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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Match #13: Pool A

(1) Evandro Goncalves/Arthur Lanci, Brazil
vs.
(13) Samuele Cottafava/Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy

Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 17, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

210 cm (6'11")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

143

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$796,900.00

Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paranavaí

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$209,219.39

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	39	4	2	3	4	9	0	12	1	2	1	0	US$369,500.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Arthur Lanci - 1st	Evandro Goncalves - 1st
2025	Arthur Lanci - 9th	Evandro Goncalves - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	1	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	1	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	4	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	3	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	6	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	8	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	11	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	15	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	15	9th	600	US$7,500.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool A	Bautista Amieva / Maciel Bueno, Argentina (24, Q8)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:35
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (13)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (12)

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	2	2	1	2	6	0	10	1	3	0	0	$272,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00
Total	39	4	2	3	4	9	0	12	1	3	0	0	$369,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Evandro Goncalves												Arthur Lanci
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$74,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00
5	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$93,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
81	6	6	2	3	16	25	10	4	0	$487,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	2	3	1	2	6	12	3	0	0	$148,500.00
45	4	5	2	5	9	10	3	4	0	$139,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	2	0	3	2	1	3	0	3	0	$34,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$1,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
143	11	13	6	8	30	39	15	9	0	$796,900.00	Total	65	6	4	4	4	15	18	3	3	0	$208,950.00

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
2023	FIVB	13	1	0	1	3	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	$72,500.00	35	25	58.3 %
2024	FIVB	11	2	0	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	$107,000.00	33	21	61.1 %
2025	FIVB	13	1	2	1	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	$178,000.00	44	21	67.7 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	38	4	2	3	4	9	0	12	1	3	0	0	$369,500.00	118	69	63.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Evandro Goncalves													Arthur Lanci
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	1	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	$5,550.00	2012	FIVB
12	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	2	1	$60,850.00	2013	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	1	$45,000.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	1	1	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	$122,500.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
11	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$136,500.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	2	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	$100,250.00	2017	FIVB
9	1	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	$48,000.00	2018	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$1,325.00
13	1	1	1	0	5	2	3	0	0	$58,500.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$350.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$15,500.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	1	0	$15,500.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$16,625.00
13	1	0	1	3	1	4	3	0	0	$36,250.00	2023	FIVB	13	1	0	1	3	1	4	3	0	0	$36,250.00
11	2	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	$53,500.00	2024	FIVB	12	2	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$56,000.00
13	1	2	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$89,000.00	2025	FIVB	13	1	2	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$89,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
142	11	13	6	8	30	39	15	9	11	$796,900.00	Total	Total	64	6	4	4	4	15	18	3	3	7	$208,950.00

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	71	59.2%	27	22.5%	22	18.3%	98-22	81.7%	18	28.1%	17	26.6%	29	45.3%	18-46	28.1%	71-29	71.0%	45-39	53.6%	2	1	118-69	63.1%
2025-2026	30	60.0%	13	26.0%	7	14.0%	43-7	86.0%	7	31.8%	7	31.8%	8	36.4%	7-15	31.8%	30-8	78.9%	20-14	58.8%	0	1	50-23	68.5%
Against the Field	24	63.2%	8	21.1%	6	15.8%	32-6	84.2%	5	21.7%	7	30.4%	11	47.8%	5-18	21.7%	48-20	70.6%	26-26	50.0%	0	1	37-24	60.7%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	38	25	0	0	25	17	4	3	1	2	2	2	74	52
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	11	3	1	0	12	1	2	4	2	2	2	0	30	10
Total	0	0	4	3	59	31	1	0	41	22	6	7	3	4	4	2	118	69

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$200,531.39

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$52,589.35

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	1	3	2	1	1	US$65,165.02

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)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Bautista Amieva / Maciel Bueno, Argentina (24, Q8)

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	0	3	1	0	0	$22,500.00
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	1	3	3	1	0	$64,950.00

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	10	4	0	0	$108,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$13,500.00
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	20	10	2	0	$199,325.00	Total	51	4	5	6	2	7	9	9	3	1	$50,200.00

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	7	1	87.5 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	3	3	1	0	$64,950.00	36	24	60.0 %

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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
64	5	4	4	3	12	20	10	2	4	$199,325.00	Total	Total	50	4	5	6	2	7	9	9	3	5	$50,200.00

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	21	60.0%	10	28.6%	4	11.4%	31-4	88.6%	5	20.0%	1	4.0%	19	76.0%	5-20	20.0%	21-19	52.5%	15-5	75.0%	0	0	36-24	60.0%
2025-2026	17	60.7%	8	28.6%	3	10.7%	25-3	89.3%	5	20.0%	1	4.0%	19	76.0%	5-20	20.0%	17-19	47.2%	13-4	76.5%	0	0	30-23	56.6%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	0-16	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	2-9	18.2%

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	5	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	9
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	16	11	0	0	12	8	2	2	1	1	1	1	36	24

Head to Head Results
Series tied 1-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A
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