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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Tlaxcala
Friday, March 20, 2026

Match #17: Pool A

(1) Elmer Andersson/Jacob Nilsson, Sweden
vs.
(16) Alexander Horst/Paul Pascariuc, Austria

Elmer Andersson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 26, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Home Town:

Järstorp

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$109,655.90

Jacob Hölting Nilsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

ST Köpinge

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$109,655.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	23	6	3	1	0	4	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	US$218,328.28
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	24	6	3	1	0	5	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	US$218,328.28

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	2	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	7	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	3	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	10	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	3	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	24, Q13	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/12-15/2025	BPT Futures Malmo	2	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	16, Q1	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	9	5th	600	US$5,000.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool A	Martin Licht / Guillaume Rivest, Canada (32, Q13)	Won 21-8, 21-8	0:31
Fri, 3/20/2026	Pool A	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (16)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	$120,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$49,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	23	6	3	1	0	4	0	2	1	3	1	0	$218,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Elmer Andersson												Jacob Nilsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
10	1	2	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	$60,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	1	2	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	$60,350.00
7	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$24,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$24,750.00
5	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$1,400.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
23	6	3	1	0	4	3	3	1	0	$109,000.00	Total	27	6	3	1	0	4	4	5	1	0	$109,000.00

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
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$21,800.00	29	6	82.9 %
2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	$187,750.00	49	18	73.1 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	6	3	1	0	4	0	2	1	3	1	1	$215,750.00	81	26	75.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Elmer Andersson													Jacob Nilsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00	2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00
14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00	2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00
23	6	3	1	0	5	3	3	1	1	$107,875.00	Total	Total	27	6	3	1	0	5	4	5	1	2	$107,875.00

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	58	78.4%	13	17.6%	3	4.1%	71-3	95.9%	10	30.3%	5	15.2%	18	54.5%	10-23	30.3%	58-18	76.3%	23-8	74.2%	0	0	81-26	75.7%
2025-2026	37	75.5%	10	20.4%	2	4.1%	47-2	95.9%	5	21.7%	3	13.0%	15	65.2%	5-18	21.7%	37-15	71.2%	15-5	75.0%	0	0	52-20	72.2%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	14-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	10-0	100.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	15	6	0	0	8	5	3	0	0	0	1	2	30	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	9	2	0	0	8	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	27	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	6	2	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	18	5
Total	0	0	9	3	32	11	0	0	24	8	9	1	1	0	6	3	81	26

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:

193

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$540,496.05

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$11,460.63

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	US$13,250.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Julian Horl - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	9	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool A	Benedikt Sagstetter / Jonas Sagstetter, Germany (17)	Won 21-12, 12-21, 15-12	0:46
Fri, 3/20/2026	Pool A	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (1)

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	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$13,250.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	$13,250.00

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
81	0	1	2	2	9	24	21	13	0	$137,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	4	0	$9,125.00
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
193	4	6	3	7	23	52	58	24	0	$538,950.00	Total	37	2	0	1	1	2	5	13	6	0	$10,875.00

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 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	$11,000.00	6	9	40.0 %

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
192	4	6	3	7	23	52	58	24	15	$537,825.00	Total	Total	36	2	0	1	1	2	5	13	6	6	$9,750.00

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	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	4-7	36.4%	3-0	100.0%	0	2	7-9	43.8%
2025-2026	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	3-5	37.5%	1-0	100.0%	0	2	4-7	36.4%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		4-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-0	100.0%

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
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	4	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
Total	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	9

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool A