Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 14 - 18, 2025

(15) 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$225,930.76

Gianluca Dal Corso
Italy

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$67,342.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	18	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	3	3	1	1	US$90,265.02

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Marco Viscovich - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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 Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool B	Paul Burnett / Luke Ryan, Australia (18)	Won 24-22, 14-21, 15-13	0:47
Fri, 5/16/2025	Pool B	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (2)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:29
Fri, 5/16/2025	Winner 1	Christoph Dressler / Philipp Waller, Austria (3)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	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	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$38,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$50,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	18	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	3	4	1	0	$90,050.00

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
30	1	2	1	2	7	12	5	0	0	$116,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	0	0	$21,550.00
20	1	1	2	1	2	4	4	1	4	$41,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	1	0	2	1	2	3	5	3	4	$34,500.00
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
											U21 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	$8,750.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$1,500.00
73	5	4	5	5	12	23	11	4	4	$220,625.00	Total	57	4	5	7	2	7	11	13	3	5	$64,250.00

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$19,000.00	6	10	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$19,500.00	12	11	52.2 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2022	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2023	CEV
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$9,500.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$9,500.00
60	4	3	4	4	10	21	8	2	4	$185,100.00	Total	Total	43	3	4	6	1	5	8	9	2	5	$26,225.00

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	26	55.3%	14	29.8%	7	14.9%	40-7	85.1%	5	16.7%	2	6.7%	23	76.7%	5-25	16.7%	26-23	53.1%	19-9	67.9%	0	0	45-32	58.4%
2024-2025	13	59.1%	7	31.8%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	3	13.0%	1	4.3%	19	82.6%	3-20	13.0%	13-19	40.6%	10-3	76.9%	0	0	23-22	51.1%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	4	36.4%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	9	90.0%	1-9	10.0%	12-18	40.0%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	11-10	52.4%

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	9	8	0	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	9	7	0	0	10	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	24	14
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	22	15	0	1	14	10	2	3	2	1	1	1	45	32

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Dal Corso trail the series against the field 1-5 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 0-2
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool B	Carracher/Nicolaidis	2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	15	21-18, 21-17	0:29
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool B	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Dressler/Waller, Austria 0-1
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 # 5 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 # 14 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
Lead the series against # 18 Burnett/Ryan, Australia 1-0
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool B	Cottafava/Dal Corso	15	Burnett/Ryan	18	24-22, 14-21, 15-13	0:47