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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nayarit
March 25 - 29, 2026

(1) 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$200,531.39

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$52,589.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	15	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$65,165.02

Previous Nayarit Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

BPT Challenge Nayarit Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool A	Marty Lorenz / Adam Roberts, United States (32, Q10)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:33
Fri, 3/27/2026	Pool A	Maximilian Just / Lui Wust, Germany (16)	Lost 21-14, 19-21, 13-15	0:47
Fri, 3/27/2026	Winner 1	Even Aas / Nils Ringoen, Norway (10)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:32
Sat, 3/28/2026	Winner 2	Carlos Andres / Ines Lares, Mexico (8)	Won 21-16, 16-21, 15-7	0:45
Sat, 3/28/2026	Winner 3	Benedikt Sagstetter / Jonas Sagstetter, Germany (12)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:40
Sun, 3/29/2026	Semi-Finals	Kevin Cuzmiciov / Eylon Elazar, Israel (7)	Won 16-21, 21-14, 20-18	0:59
Sun, 3/29/2026	Gold Medal	Matthew Immers / Leon Luini, Netherlands (6)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:37

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	$22,500.00
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	15	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	3	3	1	0	$64,950.00

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
28	1	2	1	2	7	10	4	0	0	$108,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$13,500.00
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
65	5	4	4	3	12	20	10	2	0	$199,325.00	Total	51	4	5	6	2	7	9	9	3	1	$50,200.00

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	12	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	3	3	1	0	$44,450.00	23	22	51.1 %
2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	3	3	1	0	$64,950.00	35	24	59.3 %

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
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
64	5	4	4	3	12	20	10	2	4	$199,325.00	Total	Total	50	4	5	6	2	7	9	9	3	5	$50,200.00

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	21	60.0%	10	28.6%	4	11.4%	31-4	88.6%	4	16.7%	1	4.2%	19	79.2%	4-20	16.7%	21-19	52.5%	14-5	73.7%	0	0	35-24	59.3%
2025-2026	17	60.7%	8	28.6%	3	10.7%	25-3	89.3%	4	16.7%	1	4.2%	19	79.2%	4-20	16.7%	17-19	47.2%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	29-23	55.8%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	12-4	75.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	8-3	72.7%

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	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	15	11	0	0	12	8	2	2	1	1	1	1	35	24

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Dal Corso lead the series against the field 8-3 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 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 # 6 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
Series tied with # 7 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 # 8 Andres/Lares, Mexico 1-0
3/28/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	1	Andres/Lares	8	21-16, 16-21, 15-7	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 16 Just/Wust, Germany 0-1
3/27/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool A	Just/Wust	16	Cottafava/Dal Corso	1	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 29, Q6 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
Lead the series against # 32, Q10 Lorenz/Roberts, United States 1-0
3/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool A	Cottafava/Dal Corso	1	Lorenz/Roberts	32, Q10	21-18, 21-17	0:33