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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 15,000 BPT Futures Cervia
Friday, May 29, 2026 Court #1 17:40

Match #9: Pool A

(1) Manuel Alfieri/Alex Ranghieri, Italy
vs.
(8) Lorenz Petutschnig/Philipp Sponer, Austria

Manuel Alfieri
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 20, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pescara

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$20,222.83

Alex Ranghieri
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pordenone

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

123

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$315,733.65

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	1	US$34,374.29

Previous Cervia Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Did not play	Marco Viscovich - 5th
2024	Luca Bigarelli - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	7	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	9	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	6	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q8	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	12	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	23, Q1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	25, Q5	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q10	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	5/29-6/1/2025	Futures Battipaglia	2	2nd	360	€ 700.00

BPT Futures Cervia Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool A	Alexander Annerstedt / Teddie Engvall , Sweden (16, Q14)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:32
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool A	Lorenz Petutschnig / Philipp Sponer, Austria (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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	$28,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$34,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Manuel Alfieri												Alex Ranghieri
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$16,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	55	0	0	4	3	6	14	14	6	0	$194,300.00
10	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	1	0	$14,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	3	1	1	3	9	12	5	1	0	$76,625.00
15	1	1	0	1	8	1	2	0	0	$2,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	2	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	$9,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U17 World Championships
28	1	1	1	1	9	6	6	1	0	$19,075.00	Total	123	4	3	5	7	19	33	23	9	0	$314,375.00

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	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	$28,450.00	25	14	64.1 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	1	$33,950.00	29	18	61.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Manuel Alfieri													Alex Ranghieri
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$23,050.00
											2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	$27,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
											2015	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	$45,500.00
											2016	FIVB	17	2	0	0	3	5	6	1	0	0	$72,000.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$15,500.00
											2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$11,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	$9,150.00
											2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$550.00
											2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	$4,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$450.00	2022	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	$40,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	3	5	0	0	0	$42,750.00
6	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$5,000.00
10	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	$14,225.00	2025	FIVB	11	1	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	$14,725.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00
27	1	1	1	1	9	6	6	1	1	$18,925.00	Total	Total	122	4	3	5	7	19	33	23	9	19	$314,225.00

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	17	60.7%	4	14.3%	7	25.0%	21-7	75.0%	7	38.9%	0	0.0%	11	61.1%	7-11	38.9%	17-11	60.7%	11-7	61.1%	1	0	29-18	61.7%
2025-2026	17	60.7%	4	14.3%	7	25.0%	21-7	75.0%	7	38.9%	0	0.0%	11	61.1%	7-11	38.9%	17-11	60.7%	11-7	61.1%	1	0	29-18	61.7%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	0-0		0	0	1-0	100.0%

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	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	11	5	0	0	4	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	22	14
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Total	0	0	7	2	15	6	0	0	5	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	29	18

Lorenz Petutschnig
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1993 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bad Sauerbrunn

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$34,567.41

Philipp Sponer
Austria

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 27, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Brno 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$1,800.69

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$506.76

Previous Cervia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/7-10/2026	BPT Futures Madrid	8	13th	140	€ 150.00

BPT Futures Cervia Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool A	Marty Lorenz / Adam Roberts, United States (9)	Won 21-9, 15-21, 15-9	0:36
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool A	Manuel Alfieri / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (1)

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lorenz Petutschnig												Philipp Sponer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
22	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	0	$20,150.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	$10,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
20	0	2	0	1	6	5	5	0	0	$3,125.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$375.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
62	0	2	1	2	8	14	13	7	0	$33,525.00	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$1,625.00

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
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lorenz Petutschnig													Philipp Sponer
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,400.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	$12,150.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	$7,200.00	2014	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$3,400.00	2015	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	$5,000.00	2016	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2017	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2020	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$350.00	2021	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$700.00	2022	FIVB
3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$850.00	2023	FIVB
5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$450.00	2024	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$1,050.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00
61	0	2	1	2	8	14	13	7	14	$33,375.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	$1,475.00

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	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2025-2026	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-0	100.0%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Cervia	Pool A