 20 Moiseiev/Savvin, Ukraine 0-1
9/5/25	FIVB	Futures Warsaw	Pool B	Moiseiev/Savvin	10, Q2	Bedritis/Rinkevics	2	21-18, 22-20	0:33
Series tied with # 25 Grossig/Horl, Austria 1-1
3/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool C	Bedritis/Rinkevics	19	Grossig/Horl	14	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:49
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool H	Grossig/Horl	25	Bedritis/Rinkevics	24, Q3	24-22, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Lorenz/Rietschel, Germany 1-0
5/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool G	Bedritis/Rinkevics	23	Lorenz/Rietschel	26	20-22, 21-16, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Howat/Ryan, Australia 1-0
7/24/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Winner 1	Bedritis/Rinkevics	16	Howat/Ryan	28, Q4	23-21, 16-21, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 29, Q6 Ierna/Smith, United States 1-0
3/27/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 1	Bedritis/Rinkevics	19	Ierna/Smith	20	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Kjemperud/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
12/13/25	FIVB	Futures Laginha Beach	Winner 2	Bedritis/Rinkevics	2	Kjemperud/Kjemperud	8	21-14, 21-19	0:30
Lead the series against # Q5 Bublyk/Datsiuk, Ukraine 2-0
6/14/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Jurmala	Semi-Finals	Bedritis/Rinkevics	1	Bublyk/Datsiuk	2	21-17, 26-24	0:38
9/28/25	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Semi-Finals	Bedritis/Rinkevics	7	Bublyk/Datsiuk	11, Q3	21-15, 22-20	0:35
Lead the series against # Q7 Batrane/Bialokoz, England 1-0
9/2/23	FIVB	Futures Warsaw (Wilanow Region)	Winner 2	Bedritis/Rinkevics	3	Batrane/Bialokoz	7	22-20, 19-21, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # Q19 Knasas/Piesina, Lithuania 1-0
6/13/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Jurmala	Winner 3	Bedritis/Rinkevics	1	Knasas/Piesina	7	21-12, 19-21, 15-9	0:42