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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Match #14: Pool B

(2) Elmer Andersson/Jacob Nilsson, Sweden
vs.
(14) Samuele Cottafava/Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy

Elmer Andersson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 26, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Home Town:

Järstorp

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$122,905.90

Jacob Hölting Nilsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

ST Köpinge

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$122,905.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	25	6	4	1	0	4	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	US$244,828.28
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	26	6	4	1	0	5	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	US$244,828.28

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Jacob Nilsson - 13th	Elmer Andersson - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	3	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	2	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	7	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	3	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	10	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	3	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	24, Q13	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/12-15/2025	BPT Futures Malmo	2	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Pool B	Heitor Barbosa / Vinicius Rezende, Brazil (23, Q11)	Won 21-11, 21-12	0:27
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (14)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool B	Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb, United States (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$)
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	1	3	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	$146,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$50,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	25	6	4	1	0	4	0	3	1	3	1	0	$244,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Elmer Andersson												Jacob Nilsson
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
12	1	3	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	$73,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	1	3	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	$73,100.00
7	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$25,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$25,250.00
5	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$1,400.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
25	6	4	1	0	4	4	3	1	0	$122,250.00	Total	29	6	4	1	0	4	5	5	1	0	$122,250.00

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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$21,800.00	29	6	82.9 %
2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	$187,750.00	49	18	73.1 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$32,450.00	11	4	73.3 %
Total	FIVB	24	6	4	1	0	4	0	3	1	3	1	1	$242,000.00	89	28	76.1 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Elmer Andersson													Jacob Nilsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00	2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00
14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00	2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$16,225.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$16,225.00
25	6	4	1	0	5	4	3	1	1	$121,000.00	Total	Total	29	6	4	1	0	5	5	5	1	2	$121,000.00

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	65	80.2%	13	16.0%	3	3.7%	78-3	96.3%	10	29.4%	5	14.7%	19	55.9%	10-24	29.4%	65-19	77.4%	23-8	74.2%	1	1	89-28	76.1%
2025-2026	44	78.6%	10	17.9%	2	3.6%	54-2	96.4%	5	20.8%	3	12.5%	16	66.7%	5-19	20.8%	44-16	73.3%	15-5	75.0%	1	1	60-22	73.2%
Against the Field	20	71.4%	7	25.0%	1	3.6%	27-1	96.4%	3	18.8%	2	12.5%	11	68.8%	3-13	18.8%	40-18	69.0%	20-6	76.9%	1	1	31-13	70.5%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	19	6	0	0	10	5	4	0	0	0	1	3	37	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	10	2	0	0	8	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	28	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	6	2	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	18	5
Total	0	0	9	3	37	11	0	0	26	9	10	1	1	0	6	4	89	28

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$204,881.39

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$56,939.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	16	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	2	1	1	US$73,865.02

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Gianluca Dal Corso - 13th	Samuele Cottafava - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Pool B	Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb, United States (11)	Lost 21-16, 18-21, 5-15	0:40
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool B	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (2)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool B	Heitor Barbosa / Vinicius Rezende, Brazil (23, Q11)

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$31,200.00
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	16	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	3	1	0	$73,650.00

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
29	1	2	1	2	7	11	4	0	0	$112,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	$17,850.00
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
66	5	4	4	3	12	21	10	2	0	$203,675.00	Total	52	4	5	6	2	7	10	9	3	1	$54,550.00

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	4	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	15	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	3	1	0	$71,150.00	37	27	57.8 %

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	59.5%	10	27.0%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	5	18.5%	2	7.4%	20	74.1%	5-22	18.5%	22-20	52.4%	15-7	68.2%	0	0	37-27	57.8%
2025-2026	18	60.0%	8	26.7%	4	13.3%	26-4	86.7%	5	18.5%	2	7.4%	20	74.1%	5-22	18.5%	18-20	47.4%	13-6	68.4%	0	0	31-26	54.4%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	9	81.8%	2-9	18.2%	6-18	25.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%

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	6	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12
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	13	0	0	12	9	2	2	1	1	1	1	37	27

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool B