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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Court #2 11:30

Match #9: Pool E

(5) Alexander Horst/Paul Pascariuc, Austria
vs.
(28, Q4) Joshua Howat/Luke Ryan, Australia

Alexander Horst
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

236

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$622,290.84

Paul Pascariuc
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salzburg

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$21,702.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	2	US$33,000.00

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	13	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	13	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	6	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	15	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	16	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool E	Joshua Howat / Luke Ryan, Australia (28, Q4)

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	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	1	0	$33,000.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	$33,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexander Horst												Paul Pascariuc
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
8	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$53,000.00	World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$14,500.00	World Tour Finals
86	0	2	1	4	11	20	31	10	7	$327,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$0.00
86	0	1	2	2	12	25	22	13	8	$147,675.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	5	2	4	4	5	$19,000.00
10	4	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$6,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	2	0	1	1	0	4	7	0	0	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	Challenger
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
19	0	1	1	1	3	8	3	2	0	$27,750.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
217	4	7	4	8	29	61	62	26	15	$576,575.00	Total	43	2	0	1	1	5	6	14	7	6	$21,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$7,000.00	3	7	30.0 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	$20,500.00	12	8	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	$31,500.00	18	17	51.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexander Horst													Paul Pascariuc
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	2003	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,875.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV
13	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	0	2	$37,850.00	2007	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,500.00	2007	CEV
12	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	0	$24,950.00	2008	FIVB
7	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$9,550.00	2008	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	$33,575.00	2009	FIVB
5	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$7,050.00	2009	CEV
11	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	$34,700.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2010	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	$11,950.00	2011	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	2011	CEV
8	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	$24,600.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV
10	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	1	$33,000.00	2013	FIVB
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	2013	CEV
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	$43,000.00	2014	FIVB
3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,750.00	2014	CEV
10	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	$72,500.00	2015	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2015	CEV
10	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	1	0	$47,600.00	2016	FIVB
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2016	CEV
9	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$50,000.00	2017	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00	2017	CEV
10	1	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	$25,250.00	2018	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2018	CEV
12	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	$21,750.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2019	CEV
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$1,450.00	2020	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2020	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$3,000.00	2021	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV
9	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$11,200.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	1	0	$450.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2022	CEV
14	0	2	1	1	1	5	4	0	0	$28,725.00	2023	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	0	0	$13,125.00	2024	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	3	$4,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2024	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	1	$14,250.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	$3,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$10,250.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$10,250.00
235	5	10	4	9	35	65	64	26	17	$597,050.00	Total	Total	42	2	0	1	1	5	6	14	7	6	$20,250.00

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	13	72.2%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	2	13.3%	0	0.0%	13	86.7%	2-13	13.3%	13-13	50.0%	5-2	71.4%	0	2	18-17	51.4%
2025-2026	12	75.0%	2	12.5%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	11	91.7%	1-11	8.3%	12-11	52.2%	3-2	60.0%	0	2	15-15	50.0%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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	0	10	8	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	16
Total	0	0	0	1	10	8	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	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$7,834.25

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$8,850.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	US$10,350.00

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	28, Q12	17th	340	US$2,250.00
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 Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/22/2026	Qualifier 2	Ben O'Dea / Sam O'Dea, New Zealand (Q20)	Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:48
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool E	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (5)

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$9,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,100.00
Total	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	$10,350.00

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	$5,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	$6,500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
31	0	1	0	1	3	12	6	4	3	$7,600.00	Total	18	0	1	0	1	0	2	7	2	4	$8,850.00

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
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	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$5,900.00	12	7	63.2 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	$8,850.00	20	12	62.5 %

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
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	$2,950.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	$2,950.00
30	0	1	0	1	3	12	6	4	3	$6,850.00	Total	Total	17	0	1	0	1	0	2	7	2	4	$8,100.00

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	17	81.0%	1	4.8%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	17-7	70.8%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	20-12	62.5%
2025-2026	10	83.3%	1	8.3%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	6	60.0%	2-8	20.0%	10-6	62.5%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	13-9	59.1%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	6-6	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	5-5	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	3	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8
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	9	3	7	3	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	20	12

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 E