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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Alanya
Sunday, June 14, 2026 Stadium Court 18:00

Match #56: Gold Medal Match

(11) Luis Javier Bello/Joaquin Bello, England
vs.
(18) Paul Henning/Lukas Pfretzschner, Germany

Luis Javier Bello Fernandez Echevarria
England

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madrid, Spain

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$87,322.83

Joaquin Bello
England

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madrid, Spain

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$87,322.83

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	66	2	1	6	1	6	1	13	8	7	1	5	3	5	0	6	US$172,992.00
FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	70	2	1	6	1	8	1	13	8	7	1	5	3	6	1	6	US$172,992.00

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Joaquin Bello - 13th	Luis Javier Bello - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	5	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	15, Q6	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	13	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q12	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	7	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool F	Maximilian Just / Lui Wust, Germany (22, Q2)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:41
Fri, 6/12/2026	Pool F	Oliver Merritt / Jed Walker, Australia (27, Q10)	Won 26-28, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Fri, 6/12/2026	Winner 2	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (1)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:49
Sat, 6/13/2026	Winner 3	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (13)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:34
Sat, 6/13/2026	Semi-Finals	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (2)	Won 16-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:53
Sun, 6/14/2026	Gold Medal	Paul Henning / Lukas Pfretzschner, Germany (18)

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$)
Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	8	2	0	$75,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	1	3	1	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	$71,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	22	1	0	3	0	5	0	7	2	3	0	0	$5,800.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	70	2	1	6	1	8	1	13	8	13	3	0	$172,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Luis Javier Bello												Joaquin Bello
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
19	1	0	0	0	0	8	8	2	0	$37,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	1	0	0	0	0	8	8	2	0	$37,750.00
23	0	1	3	1	1	4	2	1	0	$35,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	1	3	1	1	4	2	1	0	$35,625.00
23	1	0	3	0	5	9	4	0	0	$2,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	22	1	0	3	0	5	9	3	0	0	$2,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
71	2	1	6	1	9	21	14	3	0	$86,175.00	Total	70	2	1	6	1	9	21	13	3	0	$86,175.00

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
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$500.00	3	5	37.5 %
2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	3	72.7 %
2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	11	13	45.8 %
2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2021	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	$2,300.00	19	10	65.5 %
2022	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	2	$14,000.00	17	22	43.6 %
2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	$16,750.00	11	9	55.0 %
2024	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	7	0	0	$75,500.00	26	23	53.1 %
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	1	$48,800.00	15	22	40.5 %
Total	FIVB	65	2	1	6	1	6	1	13	8	13	3	11	$159,350.00	102	104	49.5 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	10	5	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Luis Javier Bello													Joaquin Bello
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	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$250.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	3	$750.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	3	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	$1,150.00	2021	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	$1,150.00
12	0	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	$7,000.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	$7,000.00
6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	$8,375.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	$8,375.00
14	1	0	2	0	1	3	7	0	0	$37,750.00	2024	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	1	3	7	0	0	$37,750.00
11	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	2	1	$24,400.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	2	1	$24,400.00
70	2	1	6	1	9	21	14	3	13	$79,675.00	Total	Total	69	2	1	6	1	9	21	13	3	13	$79,675.00

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	60	61.2%	18	18.4%	20	20.4%	78-20	79.6%	26	23.6%	21	19.1%	63	57.3%	26-84	23.6%	60-63	48.8%	44-41	51.8%	3	0	107-104	50.7%
2025-2026	8	47.1%	4	23.5%	5	29.4%	12-5	70.6%	8	32.0%	5	20.0%	12	48.0%	8-17	32.0%	8-12	40.0%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	20-22	47.6%
Against the Field	8	72.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	8	57.1%	1	7.1%	5	35.7%	8-6	57.1%	16-10	61.5%	18-6	75.0%	0	0	17-8	68.0%

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
Youth Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	9	6	21	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	33
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	10	18	8	0	2	14	5	2	4	3	1	0	1	39	31
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	9	4	21	15	0	0	8	12	1	3	3	0	1	0	43	34
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Total	0	0	26	25	52	50	0	3	27	22	4	7	6	1	2	1	117	109

Paul Henning
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 28, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Erfurt

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$49,848.23

Lukas Pfretzschner
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dachau

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$71,201.38

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$14,500.00

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Lui Wust - 9th	Sven Winter - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	7	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool B	Hugo Campos / Joao Pedrosa, Portugal (15)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:41
Fri, 6/12/2026	Pool B	Jonas Reinhardt / Robin Sowa, Germany (31, Q22)	Won 18-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:54
Fri, 6/12/2026	Winner 1	Jonathan Pickett / Sam Schachter, Canada (25)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:44
Fri, 6/12/2026	Winner 2	Yves Haussener / Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland (5)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:58
Sat, 6/13/2026	Winner 3	Adrian Gavira / Alejandro Huerta, Spain (9)	Won 18-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:49
Sat, 6/13/2026	Semi-Finals	Mateus De Paula / Adelmo Goncalves, Brazil (24, Q4)	Won 21-18, 23-21	0:43
Sun, 6/14/2026	Gold Medal	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (11)

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	1	0	$14,500.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$14,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Henning												Lukas Pfretzschner
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	0	$21,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	2	7	5	3	0	$25,750.00
17	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	3	0	$23,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	1	1	1	3	3	3	5	0	$32,000.00
4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	1	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$4,100.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
32	0	4	1	0	5	5	8	3	0	$49,450.00	Total	57	0	3	2	1	10	13	12	8	0	$70,850.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Henning													Lukas Pfretzschner
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$1,950.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	$2,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	$500.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	1	$4,750.00
4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00	2023	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	$7,025.00
7	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	$10,000.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$16,000.00
11	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	1	0	$26,500.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	4	0	$30,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
31	0	4	1	0	5	5	8	3	5	$42,950.00	Total	Total	56	0	3	2	1	10	13	12	8	7	$64,350.00

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	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-2	50.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
2025-2026	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-2	50.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	4-2	66.7%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%

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	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Total	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Gold Medal