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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Court #2 09:00

Match #2: Pool A

(16) Ardis Bedritis/Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia
vs.
(17) Christoph Dressler/Mathias Seiser, Austria

Ardis Daniels Bedritis
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 10, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valmiera

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$25,121.74

Arturs Rinkevics
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zakumuizha

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$24,801.46

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$500.00
FIVB	42	1	3	3	0	8	1	2	1	5	3	2	7	3	2	US$46,034.38
Overall	43	1	3	3	0	8	1	2	1	5	3	2	8	3	2	US$46,534.38

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Futures Jurmala	1	2nd	360	€ 1,150.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	23, Q11	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	23	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	23	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	19	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	24, Q3	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	21, Q10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2025	Futures Laginha Beach	2	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	29, Q10	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	7	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Warsaw	2	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q14	41st	100	US$0.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	32	25th	220	€ 500.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool A	Christoph Dressler / Mathias Seiser, Austria (17)

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	6	4	5	$33,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	3	3	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,050.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	43	1	3	3	0	8	1	2	1	10	8	5	$45,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ardis Bedritis												Arturs Rinkevics
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$2,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$2,500.00
21	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	4	5	$16,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	5	5	$16,625.00
18	1	3	3	0	7	2	2	0	0	$3,775.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	1	3	3	0	6	1	0	0	1	$3,525.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$500.00
49	1	3	3	0	10	4	12	9	6	$23,400.00	Total	46	1	3	3	0	9	3	10	10	6	$23,150.00

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
2021	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$800.00	6	4	60.0 %
2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$1,200.00	4	7	36.4 %
2023	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,400.00	19	11	63.3 %
2024	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	$11,000.00	13	10	56.5 %
2025	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	$9,500.00	15	14	51.7 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2026	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	$18,900.00	15	16	48.4 %
Total	FIVB	41	1	3	3	0	8	1	2	1	10	7	5	$43,800.00	72	62	53.7 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ardis Bedritis													Arturs Rinkevics
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	2	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2020	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$400.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$400.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$600.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	$600.00
9	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	2	$1,200.00	2023	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	2	$1,200.00
6	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$5,500.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$5,500.00
10	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	$4,750.00	2025	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	$4,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
8	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	$9,450.00	2026	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	$9,450.00
48	1	3	3	0	10	4	12	9	6	$22,650.00	Total	Total	45	1	3	3	0	9	3	10	10	6	$22,400.00

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	49	67.1%	12	16.4%	12	16.4%	61-12	83.6%	10	16.7%	11	18.3%	39	65.0%	10-50	16.7%	49-39	55.7%	22-23	48.9%	1	0	72-62	53.7%
2025-2026	24	72.7%	2	6.1%	7	21.2%	26-7	78.8%	4	14.8%	6	22.2%	17	63.0%	4-23	14.8%	24-17	58.5%	6-13	31.6%	0	0	30-30	50.0%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	3	25.0%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	8	80.0%	2-8	20.0%	16-16	50.0%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	13-9	59.1%

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	2	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	7	10	16	0	1	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	33
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	23	5	0	0	12	7	4	3	3	0	1	3	45	18
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	13	12	33	29	0	1	18	16	4	3	3	0	1	3	72	64

Christoph Dressler
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Feldbach

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

133

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$111,995.64

Mathias Seiser
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wien

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$20,487.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$550.20
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	US$14,000.00
Overall	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	US$14,550.20

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	21	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	9	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	18, Q2	13th	460	US$4,500.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool A	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (16)

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	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$9,500.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	$14,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christoph Dressler												Mathias Seiser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$9,400.00	World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals
29	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	3	14	$21,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	$6,000.00
55	0	0	1	2	3	12	18	6	12	$52,137.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	$7,250.00
24	4	2	1	2	6	2	3	3	1	$19,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	31	2	1	1	2	5	14	6	0	0	$4,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	$4,500.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$500.00
128	4	2	2	4	10	23	37	16	29	$106,837.50	Total	52	2	1	1	2	5	20	14	3	3	$18,450.00

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
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$8,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	$12,500.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christoph Dressler													Mathias Seiser
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,150.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	$3,000.00	2014	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	$1,600.00	2015	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	CEV
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	1	$13,387.50	2016	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2016	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	$7,850.00	2017	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2017	CEV
15	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	7	$10,000.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2018	CEV
8	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	$5,300.00	2019	FIVB	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$1,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2019	CEV
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2020	CEV
5	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	$7,900.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV
9	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	1	0	$8,450.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	$4,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$150.00	2023	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$1,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
8	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	$3,650.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	$150.00
											2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
14	0	0	0	2	1	7	4	0	0	$31,250.00	2025	FIVB	9	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	3	$3,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2025	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$4,000.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$5,250.00
132	4	2	2	4	11	25	37	16	31	$107,462.50	Total	Total	51	2	1	1	2	5	20	14	3	3	$17,700.00

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	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	2-3	40.0%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	6-6	50.0%
2025-2026	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	2-3	40.0%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	6-6	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%

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	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	1	0	5	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool A