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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Yucatan
March 19 - 23, 2025

(3) 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$188,281.39

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$40,339.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$40,665.02

Previous Yucatan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

BPT Challenge Yucatan Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/20/2025	Pool C	Mateus De Paula / Adelmo Goncalves, Brazil (30, Q21)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:33
Fri, 3/21/2025	Pool C	Jiri Sedlak / Jakub Sepka, Czech Republic (14)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 26-24	0:59
Fri, 3/21/2025	Winner 1	Chaim Schalk / James Shaw, United States (15)	Won 17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:42
Sat, 3/22/2025	Winner 2	Ondrej Perusic / David Schweiner, Czech Republic (5)	Lost 13-21, 20-22	0:33

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$18,000.00
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	13	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	$40,450.00

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
27	1	2	1	2	6	10	4	0	0	$106,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	$11,250.00
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
63	4	4	4	3	11	20	10	2	0	$187,075.00	Total	49	3	5	6	2	6	9	9	3	1	$37,950.00

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 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	8	3	72.7 %

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
8	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	$3,750.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,200.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	1	1	2	0	3	4	1	0	0	$74,625.00	2022	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	3	$4,950.00
13	0	2	1	0	3	5	2	0	0	$55,500.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	$2,725.00
9	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	$29,750.00	2024	FIVB	10	2	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	$6,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00
52	4	3	4	2	10	17	7	1	4	$168,725.00	Total	Total	37	3	4	6	1	5	5	6	2	5	$17,350.00

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	15	55.6%	9	33.3%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	3	13.6%	1	4.5%	18	81.8%	3-19	13.6%	15-18	45.5%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	27-22	55.1%
2024-2025	11	55.0%	7	35.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	3	13.6%	1	4.5%	18	81.8%	3-19	13.6%	11-18	37.9%	10-3	76.9%	0	0	21-21	50.0%
Against the Field	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	11	91.7%	1-11	8.3%	4-22	15.4%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	7-12	36.8%

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	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
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	14	10	0	0	7	7	1	2	1	1	0	1	27	22

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-1
3/22/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 2	Perusic/Schweiner	5	Cottafava/Dal Corso	3	21-13, 22-20	0:33
Lead the series against # 14 Sedlak/Sepka, Czech Republic 1-0
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool C	Cottafava/Dal Corso	3	Sedlak/Sepka	14	21-18, 17-21, 26-24	0:59
Lead the series against # 15 Schalk/Shaw, United States 1-0
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	3	Schalk/Shaw	15	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:42
Trail the series against # 30, Q21 De Paula/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool C	De Paula/Goncalves	30, Q21	Cottafava/Dal Corso	3	21-16, 21-18	0:33