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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Alanya
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 Court #3 18:00

Match #19: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q5) Karolis Palubinskas/Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania
vs.
(Q12) Joshua Howat/Luke Ryan, Australia

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$6,659.05

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$23,097.83

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	US$12,382.97

Previous Alanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q12	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	16	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	17	17th	340	US$2,250.00
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

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/10/2026	Qualifier 2	Joshua Howat / Luke Ryan, Australia (Q12)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:34

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	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	11	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	$12,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Karolis Palubinskas												Arnas Rumsevicius
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$4,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	$11,250.00
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
18	1	0	0	1	4	1	8	1	0	$6,050.00	Total	66	1	0	1	4	10	9	14	4	1	$21,950.00

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	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	$9,500.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	2	$12,000.00	22	17	56.4 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$4,750.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$4,750.00
18	1	0	0	1	4	1	8	1	2	$6,050.00	Total	Total	66	1	0	1	4	10	9	14	4	23	$21,950.00

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	11	57.9%	6	31.6%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	5	25.0%	1	5.0%	14	70.0%	5-15	25.0%	11-14	44.0%	11-3	78.6%	0	0	22-17	56.4%
2025-2026	11	57.9%	6	31.6%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	5	25.0%	1	5.0%	14	70.0%	5-15	25.0%	11-14	44.0%	11-3	78.6%	0	0	22-17	56.4%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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	2	4	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7
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	3	10	6	0	0	8	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	22	17

Joshua Howat
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 31, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Qingdao 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$5,959.25

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$6,975.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	US$6,600.00

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Did not play	Paul Burnett - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	30, Q11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
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 Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/10/2026	Qualifier 1	Dmytro Kozii / Sviatoslav Nahornyi, Ukraine (Q21)	Won 21-18, 26-24	0:24
Wed, 6/10/2026	Qualifier 2	Karolis Palubinskas / Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania (Q5)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:34

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,100.00
Total	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$6,600.00

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$3,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$4,625.00
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
30	0	1	0	1	3	12	5	4	0	$5,725.00	Total	17	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	2	1	$6,975.00

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	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$3,650.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$6,600.00	18	10	64.3 %

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
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	$1,825.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	$1,825.00
29	0	1	0	1	3	12	5	4	3	$5,725.00	Total	Total	16	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	2	4	$6,975.00

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	16	84.2%	0	0.0%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	16-6	72.7%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	18-10	64.3%
2025-2026	9	90.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	9-5	64.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	11-7	61.1%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	7-4	63.6%

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	6	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	6
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	8	3	6	2	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	18	10

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

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/10/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Qualifier 2	Howat/Ryan	Q12	Palubinskas/Rumsevicius	Q5	21-17, 21-12	0:34