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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
July 1 - 5, 2026

(Q15) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Did not play	Andrea Tomatis - 25th
2015	Did not play	Adrian Carambula - 4th
2016	Did not play	Adrian Carambula - 5th
2017	Did not play	Adrian Carambula - 17th
2019	Did not play	Marco Caminati - 41st
2022	Did not play	Daniele Lupo - 25th
2023	Did not play	Adrian Carambula - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	16	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Cervia	1	2nd	360	€ 1,050.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	7	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
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

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Moritz Pristauz / Philipp Waller, Austria (17, Q2)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:37

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	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	$28,450.00	25	14	64.1 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$9,800.00	9	7	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	1	4	1	1	$38,250.00	34	21	61.8 %

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
											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
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
											2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
5	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$4,900.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$4,900.00
30	1	2	1	1	9	7	6	2	1	$21,075.00	Total	Total	135	5	5	5	7	21	37	25	11	19	$332,875.00

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%
2025-2026	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%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	0-8	0.0%	1	0	3-9	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	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 trail the series against the field 3-8 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 0-1
12/5/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Alfieri/Ranghieri	9	22-20, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 13 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-0
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool A	Alfieri/Ranghieri	16	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	1	21-14, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 1-0
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool E	Alfieri/Ranghieri	12	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	21	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17, Q2 Pristauz/Waller, Austria 0-1
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Pristauz/Waller	17, Q2	Alfieri/Ranghieri	Q15	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 18, Q5 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 # 20, Q9 Gavira/Huerta, Spain 0-1
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 2	Gavira/Huerta	9	Alfieri/Ranghieri	16	21-17, 21-10	0:32
Trail the series against # Q1 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-2
10/7/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	13, Q1	Alfieri/Ranghieri	Q8	21-18, 23-21	0:38
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	2	Alfieri/Ranghieri	31, Q22	15-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # Q4 Bello/Bello, England 0-1
10/19/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Semi-Finals	Bello/Bello	5	Alfieri/Ranghieri	6	11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # Q10 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