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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Stadium Court 12:10

Match #11: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(30, Q11) Joshua Howat/Luke Ryan, Australia
vs.
(Q22) Juan Bello/Niko Gleed, England

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	33	Money
FIVB	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	US$3,350.00

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Luke Ryan - 17th	Joshua Howat - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q9	33rd	180	US$0.00
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 Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 1	Juan Bello / Niko Gleed, England (Q22)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:35
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 2	Gage Basey / Thomas Hurst, United States (Q6)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:35

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	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	7	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
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$2,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	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
29	0	1	0	1	3	11	5	4	0	$4,100.00	Total	16	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	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$400.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$3,350.00	14	8	63.6 %

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
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$200.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$200.00
28	0	1	0	1	3	11	5	4	3	$4,100.00	Total	Total	15	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	2	4	$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	12	80.0%	0	0.0%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	12-4	75.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	14-8	63.6%
2025-2026	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	5-3	62.5%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
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	6	3	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	14	8

Juan Enrique Bello
England

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 23, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Bujumbura 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$1,496.31

Niko Gleed
England

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bournemouth

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,340.01

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	US$605.44

Previous Nuvali Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q30	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Messina	11	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	Futures Jurmala	20, Q5	13th	140	€ 225.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 1	Joshua Howat / Luke Ryan, Australia (30, Q11)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:35

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	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Juan Bello												Niko Gleed
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	1	0	4	4	3	0	0	$1,162.50	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	$912.50
15	0	0	1	0	4	4	3	0	0	$1,162.50	Total	14	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	$912.50

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
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$525.00	4	5	44.4 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	$525.00	4	6	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Juan Bello													Niko Gleed
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	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	$500.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$150.00
6	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$650.00	2024	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$262.50	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$262.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
15	0	0	1	0	4	4	3	0	3	$1,162.50	Total	Total	14	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	3	$912.50

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	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	2-4	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-6	40.0%
2025-2026	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	2-4	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-6	40.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0		0	0	0-1	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	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6

Head to Head Results
Howat/Ryan lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Qualifier 1	Howat/Ryan	30, Q11	Bello/Gleed	Q22	21-12, 21-18	0:35