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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
Thursday, May 21, 2026 Court #2 15:45

Match #8: Pool D

(13) Alexander Horst/Paul Pascariuc, Austria
vs.
(20, Q3) Oliver Merritt/Jed Walker, Australia

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:

196

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$545,371.05

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$16,335.63

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	US$23,000.00

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Laurenz Leitner - 19th
2024	Paul Pascariuc - 5th	Alexander Horst - 5th
2025	Moritz Pristauz - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	6	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	15	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	16	9th	460	US$3,250.00
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

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool D	Oliver Merritt / Jed Walker, Australia (20, Q3)

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	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	$23,000.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	$23,000.00

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
84	0	1	2	2	10	25	22	13	0	$142,675.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	0	$14,000.00
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
196	4	6	3	7	24	53	59	24	0	$543,825.00	Total	40	2	0	1	1	3	6	14	6	0	$15,750.00

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 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$10,500.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	$21,500.00	12	15	44.4 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$5,250.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$5,250.00
195	4	6	3	7	24	53	59	24	15	$543,075.00	Total	Total	39	2	0	1	1	3	6	14	6	6	$15,000.00

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	9	75.0%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	12	92.3%	1-12	7.7%	9-12	42.9%	3-1	75.0%	0	2	12-15	44.4%
2025-2026	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	100.0%	0-10	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	1-1	50.0%	0	2	9-13	40.9%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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	6	8	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	14
Total	0	0	0	1	6	8	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	15

Oliver Merritt
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Caloundra

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$7,575.00

Jed Walker
Australia

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 2, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Coolangatta 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$4,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	US$8,800.00

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Ben Hood - 17th	Soloman Bushby - 41st
2025	Did not play	Finley Bennett - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	29, Q6	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	3, Q1	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	13	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 1	Alih Gampong / Alexander Iraya, Philippines (Q30)	Won 21-7, 21-13	0:25
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 2	Aleksander Czachorowski / Jakub Krzeminski, Poland (Q14)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:35
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool D	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (13)

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	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$8,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Oliver Merritt												Jed Walker
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	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	World Championships
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,000.00
7	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	0	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	$900.00
13	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	1	$7,575.00	Total	14	0	0	1	1	1	6	3	0	0	$4,900.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2	3	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	3	3	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00	12	5	70.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$7,300.00	17	11	60.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Oliver Merritt													Jed Walker
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$150.00
7	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	2	$3,375.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	$550.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,400.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,400.00
12	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	2	$6,825.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	1	1	1	6	3	0	1	$4,150.00

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	66.7%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	6	60.0%	2-8	20.0%	12-6	66.7%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	17-11	60.7%
2025-2026	11	78.6%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	11-6	64.7%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	15-8	65.2%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	6-4	60.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-4	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	3	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	7
Total	0	0	8	1	5	5	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	17	11

Head to Head Results
Merritt/Walker lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool D
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Merritt/Walker	29, Q6	Horst/Pascariuc	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52