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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
October 15 - 19, 2025

(2) 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 Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Marco Viscovich - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	22	4th	680	US$7,000.00
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 Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/16/2025	Pool B	Arthur Canet / Keran Duval, France (31, Q15)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:32
Thu, 10/16/2025	Pool B	Hagen Smith / Logan Webber, United States (15, Q1)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:33
Sat, 10/18/2025	Winner 2	Paul Burnett / Thomas Hodges, Australia (10)	Won 21-16, 21-23, 25-23	1:02
Sat, 10/18/2025	Winner 3	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (5)	Lost 23-21, 23-25, 11-15	0:57

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	11	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	$35,450.00	20	20	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	$35,950.00	26	21	55.3 %

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
11	0	1	0	1	1	4	3	1	0	$17,725.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	$19,975.00
62	4	4	4	3	11	20	10	2	4	$184,825.00	Total	Total	48	3	5	6	2	6	9	9	3	5	$35,700.00

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	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	8-8	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	6-5	54.5%

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 6-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 5 Bello/Bello, England 0-2
10/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 3	Bello/Bello	5	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	21-23, 25-23, 15-11	0:57
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 # 10 Burnett/Hodges, Australia 1-0
10/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	Burnett/Hodges	10	21-16, 21-23, 25-23	1:02
Lead the series against # 12 Andreatta/Benzi, Italy 1-0
6/21/25	FIVB	Futures Messina	Winner 2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	Andreatta/Benzi	3	21-15, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 15, Q1 Smith/Webber, United States 1-0
10/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool B	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	Smith/Webber	15, Q1	21-14, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 27 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q15 Canet/Duval, France 1-0
10/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool B	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	Canet/Duval	31, Q15	21-13, 21-18	0:32