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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Friday, May 15, 2026 Court #6 11:00

Match #30: Pool G

(26, Q2) Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria
vs.
(23) Ardis Bedritis/Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia

Alexander Huber
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 25, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Klagenfurt

Height:

179 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

147

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$149,449.30

Robin Seidl
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 21, 1990 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Velden

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

157

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$226,718.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	73	0	3	3	2	1	0	10	1	19	1	5	16	10	1	US$205,144.36

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Robin Seidl - 9th	Alexander Huber - 9th
2015	Robin Seidl - 5th	Alexander Huber - 5th
2016	Robin Seidl - 9th	Alexander Huber - 9th
2017	Lorenz Petutschnig - 17th	Tobias Winter - 17th
2018	Did not play	Christoph Dressler - 33rd
2019	Did not play	Philipp Waller - 33rd
2024	Did not play	Moritz Pristauz - 19th
2025	Robin Seidl - 33rd	Alexander Huber - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	16	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q12	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q10	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-6/2025	Futures Montpellier	3	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Ios	5	3rd	320	€ 500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q17	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	5/29-6/1/2025	Futures Battipaglia	6	3rd	320	€ 500.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q13	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Kei Loi Chong / Pui Lam Wong, Hong Kong (Q34)	Won 21-9, 21-8	0:24
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 3	Ivan Likhatskyi / Richard Likhatskyi, Ukraine (Q18)	Won 25-23, 14-21, 15-7	0:48
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool G	Benedikt Sagstetter / Jonas Sagstetter, Germany (7)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:33
Fri, 5/15/2026	Pool G	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (23)

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$11,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	4	0	$145,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	4	1	0	$44,975.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	73	0	3	3	2	1	0	10	1	20	5	0	$204,825.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexander Huber												Robin Seidl
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$11,100.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$23,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
53	0	0	0	1	0	5	18	7	0	$79,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	64	0	0	0	2	1	11	25	7	0	$109,875.00
47	0	1	2	0	2	6	8	4	0	$39,287.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	2	1	2	0	4	15	11	9	0	$74,612.50
33	2	4	3	3	6	5	3	2	0	$13,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	2	3	2	1	4	2	4	1	0	$17,300.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,125.00	Challenger
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
147	3	5	5	4	9	21	33	13	0	$148,137.50	Total	157	4	4	4	3	9	32	44	17	0	$225,687.50

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
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$1,800.00	0	2	0.0 %
2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00	4	7	36.4 %
2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$5,100.00	5	7	41.7 %
2012	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$17,950.00	12	13	48.0 %
2013	FIVB	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	6	1	0	$69,650.00	31	31	50.0 %
2014	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	1	$61,200.00	18	22	45.0 %
2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	$8,175.00	10	10	50.0 %
2016	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	0	2	$32,400.00	21	28	42.9 %
2025	FIVB	10	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$5,050.00	24	14	63.2 %
Total	FIVB	72	0	3	3	2	1	0	10	1	20	5	27	$203,325.00	125	134	48.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexander Huber													Robin Seidl
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$725.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	2006	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	$9,600.00	2008	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$2,600.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$900.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,550.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,550.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$8,975.00	2012	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$8,975.00
12	0	0	1	1	0	3	6	1	0	$34,825.00	2013	FIVB	12	0	0	1	1	0	3	6	1	0	$34,825.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	1	$30,600.00	2014	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	1	$30,600.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	$4,087.50	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	$4,087.50
12	0	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	2	$16,200.00	2016	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	2	$16,200.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	$2,250.00	2017	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	$13,250.00
8	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	$3,300.00	2018	FIVB	15	1	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	5	$16,650.00
8	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	$5,300.00	2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	3	$21,000.00
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	$7,900.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	$8,000.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	$7,200.00	2022	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	$31,975.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$450.00	2023	FIVB	15	2	0	1	0	1	3	5	1	2	$23,150.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$250.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	$2,500.00
10	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	3	$2,525.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	1	3	$3,775.00
146	3	5	5	4	9	21	33	13	53	$147,387.50	Total	Total	156	4	4	4	3	9	32	44	17	39	$224,937.50

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	82	67.2%	22	18.0%	18	14.8%	104-18	85.2%	20	14.7%	21	15.4%	95	69.9%	20-116	14.7%	82-95	46.3%	42-39	51.9%	3	1	127-135	48.5%
2025-2026	20	74.1%	4	14.8%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9	64.3%	2-12	14.3%	20-9	69.0%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	26-15	63.4%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	10-4	71.4%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-3	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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	19	15	32	40	0	0	5	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	56	77
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	16	11	17	16	0	0	10	11	1	1	1	0	0	1	47	42
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	8	2	0	0	7	0	2	3	2	1	0	2	21	8
Total	0	0	37	26	60	64	0	0	22	33	3	5	3	2	0	3	127	135

Ardis Daniels Bedritis
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 10, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valmiera

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$18,668.10

Arturs Rinkevics
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zakumuizha

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$18,347.83

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	38	1	2	3	0	7	1	2	1	4	2	2	7	3	2	US$34,954.29

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Arturs Rinkevics - 17th	Ardis Bedritis - 17th
2025	Arturs Rinkevics - 17th	Ardis Bedritis - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	19	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	24, Q3	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	21, Q10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2025	Futures Laginha Beach	2	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	29, Q10	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	7	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Warsaw	2	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q14	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	31	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	16	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool G	Philipp Huster / Sven Winter, Germany (10)	Lost 9-21, 19-21	0:33
Fri, 5/15/2026	Pool G	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (26, Q2)

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	4	0	$26,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	1	2	3	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,900.00
Total	38	1	2	3	0	7	1	2	1	8	7	0	$34,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ardis Bedritis												Arturs Rinkevics
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	$1,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	$1,250.00
19	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	4	0	$13,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	5	0	$13,000.00
17	1	2	3	0	7	2	2	0	0	$3,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	2	3	0	6	1	0	0	0	$2,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
43	1	2	3	0	9	4	10	7	0	$17,450.00	Total	40	1	2	3	0	8	3	8	8	0	$17,200.00

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
2021	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$800.00	6	4	60.0 %
2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$1,200.00	4	7	36.4 %
2023	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,400.00	19	11	63.3 %
2024	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	$11,000.00	13	10	56.5 %
2025	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	$9,500.00	15	14	51.7 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$8,000.00	5	9	35.7 %
Total	FIVB	37	1	2	3	0	7	1	2	1	8	7	5	$32,900.00	62	55	53.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ardis Bedritis													Arturs Rinkevics
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	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2020	FIVB
3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$400.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$400.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$600.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	$600.00
9	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	2	$1,200.00	2023	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	2	$1,200.00
6	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$5,500.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$5,500.00
10	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	$4,750.00	2025	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	$4,750.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$4,000.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$4,000.00
42	1	2	3	0	9	4	10	7	6	$16,700.00	Total	Total	39	1	2	3	0	8	3	8	8	6	$16,450.00

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	41	65.1%	11	17.5%	11	17.5%	52-11	82.5%	9	17.0%	10	18.9%	34	64.2%	9-44	17.0%	41-34	54.7%	20-21	48.8%	1	0	62-55	53.0%
2025-2026	16	69.6%	1	4.3%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	3	15.0%	5	25.0%	12	60.0%	3-17	15.0%	16-12	57.1%	4-11	26.7%	0	0	20-23	46.5%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	6-8	42.9%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	7-7	50.0%

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	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	7	8	15	0	1	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	30
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	21	5	0	0	10	7	3	3	3	0	1	2	40	17
Total	0	0	12	12	29	23	0	1	14	14	3	3	3	0	1	2	62	55

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool G