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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
April 9 - 13, 2025

(16) 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	13	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$36,165.02

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Marco Viscovich - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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 Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/10/2025	Pool D	Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (9)	Won 15-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:46
Thu, 4/10/2025	Pool D	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (4)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:32
Fri, 4/11/2025	Winner 1	Hugo Campos / Joao Pedrosa, Portugal (17, Q2)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:31

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	$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	13	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
27	1	2	1	2	6	10	4	0	0	$103,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	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
63	4	4	4	3	11	20	10	2	0	$184,825.00	Total	49	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$12,250.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$12,750.00	10	7	58.8 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$6,125.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$6,125.00
54	4	3	4	2	10	19	7	1	4	$173,225.00	Total	Total	39	3	4	6	1	5	7	6	2	5	$21,850.00

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	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	9.1%	0	0.0%	10	90.9%	1-10	9.1%	0-20	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	4-12	25.0%

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	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 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 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
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool A	Ahman/Hellvig	1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	21-8, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 4 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 0-1
4/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool D	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	4	Cottafava/Dal Corso	16	21-19, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 9 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 1-0
4/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool D	Cottafava/Dal Corso	16	Ehlers/Wickler	9	15-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 15 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-0
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool A	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	Goncalves/Lanci	12	21-17, 20-22, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 17, Q2 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-1
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 # Q1 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