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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Baden
August 6 - 10, 2025

(24, Q2) 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 Baden Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Jakob Windisch - 13th	Did not play
2020	Jakob Windisch - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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 Baden Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/6/2025	Qualifier 1	Michael Klemen / Philipp Sponer, Austria (Q31)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:31
Wed, 8/6/2025	Qualifier 2	Laurenc Grossig / Mathias Seiser, Austria (Q15)	Won 21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:47
Thu, 8/7/2025	Pool H	Kevin Cuzmiciov / Eylon Elazar, Israel (9)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:36
Fri, 8/8/2025	Pool H	Adrian Mol / Markus Mol, Norway (25, Q3)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:32
Fri, 8/8/2025	Winner 1	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (2)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:38

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	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	$23,450.00	13	15	46.4 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	$23,950.00	19	16	54.3 %

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
8	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	$11,725.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	$11,725.00
59	4	4	4	2	10	20	9	2	4	$178,825.00	Total	Total	44	3	5	6	1	5	8	8	3	5	$27,450.00

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	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	2	14.3%	0	0.0%	12	85.7%	2-12	14.3%	6-24	20.0%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	9-14	39.1%

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 6-9 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bello/Bello, England 0-1
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 # 4 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 # 6 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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 18 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 # 21 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
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Mol/Mol, Norway 1-0
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool H	Cottafava/Dal Corso	24, Q2	Mol/Mol	25, Q3	21-11, 21-19	0:32
Trail the series against # 28, Q6 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 # Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q15 Grossig/Seiser, Austria 1-0
8/6/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Qualifier 2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	24, Q2	Grossig/Seiser	Q15	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # Q31 Klemen/Sponer, Austria 1-0
8/6/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Qualifier 1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	24, Q2	Klemen/Sponer	Q31	21-17, 21-18	0:31