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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Itapema
Friday, December 5, 2025 Court #2 17:00

Match #30: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(11) Alexander Horst/Moritz Pristauz, Austria
vs.
(8) Samuele Cottafava/Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy

Alexander Horst
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

192

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$539,371.05

Moritz Bernd Pristauz-Telsnigg
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Graz

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$118,736.51

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	US$20,000.00

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Martin Ermacora - 17th
2019	Clemens Doppler - 25th	Martin Ermacora - 33rd
2022	Did not play	Martin Ermacora - 5th
2023	Julian Horl - 9th	Robin Seidl - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	18, Q2	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	19	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	24, Q2	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	24, Q16	19th	380	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/3/2025	Pool B	Mateus De Paula / Adelmo Goncalves, Brazil (14)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:37
Thu, 12/4/2025	Pool B	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (2)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:28
Fri, 12/5/2025	Winner 1	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (8)

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$14,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$20,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexander Horst												Moritz Pristauz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$53,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$14,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
86	0	2	1	4	11	19	31	10	0	$327,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	0	0	0	0	1	7	10	2	0	$41,000.00
80	0	1	2	2	9	24	21	13	0	$136,675.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	2	1	2	1	2	7	8	8	0	$53,025.00
10	4	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$6,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	0	1	0	1	4	4	3	1	0	$11,825.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	Challenger
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
192	4	6	3	7	23	51	58	24	0	$537,825.00	Total	96	2	2	2	2	8	20	24	12	0	$118,350.00

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
2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$15,500.00	9	9	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$15,500.00	9	9	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexander Horst													Moritz Pristauz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,875.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2006	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	0	2	$37,850.00	2007	FIVB
12	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	0	$24,950.00	2008	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	$33,575.00	2009	FIVB
11	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	$34,700.00	2010	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	$11,950.00	2011	FIVB
8	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	$24,600.00	2012	FIVB
10	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	1	$33,000.00	2013	FIVB
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	$43,000.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	$72,500.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,000.00
10	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	1	0	$47,600.00	2016	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$3,900.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$50,000.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	$8,000.00
10	1	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	$25,250.00	2018	FIVB	15	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	3	5	$14,050.00
12	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	$21,750.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	5	$7,975.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$1,450.00	2020	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$8,600.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$3,000.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	$6,500.00
9	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$11,200.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$23,175.00
14	0	2	1	1	1	5	4	0	0	$28,725.00	2023	FIVB	14	2	0	1	0	1	3	4	1	2	$23,150.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	0	0	$13,125.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$2,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	1	$12,000.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	1	$17,250.00
191	4	6	3	7	23	51	58	24	15	$535,575.00	Total	Total	95	2	2	2	2	8	20	24	12	23	$116,100.00

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	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	7-7	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	9-9	50.0%
2024-2025	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	7-7	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	9-9	50.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	0-0		0	0	3-3	50.0%

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	2	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	0	0	3	0	4	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9

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$188,281.39

Gianluca Dal Corso
Italy

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$40,339.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$40,665.02

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Paolo Nicolai - 5th	Did not play
2023	Did not play	Marco Viscovich - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	3	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Elite Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/3/2025	Pool E	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (17, Q1)	Lost 25-27, 22-24	0:46
Thu, 12/4/2025	Pool E	Cody Caldwell / Wyatt Harrison, United States (20, Q5)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:36
Fri, 12/5/2025	Winner 1	Alexander Horst / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (11)

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$18,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$21,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	13	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	$40,450.00

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
27	1	2	1	2	6	10	4	0	0	$106,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	$11,250.00
18	0	1	1	1	2	4	4	1	0	$26,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	1	1	2	3	5	3	0	$20,000.00
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
63	4	4	4	3	11	20	10	2	0	$187,075.00	Total	49	3	5	6	2	6	9	9	3	1	$37,950.00

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	11	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	$35,450.00	21	21	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	$35,950.00	27	22	55.1 %

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
11	0	1	0	1	1	4	3	1	0	$17,725.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	$19,975.00
62	4	4	4	3	11	20	10	2	4	$184,825.00	Total	Total	48	3	5	6	2	6	9	9	3	5	$35,700.00

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	15	55.6%	9	33.3%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	3	13.6%	1	4.5%	18	81.8%	3-19	13.6%	15-18	45.5%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	27-22	55.1%
2024-2025	11	55.0%	7	35.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	3	13.6%	1	4.5%	18	81.8%	3-19	13.6%	11-18	37.9%	10-3	76.9%	0	0	21-21	50.0%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	6	6	0	0	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	13	12
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	14	10	0	0	7	7	1	2	1	1	0	1	27	22

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
12/5/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 1