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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 13 - 17, 2026

(5) 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$20,443.10

Alex Ranghieri
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pordenone

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

123

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$315,953.93

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	1	US$34,704.29

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
2025	Alex Ranghieri - 9th	Manuel Alfieri - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	25, Q5	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q10	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	5/29-6/1/2025	Futures Battipaglia	2	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	22	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool E	Anton Moiseiev / Vitalii Savvin, Ukraine (28, Q5)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:38
Fri, 5/15/2026	Pool E	Yves Haussener / Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland (12)	Lost 27-25, 18-21, 12-15	0:58
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	Piotr Kantor / Filip Lejawa, Poland (24)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:36
Sat, 5/16/2026	Winner 2	Julian Friedli / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (11)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:36

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	$28,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
Total	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$34,550.00

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	0	$16,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	55	0	0	4	3	6	14	14	6	0	$194,300.00
10	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	1	0	$14,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	3	1	1	3	9	12	5	1	0	$76,625.00
15	1	1	0	1	8	1	2	0	0	$2,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	2	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	$9,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U17 World Championships
28	1	1	1	1	9	6	6	1	0	$19,225.00	Total	123	4	3	5	7	19	33	23	9	0	$314,525.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	1	$31,700.00	27	16	62.8 %

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
											2015	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	$45,500.00
											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
											2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$11,500.00
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
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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00
26	1	1	1	1	9	6	5	1	1	$17,800.00	Total	Total	121	4	3	5	7	19	33	22	9	19	$313,100.00

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	18	62.1%	4	13.8%	7	24.1%	22-7	75.9%	8	42.1%	0	0.0%	11	57.9%	8-11	42.1%	18-11	62.1%	12-7	63.2%	1	0	31-18	63.3%
2025-2026	18	62.1%	4	13.8%	7	24.1%	22-7	75.9%	8	42.1%	0	0.0%	11	57.9%	8-11	42.1%	18-11	62.1%	12-7	63.2%	1	0	31-18	63.3%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	10-8	55.6%	2-2	50.0%	1	0	7-5	58.3%

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	11	5	0	0	4	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	22	14
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
Total	0	0	7	2	16	6	0	0	6	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	31	18

Head to Head Results
Alfieri/Ranghieri lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 1-0
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool E	Alfieri/Ranghieri	12	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	21	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 4 Pearse/Potts, Australia 1-0
10/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Alfieri/Ranghieri	6	Pearse/Potts	25, Q3	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 11 Friedli/Jordan, Switzerland 0-1
5/16/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Friedli/Jordan	11	Alfieri/Ranghieri	5	21-18, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Haussener/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-1
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool E	Haussener/Heidrich	12	Alfieri/Ranghieri	5	25-27, 21-18, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 13 Aas/Ringoen, Norway 0-1
10/3/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 1	Aas/Ringoen	31, Q9	Alfieri/Ranghieri	12	21-15, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 17 Palubinskas/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 1-0
5/31/25	FIVB	Futures Battipaglia	Pool B	Alfieri/Ranghieri	2	Palubinskas/Rumsevicius	10	21-13, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Batrane/Bialokoz, England 1-0
8/6/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Qualifier 2	Alfieri/Ranghieri	23, Q1	Batrane/Bialokoz	Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 24 Kantor/Lejawa, Poland 1-0
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Alfieri/Ranghieri	5	Kantor/Lejawa	24	21-18, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 Moiseiev/Savvin, Ukraine 1-0
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool E	Alfieri/Ranghieri	5	Moiseiev/Savvin	28, Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:38