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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Alanya
June 10 - 14, 2026

(28, Q12) Joshua Howat/Luke Ryan, Australia

Joshua Howat
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 31, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Qingdao 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$7,084.25

Luke Ryan
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 10, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

South Brisbane

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Qingdao 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$8,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	US$8,850.00

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Did not play	Paul Burnett - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	30, Q11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q9	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	4	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	17	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/10/2026	Qualifier 1	Dmytro Kozii / Sviatoslav Nahornyi, Ukraine (Q21)	Won 21-18, 26-24	0:24
Wed, 6/10/2026	Qualifier 2	Karolis Palubinskas / Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania (26, Q5)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:34
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool E	Yves Haussener / Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland (5)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:38
Fri, 6/12/2026	Pool E	Christoph Dressler / Mathias Seiser, Austria (21)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:40
Fri, 6/12/2026	Winner 1	Oliver Merritt / Jed Walker, Australia (27, Q10)	Lost 23-25, 21-14, 12-15	0:55

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$7,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,100.00
Total	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	$8,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joshua Howat												Luke Ryan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	$5,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	$5,750.00
18	0	1	0	1	3	11	2	0	0	$1,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
30	0	1	0	1	3	12	6	4	3	$6,850.00	Total	17	0	1	0	1	0	2	7	2	4	$8,100.00

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
2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$700.00	7	3	70.0 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$5,900.00	11	7	61.1 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	$8,850.00	19	12	61.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joshua Howat													Luke Ryan
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	0	2	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	$50.00	2022	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$450.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	0	2	6	1	1	0	$1,150.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$350.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,250.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$4,800.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	$2,950.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	$2,950.00
30	0	1	0	1	3	12	6	4	3	$6,850.00	Total	Total	17	0	1	0	1	0	2	7	2	4	$8,100.00

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	17	85.0%	0	0.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	17-7	70.8%	2-5	28.6%	0	0	19-12	61.3%
2025-2026	10	90.9%	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	6	60.0%	2-8	20.0%	10-6	62.5%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	12-9	57.1%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1-4	20.0%	14-4	77.8%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	8-5	61.5%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	2	3	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	8
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	9	4
Total	0	0	8	3	7	3	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	19	12

Head to Head Results
Howat/Ryan lead the series against the field 8-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Hodges/Hood, Australia 0-1
5/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Hodges/Hood	10	Howat/Ryan	30, Q11	21-13, 22-20	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Haussener/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-1
6/11/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool E	Haussener/Heidrich	5	Howat/Ryan	28, Q12	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 21 Dressler/Seiser, Austria 1-0
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool E	Howat/Ryan	28, Q12	Dressler/Seiser	21	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Palubinskas/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 1-0
6/10/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Qualifier 2	Howat/Ryan	28, Q12	Palubinskas/Rumsevicius	26, Q5	21-17, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 27, Q10 Merritt/Walker, Australia 0-1
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 1	Merritt/Walker	27, Q10	Howat/Ryan	28, Q12	25-23, 14-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 31, Q22 Reinhardt/Sowa, Germany 1-0
10/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool A	Howat/Ryan	17	Reinhardt/Sowa	32, Q20	21-17, 21-19	0:29
Trail the series against # Q6 Camboim/Costa, Brazil 0-1
5/13/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Qualifier 3	Camboim/Costa	31, Q8	Howat/Ryan	Q9	21-13, 17-21, 15-13	0:42
Lead the series against # Q13 Batrane/Bialokoz, England 1-0
5/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Howat/Ryan	30, Q11	Batrane/Bialokoz	24	23-21, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q15 Basey/Hurst, United States 1-0
5/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Qualifier 2	Howat/Ryan	30, Q11	Basey/Hurst	Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # Q19 Bushby/Schumann, Australia 1-1
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Bronze Medal	Bushby/Schumann	5, Q2	Howat/Ryan	4	17-21, 26-24, 15-9	0:52
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Pool D	Howat/Ryan	4	Bushby/Schumann	5, Q2	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # Q21 Kozii/Nahornyi, Ukraine 1-0
6/10/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Qualifier 1	Howat/Ryan	28, Q12	Kozii/Nahornyi	Q21	21-18, 26-24	0:24
Lead the series against # Q23 Bello/Gleed, England 1-0
5/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Qualifier 1	Howat/Ryan	30, Q11	Bello/Gleed	Q22	21-12, 21-18	0:35