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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 10,000 Sofia Beach Open 2
June 10 - 13, 2021

(5, Q1) Samuele Cottafava/Gianluca Dal Corso, 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 Winnings:

US$186,031.39

Gianluca Dal Corso
Italy

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$38,089.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	12	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$36,165.02

Previous Sofia Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Did not play	Tobia Marchetto - 21st

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Sofia 1 Star 2 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/10/2021	Qualifier 1	Isac Farias / Joao Vitor, Brazil (Q16)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:34
Thu, 6/10/2021	Qualifier 2	Michael Boag / Timothy Brewster, United States (Q8)	Won 21-19, 21-11	0:33
Fri, 6/11/2021	Pool D	Artur Hajos / Bence Streli, Hungary (12, Q13)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:48
Sat, 6/12/2021	Pool D	Liam Patte / Timothee Platre, France (13, Q14)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:34
Sat, 6/12/2021	Winner 2	Miroslav Gradinarov / Milen Stoyanov, Bulgaria (14)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:44
Sun, 6/13/2021	Semi-Finals	Petr Bakhnar / Valeriy Samoday, Russia (2)	Lost 21-19, 15-21, 16-18	0:51
Sun, 6/13/2021	Bronze Medal	Tobia Marchetto / Jakob Windisch, Italy (3)	Won 21-19, 23-21	0:39

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$13,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$21,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	12	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	$35,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Samuele Cottafava												Gianluca Dal Corso
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	2	0	0	0	$11,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,600.00
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$40,750.00	World Tour Finals
26	1	2	1	2	6	10	4	0	0	$103,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	$9,000.00
18	0	1	1	1	2	4	4	1	0	$26,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	1	1	2	3	5	3	0	$20,000.00
11	3	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$2,575.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	3	4	5	1	4	2	1	0	0	$5,100.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
62	4	4	4	3	11	20	10	2	0	$184,825.00	Total	48	3	5	6	2	6	9	9	3	1	$35,700.00

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
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Samuele Cottafava													Gianluca Dal Corso
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$2,675.00	2019	FIVB
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2020	FIVB
6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	$3,250.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
15	2	0	1	0	2	2	4	1	3	$6,725.00	Total	Total	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$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	14	53.8%	9	34.6%	3	11.5%	23-3	88.5%	3	14.3%	1	4.8%	17	81.0%	3-18	14.3%	14-17	45.2%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	26-21	55.3%
2020-2021	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0		0		0		0-0		4-0	100.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	6-1	85.7%
Against the Field	4	44.4%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	7-4	63.6%

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	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	6	6	0	0	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	13	12
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	10	2
Total	0	0	4	1	13	9	0	0	7	7	1	2	1	1	0	1	26	21

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Dal Corso lead the series against the field 6-1 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bakhnar/Samoday, Russia 0-1
6/13/21	FIVB	Sofia 1 Star 2	Semi-Finals	Bakhnar/Samoday	2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	5, Q1	19-21, 21-15, 18-16	0:51
Lead the series against # 3 Marchetto/Windisch, Italy 1-0
6/13/21	FIVB	Sofia 1 Star 2	Bronze Medal	Cottafava/Dal Corso	5, Q1	Marchetto/Windisch	3	21-19, 23-21	0:39
Lead the series against # 12, Q13 Hajos/Streli, Hungary 1-0
6/11/21	FIVB	Sofia 1 Star 2	Pool D	Cottafava/Dal Corso	5, Q1	Hajos/Streli	12, Q13	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 13, Q14 Patte/Platre, France 1-0
6/12/21	FIVB	Sofia 1 Star 2	Pool D	Cottafava/Dal Corso	5, Q1	Patte/Platre	13, Q14	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Gradinarov/Stoyanov, Bulgaria 1-0
6/12/21	FIVB	Sofia 1 Star 2	Winner 2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	5, Q1	Gradinarov/Stoyanov	14	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:44
Lead the series against # Q8 Boag/Brewster, United States 1-0
6/10/21	FIVB	Sofia 1 Star 2	Qualifier 2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	5, Q1	Boag/Brewster	Q8	21-19, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # Q16 Farias/Vitor, Brazil 1-0
6/10/21	FIVB	Sofia 1 Star 2	Qualifier 1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	5, Q1	Farias/Vitor	Q16	21-13, 21-18	0:34