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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 Court #4 10:00

Match #8: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q2) Moritz Pristauz/Philipp Waller, Austria
vs.
(Q15) Manuel Alfieri/Alex Ranghieri, Italy

Moritz Bernd Pristauz-Telsnigg
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Graz

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$136,248.89

Philipp Waller
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 26, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Linz

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$140,602.38

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$15,200.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Simon Fruhbauer - 41st	Did not play
2016	Martin Ermacora - 33rd	Did not play
2018	Martin Ermacora - 33rd	Did not play
2019	Martin Ermacora - 33rd	Robin Seidl - 33rd
2021	Martin Ermacora - 25th	Robin Seidl - 9th
2022	Martin Ermacora - 9th	Robin Seidl - 9th
2025	Did not play	Christoph Dressler - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	18, Q3	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	15	5th	760	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Manuel Alfieri / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (Q15)

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Moritz Pristauz												Philipp Waller
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$14,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
30	0	0	0	0	2	9	10	2	6	$48,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	1	2	11	5	1	2	$49,100.00
47	2	1	2	1	2	7	8	8	16	$53,025.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	0	1	4	5	12	5	6	4	$58,750.00
15	0	1	0	1	4	4	3	1	1	$11,825.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	3	1	1	0	3	3	0	1	2	$10,090.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	$6,750.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$5,000.00
105	2	2	3	2	9	22	26	15	23	$132,700.00	Total	86	3	1	2	5	12	29	14	9	10	$137,440.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00	7	3	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Moritz Pristauz													Philipp Waller
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$3,900.00	2016	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	$8,000.00	2017	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$250.00	2017	CEV
15	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	3	5	$14,050.00	2018	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	5	$9,990.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	5	$7,975.00	2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	3	$21,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$8,600.00	2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2020	CEV
5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	$6,500.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	$8,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
10	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$23,175.00	2022	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	$31,975.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
14	2	0	1	0	1	3	4	1	2	$23,150.00	2023	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$5,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$2,500.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	$14,000.00
											2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	1	$19,500.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	1	6	4	0	0	$29,000.00
											2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00
106	2	2	3	2	9	22	27	15	24	$132,700.00	Total	Total	85	3	1	2	5	12	29	14	9	10	$137,440.00

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	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	5-1	83.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
2025-2026	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	5-1	83.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	3-3	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
Total	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3

Manuel Alfieri
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 20, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pescara

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$22,398.51

Alex Ranghieri
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1987 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pordenone

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

135

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$342,139.59

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	15	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	1	4	0	1	US$38,518.59

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Did not play	Andrea Tomatis - 25th
2015	Did not play	Adrian Carambula - 4th
2016	Did not play	Adrian Carambula - 5th
2017	Did not play	Adrian Carambula - 17th
2019	Did not play	Marco Caminati - 41st
2022	Did not play	Daniele Lupo - 25th
2023	Did not play	Adrian Carambula - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	16	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Cervia	1	2nd	360	€ 1,050.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	7	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	9	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	6	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q8	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	12	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	23, Q1	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Moritz Pristauz / Philipp Waller, Austria (Q2)

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	1	$32,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
Total	15	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	1	4	0	1	$38,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Manuel Alfieri												Alex Ranghieri
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$16,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	0	4	3	6	14	14	6	8	$194,300.00
11	0	0	1	0	0	5	3	1	1	$16,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	3	1	1	3	9	13	5	1	10	$78,250.00
15	1	2	0	1	8	1	2	0	0	$2,825.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	3	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	$9,425.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U17 World Championships
											Confederation Championship	7	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$12,750.00
30	1	2	1	1	9	7	6	1	1	$21,075.00	Total	132	4	5	5	7	20	36	25	10	19	$329,125.00

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	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	$28,450.00	25	14	64.1 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$9,800.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	1	4	0	1	$38,250.00	34	20	63.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Manuel Alfieri													Alex Ranghieri
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$23,050.00
											2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	$27,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
											2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2015	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	$45,500.00
											2015	CEV	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,500.00
											2016	FIVB	17	2	0	0	3	5	6	1	0	0	$72,000.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$15,500.00
											2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$11,500.00
											2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	$9,150.00
											2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$550.00
											2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	$4,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$450.00	2022	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	$40,500.00
											2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	3	5	0	0	0	$42,750.00
											2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
6	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$5,000.00
10	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	$14,225.00	2025	FIVB	11	1	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	$14,725.00
											2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$4,900.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$4,900.00
29	1	2	1	1	9	7	6	1	1	$21,075.00	Total	Total	134	5	5	5	7	21	37	25	10	19	$332,875.00

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	19	59.4%	6	18.8%	7	21.9%	25-7	78.1%	8	38.1%	0	0.0%	13	61.9%	8-13	38.1%	19-13	59.4%	14-7	66.7%	1	0	34-20	63.0%
2025-2026	19	59.4%	6	18.8%	7	21.9%	25-7	78.1%	8	38.1%	0	0.0%	13	61.9%	8-13	38.1%	19-13	59.4%	14-7	66.7%	1	0	34-20	63.0%
Against the Field	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	14-10	58.3%	6-6	50.0%	1	0	11-8	57.9%

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	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	13	5	0	0	4	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	15
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	2
Total	0	0	7	2	18	6	0	0	6	9	2	1	1	0	0	2	34	20

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1