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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Court #3 10:40

Match #35: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q9) Joshua Howat/Luke Ryan, Australia
vs.
(Q24) Toms Liepa/Ernests Puskundzis, Latvia

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$4,334.25

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$5,350.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	US$3,350.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Did not play	Paul Burnett - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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 Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Toms Liepa / Ernests Puskundzis, Latvia (Q24)

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,100.00
Total	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,350.00

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	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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
27	0	1	0	1	3	11	5	4	0	$4,100.00	Total	14	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	2	1	$5,350.00

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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,350.00	11	7	61.1 %

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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
27	0	1	0	1	3	11	5	4	2	$4,100.00	Total	Total	14	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	2	3	$5,350.00

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	10	76.9%	0	0.0%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	10-4	71.4%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	11-7	61.1%
2025-2026	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-3	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0-4	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%

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	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	9	4
Total	0	0	3	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	11	7

Toms Liepa
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 21, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Qidong 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$2,093.70

Ernests Puskundzis
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Qidong 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$2,589.32

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	7	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	US$2,206.92
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	8	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	US$2,206.92

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Gustavs Auzins - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Joshua Howat / Luke Ryan, Australia (Q9)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	7	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Toms Liepa												Ernests Puskundzis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
7	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	$1,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	1	0	2	0	2	5	3	0	0	$1,837.50
9	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	$2,000.00	Total	16	1	0	2	0	2	5	5	0	0	$2,337.50

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	3	2	60.0 %
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
2024	FIVB	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,900.00	12	8	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	$2,200.00	15	10	60.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Toms Liepa													Ernests Puskundzis
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$150.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$950.00	2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	$1,450.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$900.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$737.50
10	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	1	1	$2,000.00	Total	Total	17	1	0	2	0	2	6	5	0	1	$2,337.50

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	11	73.3%	2	13.3%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	8	80.0%	2-8	20.0%	11-8	57.9%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	15-10	60.0%
2025-2026	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	0-0		0	0	1-0	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	5	5	0	0	5	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	9
Total	0	0	2	2	5	5	0	0	5	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	10

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/13/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Qualifier 2