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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Alanya
June 10 - 14, 2026

(2) 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$225,930.76

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 Winnings:

US$67,342.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	18	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	3	3	1	1	US$90,265.02

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Gianluca Dal Corso - 25th	Samuele Cottafava - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool B	Jonas Reinhardt / Robin Sowa, Germany (31, Q22)	Won 24-22, 21-15	0:38
Fri, 6/12/2026	Pool B	Hugo Campos / Joao Pedrosa, Portugal (15)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:36
Fri, 6/12/2026	Winner 2	Bautista Amieva / Maciel Bueno, Argentina (14)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:37
Sat, 6/13/2026	Winner 3	Julian Friedli / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (7)	Won 21-17, 21-8	0:31
Sat, 6/13/2026	Semi-Finals	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (11)	Lost 21-16, 20-22, 9-15	0:53
Sun, 6/14/2026	Bronze Medal	Mateus De Paula / Adelmo Goncalves, Brazil (24, Q4)	Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:49

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	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$38,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$50,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	18	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	3	4	1	0	$90,050.00

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
30	1	2	1	2	7	12	5	0	0	$116,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	0	0	$21,550.00
20	1	1	2	1	2	4	4	1	4	$41,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	1	0	2	1	2	3	5	3	4	$34,500.00
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
											U21 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
73	5	4	5	5	12	23	11	4	4	$220,625.00	Total	57	4	5	7	2	7	11	13	3	5	$64,250.00

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	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$38,900.00	14	7	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	3	4	1	0	$83,850.00	43	30	58.9 %

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
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
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
4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$19,450.00	2026	FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$19,450.00
72	5	4	5	5	12	22	11	4	4	$217,525.00	Total	Total	56	4	5	7	2	7	10	13	3	5	$61,150.00

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	26	55.3%	14	29.8%	7	14.9%	40-7	85.1%	5	16.7%	2	6.7%	23	76.7%	5-25	16.7%	26-23	53.1%	19-9	67.9%	0	0	45-32	58.4%
2025-2026	22	55.0%	12	30.0%	6	15.0%	34-6	85.0%	5	16.7%	2	6.7%	23	76.7%	5-25	16.7%	22-23	48.9%	17-8	68.0%	0	0	39-31	55.7%
Against the Field	9	52.9%	5	29.4%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	18-10	64.3%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	15-8	65.2%

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	9	8	0	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	9	7	0	0	10	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	24	14
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	22	15	0	1	14	10	2	3	2	1	1	1	45	32

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Dal Corso lead the series against the field 14-8 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 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 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
Lead the series against # 7 Friedli/Jordan, Switzerland 1-0
6/13/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 3	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	Friedli/Jordan	7	21-17, 21-8	0:31
Trail the series against # 11 Bello/Bello, England 0-3
6/13/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Semi-Finals	Bello/Bello	11	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	16-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:53
10/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 3	Bello/Bello	5	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	21-23, 25-23, 15-11	0:57
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 # 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
Lead the series against # 14 Amieva/Bueno, Argentina 2-0
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	Amieva/Bueno	14	21-17, 21-15	0:37
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	Amieva/Bueno	24, Q8	21-17, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 2-1
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool B	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	Campos/Pedrosa	15	21-13, 21-18	0:36
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 # 17 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 # 22, Q2 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 # 23 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-0
10/4/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	Popov/Reznik	5	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Series tied with # 24, Q4 De Paula/Goncalves, Brazil 1-1
6/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Bronze Medal	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	De Paula/Goncalves	24, Q4	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:49
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 # 25 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q22 Reinhardt/Sowa, Germany 1-0
6/11/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool B	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	Reinhardt/Sowa	31, Q22	24-22, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q9 Barbosa/Rezende, Brazil 1-0
5/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool B	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	Barbosa/Rezende	23, Q11	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # Q11 Groenewold/Sonneville, Netherlands 1-0
6/21/25	FIVB	Futures Messina	Pool B	Cottafava/Dal Corso	2	Groenewold/Sonneville	7	24-22, 21-19	0:33