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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Coolangatta
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Match #7: Pool D

(4) Joshua Howat/Luke Ryan, Australia
vs.
(13) Tobias Brnak/Lukas Olsansky, Czechia

Joshua Howat
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 31, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Qingdao 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$4,184.25

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$5,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	US$3,050.00

Previous Coolangatta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Lucas Josefsen - 13th	Did not play
2024	James Takken - 9th	Thomas Smith - 21st
2025	Did not play	Paul Burnett - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	17	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool D	Tobias Brnak / Lukas Olsansky, Czechia (13)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,050.00

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$2,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$3,000.00
18	0	1	0	0	3	11	2	0	0	$1,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
27	0	1	0	0	3	11	5	4	0	$3,950.00	Total	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	$5,200.00

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 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$2,950.00	8	5	61.5 %

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
26	0	1	0	0	3	11	5	4	2	$3,900.00	Total	Total	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	2	3	$5,150.00

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	8	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	8-3	72.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	8-5	61.5%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-0		0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0

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	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Total	0	0	3	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	5

Tobias Brnak
Czechia

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 15, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$150.00

Lukas Olsansky
Czechia

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 2, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$150.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	US$300.00

Previous Coolangatta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	11	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2025	Futures Laginha Beach	Q11	21st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	Q15	21st	60	€ 0.00

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool D	Joshua Howat / Luke Ryan, Australia (4)

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$300.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tobias Brnak												Lukas Olsansky
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	0	1	2	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$150.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$150.00	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$150.00

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
2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$200.00	1	4	20.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tobias Brnak													Lukas Olsansky
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	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	1-4	20.0%
2025-2026	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	1-4	20.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Total	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Pool D