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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Alanya
Thursday, June 11, 2026 Court #2 17:00

Match #13: Pool G

(7) Julian Friedli/Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland
vs.
(26, Q5) Karolis Palubinskas/Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania

Julian Friedli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 20, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$36,401.18

Jonathan Jordan
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lörrach, Germany

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$41,153.93

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	US$26,250.00

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Yves Haussener - 17th	Adrian Heidrich - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	5	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	11	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	21, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	3	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	13	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool G	Karolis Palubinskas / Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania (26, Q5)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$23,750.00
Total	7	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	$26,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julian Friedli												Jonathan Jordan
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	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	$2,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	$9,750.00
11	0	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	0	$28,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	1	0	4	4	4	3	0	$24,375.00
6	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$1,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	2	2	1	1	5	4	4	0	0	$3,200.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
27	2	1	3	1	3	3	8	4	0	$35,675.00	Total	53	2	2	2	1	9	11	11	6	0	$39,725.00

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
2026	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	$24,750.00	14	8	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	$24,750.00	14	8	63.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julian Friedli													Jonathan Jordan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$50.00
											2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2022	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	2	1	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	$900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
6	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	$950.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	$4,200.00
13	1	1	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	$21,600.00	2025	FIVB	14	1	0	1	0	2	6	1	2	1	$20,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$12,375.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$12,375.00
28	2	1	3	1	3	4	9	4	1	$34,925.00	Total	Total	52	2	2	2	1	9	11	11	6	8	$38,975.00

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	5	50.0%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	5	41.7%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	5-7	41.7%	5-3	62.5%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	14-8	63.6%
2025-2026	5	50.0%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	5	41.7%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	5-7	41.7%	5-3	62.5%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	14-8	63.6%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	8-0	100.0%	10-4	71.4%	0	0	9-2	81.8%

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	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	4
Total	0	0	1	1	8	3	0	0	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	14	8

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$7,409.05

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$23,847.83

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$13,882.97

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 (28, Q12)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:34
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool G	Julian Friedli / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (7)

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	$11,000.00
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	$13,500.00

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	$5,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	$12,000.00
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	$6,800.00	Total	66	1	0	1	4	10	9	14	4	1	$22,700.00

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	$11,000.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	2	$13,500.00	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	$5,500.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$5,500.00
18	1	0	0	1	4	1	8	1	2	$6,800.00	Total	Total	66	1	0	1	4	10	9	14	4	23	$22,700.00

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	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

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/11/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool G