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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
April 8 - 12, 2026

(13) 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$203,631.39

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$55,689.35

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	2	3	2	1	1	US$71,365.02

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Marco Viscovich - 33rd
2025	Gianluca Dal Corso - 13th	Samuele Cottafava - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool A	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (12)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:46
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)	Lost 12-21, 21-13, 9-15	0:40
Fri, 4/10/2026	Pool A	Bautista Amieva / Maciel Bueno, Argentina (24, Q8)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:33
Fri, 4/10/2026	Winner 1	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (5)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:33

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	1	3	1	0	0	$28,700.00
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	2	3	3	1	0	$71,150.00

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	11	4	0	0	$111,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	$16,600.00
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	21	10	2	0	$202,425.00	Total	51	4	5	6	2	7	10	9	3	1	$53,300.00

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$26,200.00	8	3	72.7 %
Total	FIVB	15	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	3	1	0	$71,150.00	37	26	58.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Samuele Cottafava													Gianluca Dal Corso
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$13,100.00	2026	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$13,100.00
65	5	4	4	3	12	21	10	2	4	$202,425.00	Total	Total	51	4	5	6	2	7	10	9	3	5	$53,300.00

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	61.1%	10	27.8%	4	11.1%	32-4	88.9%	5	18.5%	2	7.4%	20	74.1%	5-22	18.5%	22-20	52.4%	15-6	71.4%	0	0	37-26	58.7%
2025-2026	18	62.1%	8	27.6%	3	10.3%	26-3	89.7%	5	18.5%	2	7.4%	20	74.1%	5-22	18.5%	18-20	47.4%	13-5	72.2%	0	0	31-25	55.4%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	2-18	10.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	3-11	21.4%

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	6	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11
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	17	12	0	0	12	9	2	2	1	1	1	1	37	26

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Dal Corso trail the series against the field 3-11 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-2
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	21-12, 13-21, 15-9	0:40
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 # 2 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 # 5 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
Series tied with # 12 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-1
4/8/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	Grimalt/Grimalt	12	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:46
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 15 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-1
10/5/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Evans	1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	14-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:41
Trail the series against # 20, Q6 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
Trail the series against # 21, Q4 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q8 Amieva/Bueno, Argentina 1-0
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	Amieva/Bueno	24, Q8	21-17, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # Q1 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