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

(28, Q4) 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$8,209.25

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$9,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	1	US$11,100.00

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 Challenge Alanya	28, Q12	17th	340	US$2,250.00
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 Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/22/2026	Qualifier 2	Ben O'Dea / Sam O'Dea, New Zealand (Q20)	Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:48
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool E	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (5)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:38
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool E	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Pavel Piatrushka, Belarus (21)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:30
Fri, 7/24/2026	Winner 1	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (16)	Lost 21-23, 21-16, 9-15	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	$10,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,100.00
Total	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	1	$11,100.00

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	3	$6,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	3	$6,875.00
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
31	0	1	0	1	3	12	7	4	3	$7,975.00	Total	18	0	1	0	1	0	2	8	2	4	$9,225.00

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	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$8,150.00	13	9	59.1 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	1	$11,100.00	21	14	60.0 %

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
5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	$4,075.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	$4,075.00
31	0	1	0	1	3	12	7	4	3	$7,975.00	Total	Total	18	0	1	0	1	0	2	8	2	4	$9,225.00

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	18	81.8%	1	4.5%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	2	15.4%	3	23.1%	8	61.5%	2-11	15.4%	18-8	69.2%	3-6	33.3%	0	0	21-14	60.0%
2025-2026	11	84.6%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	7	58.3%	2-10	16.7%	11-7	61.1%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	14-11	56.0%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	8-8	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	6-7	46.2%

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	7	2	4	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10
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	9	3	8	4	0	0	3	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	21	14

Head to Head Results
Howat/Ryan trail the series against the field 6-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hodges/Hood, Australia 0-1
5/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Hodges/Hood	10	Howat/Ryan	30, Q11	21-13, 22-20	0:35
Series tied with # 3 Pearse/Potts, Australia 1-1
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool C	Howat/Ryan	30, Q11	Pearse/Potts	3	21-19, 22-20	0:39
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Semi-Finals	Pearse/Potts	2	Howat/Ryan	4	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Horst/Pascariuc, Austria 0-1
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool E	Horst/Pascariuc	5	Howat/Ryan	28, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 12 Huster/Winter, Germany 0-1
5/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool C	Huster/Winter	14	Howat/Ryan	30, Q11	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 16 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 0-1
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 # 17 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 # 21 Dziadkou/Piatrushka, Belarus 1-0
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool E	Howat/Ryan	28, Q4	Dziadkou/Piatrushka	21	21-13, 21-17	0:30
Trail the series against # 22 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 # Q7 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
Series tied with # Q11 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 # Q20 O'Dea/O'Dea, New Zealand 1-0
7/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Qualifier 2	Howat/Ryan	28, Q4	O'Dea/O'Dea	Q20	21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:48