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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
April 16 - 20, 2025

(14) 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$204,881.39

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$56,939.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	16	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	2	1	1	US$73,865.02

Previous Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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 Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/17/2025	Pool B	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (11)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:33
Fri, 4/18/2025	Pool B	Vicente Droguett / Fernando Quintero, Chile (23, Q12)	Won 21-13, 23-25, 15-12	0:51
Fri, 4/18/2025	Winner 1	Jonathan Pickett / Sam Schachter, Canada (21, Q8)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:35

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$31,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$41,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	16	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	3	1	0	$73,650.00

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
29	1	2	1	2	7	11	4	0	0	$112,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	$17,850.00
19	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	1	0	$36,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	0	1	1	2	3	5	3	0	$30,000.00
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
66	5	4	4	3	12	21	10	2	0	$203,675.00	Total	52	4	5	6	2	7	10	9	3	1	$54,550.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$16,750.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$17,250.00	11	9	55.0 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$8,375.00	2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$8,375.00
55	4	3	4	2	10	20	7	1	4	$175,475.00	Total	Total	40	3	4	6	1	5	8	6	2	5	$24,100.00

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	22	59.5%	10	27.0%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	5	17.9%	2	7.1%	21	75.0%	5-23	17.9%	22-21	51.2%	15-7	68.2%	0	0	37-28	56.9%
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	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	10	76.9%	2-11	15.4%	4-20	16.7%	10-4	71.4%	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	6	7	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	7	7	0	0	8	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	19	13
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	17	14	0	0	12	9	2	2	1	1	1	1	37	28

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Dal Corso trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 11 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 0-1
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 # 13 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 17, Q2 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 # 18, Q4 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 # 21, Q8 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 # 23, Q12 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