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

Alexander Horst/Paul Pascariuc, Austria

Alexander Horst
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

197

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$548,746.05

Paul Pascariuc
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salzburg

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$19,710.63

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	2	US$29,750.00

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-12/2026	BPT Futures Leuven			0	€ 0.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad			0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-21/2026	BPT Futures Ios			0	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	13		460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	13	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	6	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	15	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	16	9th	460	US$3,250.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	$29,750.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	$29,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexander Horst												Paul Pascariuc
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
8	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$53,000.00	World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$14,500.00	World Tour Finals
86	0	2	1	4	11	20	31	10	0	$327,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$0.00
85	0	1	2	2	11	25	22	13	0	$146,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	4	0	$17,375.00
10	4	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$6,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	2	0	1	1	0	4	7	0	0	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	Challenger
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
197	4	6	3	7	25	53	59	24	0	$547,200.00	Total	41	2	0	1	1	4	6	14	6	0	$19,125.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$7,000.00	3	7	30.0 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$15,500.00	11	7	61.1 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	$26,500.00	17	16	51.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexander Horst													Paul Pascariuc
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,875.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2006	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	0	2	$37,850.00	2007	FIVB
12	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	0	$24,950.00	2008	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	$33,575.00	2009	FIVB
11	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	$34,700.00	2010	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	$11,950.00	2011	FIVB
8	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	$24,600.00	2012	FIVB
10	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	1	$33,000.00	2013	FIVB
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	$43,000.00	2014	FIVB
10	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	$72,500.00	2015	FIVB
10	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	1	0	$47,600.00	2016	FIVB
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$50,000.00	2017	FIVB
10	1	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	$25,250.00	2018	FIVB
12	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	$21,750.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$1,450.00	2020	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$3,000.00	2021	FIVB
9	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$11,200.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	1	0	$450.00
14	0	2	1	1	1	5	4	0	0	$28,725.00	2023	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$1,600.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	0	0	$13,125.00	2024	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	3	$4,200.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	1	$14,250.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	$3,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$7,750.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$7,750.00
196	4	6	3	7	25	53	59	24	15	$545,575.00	Total	Total	40	2	0	1	1	4	6	14	6	6	$17,500.00

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	13	72.2%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	12	92.3%	1-12	7.7%	13-12	52.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	2	17-16	51.5%
2025-2026	12	75.0%	2	12.5%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	100.0%	0-10	0.0%	12-10	54.5%	2-2	50.0%	0	2	14-14	50.0%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	10-6	62.5%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	8-3	72.7%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	10	8	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	15
Total	0	0	0	1	10	8	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	16

Head to Head Results
Horst/Pascariuc lead the series against the field 8-3 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Bello/Bello, England 0-1
11/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool A	Bello/Bello	1	Horst/Pascariuc	12	21-11, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against Bublyk/Kozii, Ukraine 1-0
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool F	Horst/Pascariuc	6	Bublyk/Kozii	27, Q4	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 0-1
3/28/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 3	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	7	Horst/Pascariuc	15	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against Grossig/Horl, Austria 1-0
5/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Horst/Pascariuc	13	Grossig/Horl	15	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	1:05
Lead the series against Ierna/Smith, United States 1-0
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 1	Horst/Pascariuc	16	Ierna/Smith	23	21-14, 26-24	0:43
Lead the series against Kantor/Lejawa, Poland 2-0
5/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool D	Horst/Pascariuc	13	Kantor/Lejawa	29, Q8	21-18, 21-19	0:48
3/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool B	Horst/Pascariuc	15	Kantor/Lejawa	18	21-19, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against Korotkov/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-0
11/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Horst/Pascariuc	12	Korotkov/Tiisaar	19, Q6	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against Pickett/Schachter, Canada 1-0
11/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Horst/Pascariuc	12	Pickett/Schachter	14	20-22, 21-18, 17-15	1:01
Trail the series against Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 0-1
6/12/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool G	Popov/Reznik	7	Horst/Pascariuc	26	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 1-0
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool A	Horst/Pascariuc	16	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	17	21-12, 12-21, 15-12	0:46