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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Alanya
Friday, June 12, 2026 Court #4 09:00

Match #19: Pool B

(2) Samuele Cottafava/Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy
vs.
(15) Hugo Campos/Joao Pedrosa, Portugal

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$206,606.39

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$58,664.35

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$77,315.02

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)	Won 24-22, 21-15	0:38
Fri, 6/12/2026	Pool B	Hugo Campos / Joao Pedrosa, Portugal (15)

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	$43,500.00
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	$77,100.00

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	$37,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	1	0	1	1	2	3	5	3	0	$31,125.00
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	$205,400.00	Total	53	4	5	6	2	7	10	10	3	1	$56,275.00

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	10	6	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	4	1	0	$74,850.00	39	29	57.4 %

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	23	59.0%	11	28.2%	5	12.8%	34-5	87.2%	5	17.2%	2	6.9%	22	75.9%	5-24	17.2%	23-22	51.1%	16-7	69.6%	0	0	39-29	57.4%
2025-2026	19	59.4%	9	28.1%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	5	17.2%	2	6.9%	22	75.9%	5-24	17.2%	19-22	46.3%	14-6	70.0%	0	0	33-28	54.1%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	12-10	54.5%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	10-7	58.8%

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	8	7	0	0	8	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	20	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	19	14	0	1	12	9	2	2	1	1	1	1	39	29

Hugo Campos
Portugal

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Maia

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Edmonton 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$68,823.03

Joao Pedrosa
Portugal

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 31, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Porto

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Edmonton 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$68,823.03

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	60	1	3	2	1	3	0	14	4	5	9	5	7	4	1	US$136,604.72

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Joao Pedrosa - 25th	Hugo Campos - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q9	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	10	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	19	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	2	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	24, Q13	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	21	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	22, Q11	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	13	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Challenge Alanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/11/2026	Pool B	Paul Henning / Lukas Pfretzschner, Germany (18)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:41
Fri, 6/12/2026	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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$15,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	7	2	0	$44,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	1	0	1	1	1	0	9	1	9	5	0	$72,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	$3,300.00
Total	60	1	3	2	1	3	0	14	4	19	7	1	$136,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hugo Campos												Joao Pedrosa
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	1	0	0	1	$7,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,900.00
15	0	0	0	0	1	5	7	2	0	$22,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	1	5	7	2	0	$22,250.00
33	1	0	1	1	1	10	9	5	0	$36,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	1	0	1	1	1	10	9	5	0	$36,250.00
10	0	3	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	$1,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	3	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	$1,650.00
60	1	3	2	1	3	18	19	7	1	$68,050.00	Total	60	1	3	2	1	3	18	19	7	1	$68,050.00

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
2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	1	2	33.3 %
2021	FIVB	6	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,200.00	16	6	72.7 %
2022	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	1	3	$12,900.00	17	17	50.0 %
2023	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	7	0	1	$31,550.00	24	21	53.3 %
2024	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	2	0	$23,000.00	17	21	44.7 %
2025	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	3	2	0	$56,250.00	23	22	51.1 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,750.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	59	1	3	2	1	3	0	14	4	19	7	5	$133,850.00	101	97	51.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hugo Campos													Joao Pedrosa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
6	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,100.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,100.00
11	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	3	$6,450.00	2022	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	3	$6,450.00
13	1	0	0	0	1	3	7	0	1	$15,775.00	2023	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	1	3	7	0	1	$15,775.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	$11,500.00	2024	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	$11,500.00
12	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	2	0	$28,125.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	2	0	$28,125.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,875.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,875.00
59	1	3	2	1	3	18	19	7	5	$66,925.00	Total	Total	59	1	3	2	1	3	18	19	7	5	$66,925.00

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	56	57.7%	19	19.6%	22	22.7%	75-22	77.3%	22	22.9%	19	19.8%	55	57.3%	22-74	22.9%	56-55	50.5%	41-41	50.0%	4	1	101-97	51.0%
2025-2026	13	50.0%	5	19.2%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	8	29.6%	5	18.5%	14	51.9%	8-19	29.6%	13-14	48.1%	13-13	50.0%	0	0	26-27	49.1%
Against the Field	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4	50.0%	1-7	12.5%	20-8	71.4%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	13-9	59.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	6	5	17	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	28
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	18	7	23	28	3	2	9	12	1	2	1	1	1	0	56	52
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	3	12	2	0	0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	3	25	12
Total	0	0	33	16	43	50	3	3	15	21	4	3	2	1	1	3	101	97

Head to Head Results
Series tied 1-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool B
10/3/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	Campos/Pedrosa	2	21-18, 18-21, 19-17	0:47
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Campos/Pedrosa	17, Q2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	16	21-17, 21-15	0:31