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May 20 - 24, 2026

(13) 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:

235

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$621,540.84

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$20,952.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	2	US$31,500.00

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Laurenz Leitner - 19th
2024	Paul Pascariuc - 5th	Alexander Horst - 5th
2025	Moritz Pristauz - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	28	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	26	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q9	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool D	Oliver Merritt / Jed Walker, Australia (20, Q3)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:42
Fri, 5/22/2026	Pool D	Piotr Kantor / Filip Lejawa, Poland (29, Q8)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:48
Sat, 5/23/2026	Winner 2	Laurenc Grossig / Julian Horl, Austria (15)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-10	1:05
Sat, 5/23/2026	Winner 3	Julian Friedli / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (5)	Lost 21-17, 26-28, 16-18	1:00

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	4	0	2	0	2	1	0	$31,500.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	$31,500.00

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	7	$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	12	25	22	13	8	$146,925.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	5	2	4	4	5	$18,250.00
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	1	$0.00
19	0	1	1	1	3	8	3	2	0	$27,750.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
216	4	7	4	8	29	61	62	26	15	$575,825.00	Total	42	2	0	1	1	5	6	14	7	6	$20,250.00

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	9	7	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	$26,500.00	15	16	48.4 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV
13	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	0	2	$37,850.00	2007	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,500.00	2007	CEV
12	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	0	$24,950.00	2008	FIVB
7	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$9,550.00	2008	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	$33,575.00	2009	FIVB
5	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$7,050.00	2009	CEV
11	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	$34,700.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2010	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	$11,950.00	2011	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	2011	CEV
8	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	$24,600.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV
10	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	1	$33,000.00	2013	FIVB
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	2013	CEV
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	$43,000.00	2014	FIVB
3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,750.00	2014	CEV
10	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	$72,500.00	2015	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2015	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2016	CEV
9	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$50,000.00	2017	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00	2017	CEV
10	1	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	$25,250.00	2018	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2018	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2019	CEV
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$1,450.00	2020	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2020	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$3,000.00	2021	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2022	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2024	CEV
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
234	5	10	4	9	34	65	64	26	17	$594,550.00	Total	Total	41	2	0	1	1	4	6	14	7	6	$17,750.00

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%	2	13.3%	0	0.0%	13	86.7%	2-13	13.3%	13-13	50.0%	5-2	71.4%	0	2	18-17	51.4%
2025-2026	12	75.0%	2	12.5%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	11	91.7%	1-11	8.3%	12-11	52.2%	3-2	60.0%	0	2	15-15	50.0%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	16-4	80.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	11-4	73.3%

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	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	16
Total	0	0	0	1	10	8	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	17

Head to Head Results
Horst/Pascariuc lead the series against the field 8-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 5 Friedli/Jordan, Switzerland 0-2
5/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 3	Friedli/Jordan	5	Horst/Pascariuc	13	17-21, 28-26, 18-16	1:00
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool F	Friedli/Jordan	11	Horst/Pascariuc	6	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 15 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
Series tied with # 20, Q3 Merritt/Walker, Australia 1-1
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool D	Horst/Pascariuc	13	Merritt/Walker	20, Q3	21-16, 22-20	0:42
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Merritt/Walker	29, Q6	Horst/Pascariuc	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 22 Just/Wust, Germany 1-0
3/28/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 2	Horst/Pascariuc	15	Just/Wust	16	21-17, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 25 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 # 28, Q7 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
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 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