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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Itapema
December 3 - 7, 2025

(8) 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$205,481.39

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$57,539.35

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	3	1	1	US$75,065.02

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Paolo Nicolai - 5th	Did not play
2023	Did not play	Marco Viscovich - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
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 Elite Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/3/2025	Pool E	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (17, Q1)	Lost 25-27, 22-24	0:46
Thu, 12/4/2025	Pool E	Cody Caldwell / Wyatt Harrison, United States (20, Q5)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:36
Fri, 12/5/2025	Winner 1	Alexander Horst / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (11)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:34
Sat, 12/6/2025	Winner 2	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (7)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:31
Sat, 12/6/2025	Winner 3	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	$32,400.00
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	4	1	0	$74,850.00

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	5	0	0	$113,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	0	$18,450.00
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	11	2	0	$204,275.00	Total	52	4	5	6	2	7	10	10	3	1	$55,150.00

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	12	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	3	3	1	0	$44,450.00	23	22	51.1 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	3	3	1	0	$44,950.00	29	23	55.8 %

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
12	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	1	0	$22,225.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	1	0	1	2	5	3	1	0	$24,475.00
63	4	4	4	3	12	20	10	2	4	$189,325.00	Total	Total	49	3	5	6	2	7	9	9	3	5	$40,200.00

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	57.9%	11	28.9%	5	13.2%	33-5	86.8%	5	17.2%	2	6.9%	22	75.9%	5-24	17.2%	22-22	50.0%	16-7	69.6%	0	0	38-29	56.7%
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	4	50.0%	4	50.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	8-14	36.4%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	9-8	52.9%

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	7	7	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	14
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	18	14	0	1	12	9	2	2	1	1	1	1	38	29

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Dal Corso lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-1
12/6/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 3	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	8	21-19, 21-16	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 4 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 7 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-1
12/6/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	8	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	7	21-17, 21-14	0:31
4/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool D	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	4	Cottafava/Dal Corso	16	21-19, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 11 Horst/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
12/5/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	8	Horst/Pristauz	11	21-18, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Dzavoronok/Trousil, Czechia 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
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 # 15 Sedlak/Sepka, Czechia 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
Trail the series against # 17, Q1 Lima/Loyola, Brazil 0-1
12/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Pool E	Lima/Loyola	17, Q1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	8	27-25, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # 20, Q5 Caldwell/Harrison, United States 1-0
12/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Pool E	Cottafava/Dal Corso	8	Caldwell/Harrison	20, Q5	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 22, Q9 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 # Q7 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