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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Friday, May 1, 2026

Match #26: Pool B

(14) Samuele Cottafava/Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy
vs.
(23, Q11) Heitor Barbosa/Vinicius Rezende, Brazil

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

Heitor Benitto Frank Barbosa
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Miguel Pereira 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$21,400.00

Vinicius Rezende Costa Freitas
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 5, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Victoria

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Miguel Pereira 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$34,775.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	26	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	3	3	2	4	5	2	US$42,500.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Vinicius Rezende - 21st	Heitor Barbosa - 21st
2025	Vinicius Rezende - 25th	Heitor Barbosa - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q9	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	23, Q5	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	5	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	9	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q2	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q7	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	22, Q9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q6	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	17	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	18	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Qualifier 1	Trevor Crabb / Wyatt Harrison, United States (Q6)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:50
Wed, 4/29/2026	Pool B	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (2)	Lost 11-21, 12-21	0:27
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool B	Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb, United States (11)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (14)

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	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	7	4	0	$26,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	$16,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	26	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	3	9	5	1	$42,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Heitor Barbosa												Vinicius Rezende
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
15	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	4	0	$13,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	2	3	7	4	0	$19,500.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	1	$8,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	4	1	$13,775.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
28	0	0	1	0	3	6	9	5	1	$21,400.00	Total	45	1	0	2	0	5	9	10	9	1	$34,775.00

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	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,500.00	5	5	50.0 %
2024	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	1	$9,500.00	10	11	47.6 %
2025	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	3	1	$26,500.00	12	16	42.9 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00	1	6	14.3 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	3	9	5	2	$40,000.00	28	38	42.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Heitor Barbosa													Vinicius Rezende
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$800.00
											2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$600.00
											2018	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$500.00
											2019	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$250.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
											2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	$7,125.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	$750.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	$4,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	1	$4,900.00	2024	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	1	$4,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	1	$13,250.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	1	$13,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,250.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,250.00
27	0	0	1	0	3	6	9	5	3	$20,150.00	Total	Total	44	1	0	2	0	5	9	10	9	8	$33,525.00

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	12	44.4%	7	25.9%	8	29.6%	19-8	70.4%	6	17.1%	8	22.9%	21	60.0%	6-29	17.1%	12-21	36.4%	13-16	44.8%	3	1	28-38	42.4%
2025-2026	6	40.0%	4	26.7%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	2	10.5%	5	26.3%	12	63.2%	2-17	10.5%	6-12	33.3%	6-10	37.5%	1	0	13-22	37.1%
Against the Field	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	6	66.7%	3-6	33.3%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9	64.3%	2-12	14.3%	2-16	11.1%	8-18	30.8%	1	0	6-17	26.1%

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	4	11	3	7	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	21
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	3	8	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	15
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	9	14	12	14	0	0	6	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	28	38

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool B