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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
July 29 - August 2, 2026

(14) 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$230,866.39

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$72,277.73

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$2,750.00
FIVB	19	1	1	2	1	2	0	4	3	3	1	1	US$96,465.02
Overall	20	1	1	2	1	2	0	5	3	3	1	1	US$99,215.02

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	14	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	2	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
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
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	24, Q2	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool B	Thomas Hodges / Ben Hood, Australia (11)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	0:30
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool B	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (2)	Lost 17-21, 36-38	0:43
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool B	Joao Elbert / Lucas Sampaio, Brazil (23, Q13)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 7/31/2026	Lucky Loser	Matthew Immers / Leon Luini, Netherlands (9)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:45
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)	Lost 23-21, 19-21, 11-15	0:53

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	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	2	0	0	$44,800.00
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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	20	1	1	2	1	2	0	5	3	4	1	0	$98,750.00

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
31	1	2	1	2	7	13	5	0	0	$119,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	0	0	$24,650.00
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
6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	$10,000.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$2,750.00
75	5	4	5	5	12	25	11	4	4	$224,975.00	Total	59	4	5	7	2	7	13	13	3	5	$68,600.00

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	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$51,300.00	18	12	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	1	1	2	1	2	0	4	3	4	1	0	$96,250.00	47	35	57.3 %

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
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
6	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	$25,650.00	2026	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	$25,650.00
74	5	4	5	5	12	24	11	4	4	$223,725.00	Total	Total	58	4	5	7	2	7	12	13	3	5	$67,350.00

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	27	55.1%	14	28.6%	8	16.3%	41-8	83.7%	6	18.2%	2	6.1%	25	75.8%	6-27	18.2%	27-25	51.9%	20-10	66.7%	0	0	47-35	57.3%
2025-2026	23	54.8%	12	28.6%	7	16.7%	35-7	83.3%	6	18.2%	2	6.1%	25	75.8%	6-27	18.2%	23-25	47.9%	18-9	66.7%	0	0	41-34	54.7%
Against the Field	5	38.5%	4	30.8%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	9	69.2%	3-10	23.1%	10-18	35.7%	14-10	58.3%	0	0	12-14	46.2%

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	10	10	1	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	19
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	4	1	25	17	1	1	14	12	2	3	2	1	1	1	49	36

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Dal Corso trail the series against the field 12-14 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-3
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	21-23, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
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 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-2
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	21-17, 38-36	0:43
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:47
Series tied with # 6 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
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 # 9 Immers/Luini, Netherlands 2-0
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Lucky Loser	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	Immers/Luini	9	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:45
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 # 10 Lima/Loyola, Brazil 1-1
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	Lima/Loyola	11	21-14, 18-21, 15-12	0:44
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 # 11 Hodges/Hood, Australia 0-1
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Hodges/Hood	11	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	21-13, 21-17	0:30
Trail the series against # 15 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
Series tied with # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17, Q1 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 # 21, Q10 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 # 23, Q13 Elbert/Sampaio, Brazil 1-0
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool B	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	Elbert/Sampaio	23, Q13	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 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