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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
May 20 - 24, 2026

Manuel Alfieri/Alex Ranghieri, Italy

Manuel Alfieri
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 20, 1998 (27 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$18,877.55

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:

121

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$314,388.38

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	1	US$31,794.29

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Alex Ranghieri - 3rd	Manuel Alfieri - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

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	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	$26,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$700.00
Total	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	$31,700.00

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
9	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	$13,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	44	3	1	1	3	9	12	4	1	0	$75,500.00
14	1	1	0	1	8	1	2	0	0	$2,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	1	2	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	$8,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U17 World Championships
26	1	1	1	1	9	6	5	1	0	$17,800.00	Total	121	4	3	5	7	19	33	22	9	0	$313,100.00

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	16	61.5%	3	11.5%	7	26.9%	19-7	73.1%	7	43.8%	0	0.0%	9	56.3%	7-9	43.8%	16-9	64.0%	10-7	58.8%	1	0	27-16	62.8%
2025-2026	16	61.5%	3	11.5%	7	26.9%	19-7	73.1%	7	43.8%	0	0.0%	9	56.3%	7-9	43.8%	16-9	64.0%	10-7	58.8%	1	0	27-16	62.8%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	12-2	85.7%	2-2	50.0%	1	0	8-2	80.0%

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	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	10	4	0	0	4	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	21	12
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Total	0	0	7	2	13	5	0	0	5	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	27	16

Head to Head Results
Alfieri/Ranghieri lead the series against the field 8-2 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Akbar/Efendi, Indonesia 1-0
10/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 3	Alfieri/Ranghieri	6	Akbar/Efendi	20	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against 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 Bradford/Cory, United States 1-0
10/7/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Qualifier 1	Alfieri/Ranghieri	Q8	Bradford/Cory	Q9	21-12, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against 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 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 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
Lead the series against 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 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
Lead the series against 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 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