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CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026
August 12 - 16, 2026

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 CEV Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$218,330.76

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 CEV Best:

17th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$59,742.10

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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2024	Did not play	Marco Viscovich - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad			0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya			0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	14	17th	460	US$3,700.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	13	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	1	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	8	5th	760	US$9,000.00
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

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
5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	$8,750.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$1,500.00
71	5	4	4	5	12	22	11	4	0	$213,025.00	Total	55	4	5	6	2	7	10	13	3	1	$56,650.00

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 %
2026	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$29,900.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	4	1	0	$74,850.00	38	29	56.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Samuele Cottafava													Gianluca Dal Corso
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age
6	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$2,675.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	CEV Under Age
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2020	FIVB
											2020	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											2021	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2022	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2023	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$14,950.00	2026	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$14,950.00
73	5	4	4	6	12	22	12	4	4	$213,025.00	Total	Total	58	4	5	7	2	9	10	13	3	5	$56,650.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0

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 8-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Aas/Ringoen, Norway 1-0
3/27/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	1	Aas/Ringoen	10	21-13, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool A	Ahman/Hellvig	1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	21-8, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 0-1
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	21-11, 21-13	0:28
Series tied with Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-1
10/3/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	Campos/Pedrosa	2	21-18, 18-21, 19-17	0:47
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 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
Trail the series against Chouikh/Gardoque, France 0-1
5/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Lucky Loser	Chouikh/Gardoque	12	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	22-20, 23-21	0:33
Series tied with Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 1-1
3/29/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Semi-Finals	Cottafava/Dal Corso	1	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	7	16-21, 21-14, 20-18	0:59
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 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
Lead the series against 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 Immers/Luini, Netherlands 1-0
3/29/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Gold Medal	Cottafava/Dal Corso	1	Immers/Luini	6	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	5	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 1-0
3/28/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 3	Cottafava/Dal Corso	1	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	12	21-18, 21-17	0:40