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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Alanya
Thursday, June 11, 2026 Court #4 14:00

Match #3: Pool B

(2) Samuele Cottafava/Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy
vs.
(31, Q22) Jonas Reinhardt/Robin Sowa, Germany

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$206,231.39

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$58,289.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	17	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	3	1	1	US$76,565.02

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Gianluca Dal Corso - 25th	Samuele Cottafava - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	14	17th	460	US$3,700.00
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

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool B	Jonas Reinhardt / Robin Sowa, Germany (31, Q22)

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	2	0	0	$32,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$42,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	17	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	4	1	0	$76,350.00

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	5	0	0	$113,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	0	$18,450.00
20	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	1	0	$37,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	1	0	1	1	2	3	5	3	0	$30,750.00
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
67	5	4	4	3	12	21	11	2	0	$205,025.00	Total	53	4	5	6	2	7	10	10	3	1	$55,900.00

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	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$29,900.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	4	1	0	$74,850.00	38	29	56.7 %

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
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$14,950.00	2026	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$14,950.00
66	5	4	4	3	12	21	11	2	4	$204,275.00	Total	Total	52	4	5	6	2	7	10	10	3	5	$55,150.00

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	57.9%	11	28.9%	5	13.2%	33-5	86.8%	5	17.2%	2	6.9%	22	75.9%	5-24	17.2%	22-22	50.0%	16-7	69.6%	0	0	38-29	56.7%
2025-2026	18	58.1%	9	29.0%	4	12.9%	27-4	87.1%	5	17.2%	2	6.9%	22	75.9%	5-24	17.2%	18-22	45.0%	14-6	70.0%	0	0	32-28	53.3%
Against the Field	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	10-10	50.0%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	9-7	56.3%

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	7	7	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	14
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	18	14	0	1	12	9	2	2	1	1	1	1	38	29

Jonas Reinhardt
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Cervia 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,454.53

Robin Sowa
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 15, 1999 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Muldestausee

Height:

204 cm (6'8")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$16,272.63

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	US$4,140.38

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Robin Sowa - 41st	Jonas Reinhardt - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	32, Q20	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Q13	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-6/2025	Futures Montpellier	8	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Q21	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q24	41st	100	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/10/2026	Qualifier 1	Quinten Groenewold / Tom Sonneville, Netherlands (Q11)	Won 21-14, 17-21, 15-10	0:48
Wed, 6/10/2026	Qualifier 2	Henrique Camboim / Manaus Costa, Brazil (Q6)	Won 14-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:45
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (2)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jonas Reinhardt												Robin Sowa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	$3,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	$5,750.00
3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	2	2	3	2	4	3	4	0	0	$6,000.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$2,150.00	Total	48	2	2	3	2	6	5	12	6	0	$14,750.00

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	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,500.00	10	9	52.6 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,500.00	10	9	52.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jonas Reinhardt													Robin Sowa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	7	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	$1,650.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	$2,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	1	$4,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	$900.00
											2024	FIVB	7	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,500.00
7	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	$1,250.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	$1,250.00
9	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	$1,400.00	Total	Total	47	2	2	3	2	6	5	12	6	9	$14,000.00

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	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	5	38.5%	2	15.4%	6	46.2%	5-8	38.5%	6-6	50.0%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	12-9	57.1%
2025-2026	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	5	38.5%	2	15.4%	6	46.2%	5-8	38.5%	6-6	50.0%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	12-9	57.1%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0-2	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	3-1	75.0%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	3
Total	0	0	6	4	3	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	9

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/11/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool B