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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Veracruz
October 1 - 5, 2025

(22) 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 Veracruz Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q10	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	24, Q2	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Messina	2	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	22	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	16	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	13	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	3	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Veracruz Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/2/2025	Pool F	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (11)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:35
Fri, 10/3/2025	Pool F	Bradley Fuller / Ben O'Dea, New Zealand (27, Q5)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:36
Fri, 10/3/2025	Winner 1	Hugo Campos / Joao Pedrosa, Portugal (2)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 19-17	0:47
Sat, 10/4/2025	Winner 2	Sergiy Popov / Eduard Reznik, Ukraine (5)	Won 17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Sat, 10/4/2025	Winner 3	Adrian Heidrich / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (14)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:30
Sun, 10/5/2025	Semi-Finals	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (1)	Lost 21-14, 14-21, 11-15	0:41
Sun, 10/5/2025	Bronze Medal	Julian Friedli / Yves Haussener, Switzerland (19)	Lost 21-23, 17-21	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	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 %
2025	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$30,450.00	17	19	47.2 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$30,950.00	23	20	53.5 %

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
10	0	1	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	$15,225.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	0	5	3	1	0	$17,475.00
61	4	4	4	3	10	20	10	2	4	$182,325.00	Total	Total	47	3	5	6	2	5	9	9	3	5	$33,200.00

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%
2024-2025	10	52.6%	7	36.8%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	3	14.3%	1	4.8%	17	81.0%	3-18	14.3%	10-17	37.0%	10-3	76.9%	0	0	20-20	50.0%
Against the Field	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	9	81.8%	2-9	18.2%	4-18	18.2%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	8-11	42.1%

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 trail the series against the field 7-10 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-1
10/5/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Evans	1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	14-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:41
Series tied with # 2 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-1
10/3/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	Campos/Pedrosa	2	21-18, 18-21, 19-17	0:47
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Campos/Pedrosa	17, Q2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	16	21-17, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 4 Pickett/Schachter, Canada 0-1
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Pickett/Schachter	21, Q8	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	21-16, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 5 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-0
10/4/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	Popov/Reznik	5	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 7 Droguett/Quintero, Chile 1-0
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool B	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	Droguett/Quintero	23, Q12	21-13, 23-25, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Dressler/Waller, Austria 0-2
8/13/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Qualifier 1	Dressler/Waller	Q7	Cottafava/Dal Corso	Q10	21-16, 21-17	0:31
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Dressler/Waller	3	Cottafava/Dal Corso	15	21-19, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 11 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 13 Bello/Bello, England 0-1
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 1	Bello/Bello	2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	24, Q2	22-20, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Heidrich/Jordan, Switzerland 1-0
10/4/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 3	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	Heidrich/Jordan	14	21-12, 21-19	0:30
Lead the series against # 15 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
Trail the series against # 19 Friedli/Haussener, Switzerland 0-1
10/5/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Bronze Medal	Friedli/Haussener	19	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 21 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 0-1
8/7/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool H	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	9	Cottafava/Dal Corso	24, Q2	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 25 Immers/Penninga, Netherlands 0-1
3/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 1	Immers/Penninga	14	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	21-18, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Fuller/O'Dea, New Zealand 1-0
10/3/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool F	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	Fuller/O'Dea	27, Q5	21-18, 21-18	0:36