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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 EuroBeachVolley 2025
July 30 - August 3, 2025

(31) Samuele Cottafava/Alex Ranghieri, Italy

Samuele Cottafava
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Modena

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$203,380.76

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:

131

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Milan 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$337,085.41

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$500.00

Previous Düsseldorf Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

EuroBeachVolley 2025 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/30/2025	Pool B	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (2)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:33
Thu, 7/31/2025	Pool B	Calvin Aye / Remi Bassereau, France (15)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:35

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$)
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Samuele Cottafava												Alex Ranghieri
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$11,000.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$16,900.00
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$40,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,500.00
27	1	2	1	2	7	10	4	0	0	$108,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	55	0	0	4	3	6	14	14	6	0	$194,300.00
18	0	1	1	1	2	4	4	1	0	$26,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	43	3	1	1	3	9	11	4	1	0	$73,875.00
11	3	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$2,575.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	1	2	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	$8,900.00
5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	$8,750.00	Confederation Championship	7	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$12,750.00
68	4	4	4	5	12	21	10	4	0	$198,075.00	Total	127	4	4	5	7	20	34	24	10	0	$324,225.00

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	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Samuele Cottafava													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
											2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$62.50
											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
											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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age
											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
6	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$2,675.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	$9,150.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	CEV Under Age
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$550.00
8	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	$3,750.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	$4,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV
12	1	1	2	0	3	4	1	0	0	$74,625.00	2022	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	$40,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
13	0	2	1	0	3	5	2	0	0	$55,500.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	3	5	0	0	0	$42,750.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
9	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	$29,750.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2024	CEV
7	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	$10,600.00	2025	FIVB	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$5,225.00
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
65	4	4	4	5	10	21	9	4	4	$186,450.00	Total	Total	126	5	4	4	7	21	33	23	10	19	$318,537.50

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%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%
2024-2025	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Ranghieri trail the series against the field 0-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
7/30/25	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2025	Pool B	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Cottafava/Ranghieri	31	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 15 Aye/Bassereau, France 0-1
7/31/25	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2025	Pool B	Aye/Bassereau	15	Cottafava/Ranghieri	31	21-18, 21-18	0:35