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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Alanya
June 11 - 15, 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$190,531.39

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$42,589.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$45,165.02

Previous Alanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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 Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/12/2025	Pool F	Lukas Pfretzschner / Sven Winter, Germany (11)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:36
Fri, 6/13/2025	Pool F	Matyas Dzavoronok / Tadeas Trousil, Czech Republic (27, Q11)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:36

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	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	$22,500.00
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	2	0	1	3	3	1	0	$44,950.00

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	7	10	4	0	0	$108,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$13,500.00
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	12	20	10	2	0	$189,325.00	Total	49	3	5	6	2	7	9	9	3	1	$40,200.00

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$20,500.00	6	12	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$21,000.00	12	13	48.0 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	$10,250.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	$10,250.00
57	4	3	4	2	10	20	8	2	4	$177,350.00	Total	Total	42	3	4	6	1	5	8	7	3	5	$25,975.00

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	17	58.6%	9	31.0%	3	10.3%	26-3	89.7%	3	13.0%	1	4.3%	19	82.6%	3-20	13.0%	17-19	47.2%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	29-23	55.8%
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	3	37.5%	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	11	84.6%	2-11	15.4%	6-22	21.4%	12-2	85.7%	0	0	9-12	42.9%

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	4	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9
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	14	10	0	0	9	8	1	2	1	1	0	1	29	23

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Dal Corso trail the series against the field 3-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-1
3/22/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 2	Perusic/Schweiner	5	Cottafava/Dal Corso	3	21-13, 22-20	0:33
Lead the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 11 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 0-1
6/12/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool F	Pfretzschner/Winter	11	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 17 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
Trail the series against # 19 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 # 23 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
Trail the series against # 27, Q11 Dzavoronok/Trousil, Czech Republic 0-1
6/13/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool F	Dzavoronok/Trousil	27, Q11	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # Q5 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
Lead the series against # Q8 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