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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 14 - 18, 2025

(22) Manuel Alfieri/Alex Ranghieri, Italy

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$24,898.51

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:

136

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$344,639.59

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	16	0	2	1	0	1	0	5	1	4	1	1	US$43,518.59

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Andrea Tomatis - 5th
2016	Did not play	Adrian Carambula - 5th
2018	Did not play	Marco Caminati - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	31, Q22	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool F	Julian Horl / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (11)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:39
Fri, 5/16/2025	Pool F	Elouan Chouikh / Joadel Gardoque, France (27, Q6)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:49
Sat, 5/17/2025	Winner 2	Adrian Mol / Markus Mol, Norway (29, Q9)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:38

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	1	0	$4,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	3	0	1	$37,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
Total	16	0	2	1	0	1	0	5	1	4	1	1	$43,250.00

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	1	0	$2,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	0	4	3	6	14	14	7	8	$194,300.00
12	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	1	1	$18,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	3	1	1	3	10	13	5	1	10	$80,750.00
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
31	1	2	1	1	10	7	6	2	1	$23,575.00	Total	133	4	5	5	7	21	36	25	11	19	$331,625.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	6	3	66.7 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,250.00
17	1	0	0	1	9	3	2	1	0	$5,200.00	Total	Total	120	4	3	4	7	21	33	21	9	18	$316,250.00

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	22	61.1%	6	16.7%	8	22.2%	28-8	77.8%	8	36.4%	0	0.0%	14	63.6%	8-14	36.4%	22-14	61.1%	14-8	63.6%	1	0	37-22	62.7%
2024-2025	14	60.9%	3	13.0%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	7	46.7%	0	0.0%	8	53.3%	7-8	46.7%	14-8	63.6%	10-6	62.5%	1	0	25-14	64.1%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	5	55.6%	0	0.0%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	12-6	66.7%	10-4	71.4%	1	0	12-5	70.6%

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	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	15	5	0	0	5	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	27	16
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	3	20	6	0	0	7	10	2	1	1	0	0	2	37	22

Head to Head Results
Alfieri/Ranghieri lead the series against the field 2-1 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 11 Horl/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool F	Alfieri/Ranghieri	22	Horl/Pristauz	11	21-18, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Chouikh/Gardoque, France 1-0
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool F	Alfieri/Ranghieri	22	Chouikh/Gardoque	27, Q6	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 29, Q9 Mol/Mol, Norway 0-1
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Mol/Mol	29, Q9	Alfieri/Ranghieri	22	21-16, 21-14	0:38