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

US$224,080.76

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$65,492.10

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	2	3	3	1	1	US$86,565.02

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		380	US$2,500.00
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

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	1	3	2	0	0	$34,900.00
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	2	3	4	1	0	$86,350.00

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	11	5	0	0	$114,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	0	$19,700.00
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	22	11	4	4	$218,775.00	Total	57	4	5	7	2	7	10	13	3	5	$62,400.00

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	15	7	68.2 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	3	4	1	0	$83,850.00	44	30	59.5 %

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	57.8%	13	28.9%	6	13.3%	39-6	86.7%	5	17.2%	2	6.9%	22	75.9%	5-24	17.2%	26-22	54.2%	18-8	69.2%	0	0	44-30	59.5%
2025-2026	22	57.9%	11	28.9%	5	13.2%	33-5	86.8%	5	17.2%	2	6.9%	22	75.9%	5-24	17.2%	22-22	50.0%	16-7	69.6%	0	0	38-29	56.7%
Against the Field	7	43.8%	7	43.8%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	11	78.6%	2-12	14.3%	14-22	38.9%	18-6	75.0%	0	0	16-14	53.3%

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	8	7	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
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	21	14	0	1	14	9	2	3	2	1	1	1	44	30

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Dal Corso lead the series against the field 16-14 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against 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 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
Trail the series against 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 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
Series tied with 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
Trail the series against 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
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
Series tied with 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
Lead the series against 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 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
Series tied with 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 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
Series tied with 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 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 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 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