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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Thursday, May 14, 2026 Court #3 14:30

Match #2: Pool A

(16) Laurenc Grossig/Julian Horl, Austria
vs.
(17) Karolis Palubinskas/Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania

Laurenc Grössig
Austria

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 13, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$12,429.13

Julian Hörl
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 4, 1992 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saalfelden

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$89,555.84

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	US$11,250.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Did not play	Daniel Hupfer - 33rd
2019	Did not play	Tobias Winter - 41st
2024	Did not play	Alexander Horst - 9th
2025	Did not play	Moritz Pristauz - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	14	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	25	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	22	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool A	Karolis Palubinskas / Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania (17)

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	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$11,250.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$11,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laurenc Grossig												Julian Horl
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	1	0	$32,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$9,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	48	0	1	1	0	3	9	7	11	0	$40,225.00
13	2	1	0	1	3	3	3	0	0	$2,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	2	1	0	3	1	7	2	2	0	$12,015.00
30	2	1	0	1	5	5	8	3	0	$11,375.00	Total	94	2	2	1	4	6	22	16	14	0	$88,490.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$6,500.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$9,750.00	5	5	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laurenc Grossig													Julian Horl
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
											2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$1,600.00
											2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$400.00
											2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$800.00
											2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$2,900.00
											2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	3	$8,265.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	4	$7,100.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	$200.00
5	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$650.00	2022	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$11,200.00
5	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$2,650.00	2023	FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	1	5	4	0	0	$28,375.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	$1,650.00	2024	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	$11,125.00
9	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	3	$2,425.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	$11,125.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$3,250.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$3,250.00
29	2	1	0	1	5	5	8	3	4	$10,625.00	Total	Total	93	2	2	1	4	6	22	16	14	26	$87,740.00

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	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	2-3	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
2025-2026	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	2-3	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-1	66.7%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Total	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5

Karolis Palubinskas
Lithuania

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 25, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Warsaw 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$5,159.05

Arnas Rumsevicius
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 22, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Raseiniai

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Warsaw 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$21,597.83

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	8	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$9,382.97

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Lukas Kazdailis - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	9	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Warsaw	4	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q23	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	Futures Jurmala	6	4th	280	€ 600.00
FIVB	5/29-6/1/2025	Futures Battipaglia	10	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2025	BPT Futures Spiez	11	5th	240	€ 300.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool A	Laurenc Grossig / Julian Horl, 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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	8	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Karolis Palubinskas												Arnas Rumsevicius
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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	$9,750.00
12	1	0	0	1	3	1	6	0	0	$1,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	32	1	0	1	3	8	7	11	0	0	$10,700.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	1	0	0	1	4	1	6	0	0	$4,550.00	Total	63	1	0	1	4	10	9	12	3	1	$20,450.00

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	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,500.00	17	10	63.0 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	$7,500.00	20	11	64.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Karolis Palubinskas													Arnas Rumsevicius
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	5	$10,950.00
											2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	5	$4,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$50.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	2	$300.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	$550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	$150.00
6	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	$1,250.00	2025	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
14	1	0	0	1	4	1	6	0	1	$3,800.00	Total	Total	62	1	0	1	4	10	9	12	3	22	$19,700.00

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	62.5%	5	31.3%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	5	33.3%	1	6.7%	9	60.0%	5-10	33.3%	10-9	52.6%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	20-11	64.5%
2025-2026	10	62.5%	5	31.3%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	5	33.3%	1	6.7%	9	60.0%	5-10	33.3%	10-9	52.6%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	20-11	64.5%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	6	4	0	0	7	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	17	9
Total	0	0	2	1	8	4	0	0	8	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	20	11

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool A