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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Hamburg
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Court #2 14:30

Match #3: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q5) Ardis Bedritis/Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia
vs.
(Q12) Alexander Huber/Michael Klemen, 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$25,996.74

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$25,676.46

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	43	1	3	3	0	8	1	3	1	5	3	2	7	3	2	US$47,784.38
Overall	44	1	3	3	0	8	1	3	1	5	3	2	8	3	2	US$48,284.38

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Arturs Rinkevics - 21st	Ardis Bedritis - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo	16	9th	460	US$3,250.00
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

BPT Elite16 Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/5/2026	Qualifier 1	Alexander Huber / Michael Klemen, Austria (Q12)

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	8	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	2	1	6	4	5	$35,000.00
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	44	1	3	3	0	8	1	3	1	10	8	5	$47,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ardis Bedritis												Arturs Rinkevics
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$2,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$2,500.00
21	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	4	5	$17,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	5	5	$17,500.00
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
50	1	3	3	0	10	5	12	9	6	$24,275.00	Total	47	1	3	3	0	9	4	10	10	6	$24,025.00

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	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	0	$22,150.00	17	18	48.6 %
Total	FIVB	42	1	3	3	0	8	1	3	1	10	7	5	$47,050.00	74	64	53.6 %
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
9	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	$11,075.00	2026	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	$11,075.00
49	1	3	3	0	10	5	12	9	6	$24,275.00	Total	Total	46	1	3	3	0	9	4	10	10	6	$24,025.00

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	50	66.7%	13	17.3%	12	16.0%	63-12	84.0%	10	16.1%	11	17.7%	41	66.1%	10-52	16.1%	50-41	54.9%	23-23	50.0%	1	0	74-64	53.6%
2025-2026	25	71.4%	3	8.6%	7	20.0%	28-7	80.0%	4	13.8%	6	20.7%	19	65.5%	4-25	13.8%	25-19	56.8%	7-13	35.0%	0	0	32-32	50.0%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	7	70.0%	1-9	10.0%	4-14	22.2%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	4-10	28.6%

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	11	17	0	1	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	35
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	34	30	0	1	19	17	4	3	3	0	1	3	74	66

Alexander Huber
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 25, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Klagenfurt

Height:

179 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

181

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$173,606.13

Michael Mario Klemen
Austria

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 17, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Bridlington 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$697.54

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 2007	Felix Blauel - 21st	Did not play
CEV 2008	Felix Blauel - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Elite16 Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/5/2026	Qualifier 1	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexander Huber												Michael Klemen
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	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$11,100.00	World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals
54	0	0	0	1	0	5	18	7	22	$79,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
47	0	1	2	0	2	6	8	5	23	$39,287.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
33	2	4	3	3	6	5	3	2	5	$13,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$475.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,125.00	Challenger
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
11	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	3	0	$6,750.00	Confederation Championship
159	3	5	5	4	9	24	38	17	53	$154,887.50	Total	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	$475.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexander Huber													Michael Klemen
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$725.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	2006	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$975.00	2007	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	$9,600.00	2008	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$1,200.00	2008	CEV
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$2,600.00	2009	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$400.00	2009	CEV
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,550.00	2011	FIVB
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$3,125.00	2011	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$8,975.00	2012	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2012	CEV
12	0	0	1	1	0	3	6	1	0	$34,825.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2013	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	1	$30,600.00	2014	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00	2014	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	$4,087.50	2015	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,750.00	2015	CEV
12	0	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	2	$16,200.00	2016	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2016	CEV
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	$2,250.00	2017	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	CEV
8	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	$3,300.00	2018	FIVB
8	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	$5,300.00	2019	FIVB
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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	$7,200.00	2022	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV
5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$450.00	2023	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$250.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$100.00
10	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	3	$2,525.00	2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$225.00
180	3	6	5	6	10	32	45	17	56	$164,587.50	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	$475.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/5/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Qualifier 1