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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Thursday, July 2, 2026 Stadium Court 09:00

Match #14: Pool B

(2) Kristians Fokerots/Martins Plavins, Latvia
vs.
(14) Samuele Cottafava/Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy

Kristians Fokerots
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$103,982.43

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

223

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$530,526.12

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$25,904.00
FIVB	24	2	1	4	2	5	0	2	3	2	1	1	US$168,926.96
Overall	26	3	1	4	2	5	0	3	3	2	1	1	US$194,830.96

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th
2008	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2010	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 17th
2011	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 17th
2012	Did not play	Aleksandrs Solovejs - 25th
2013	Did not play	Janis Peda - 25th
2014	Did not play	Aleksandrs Solovejs - 33rd
2015	Did not play	Hermans Egleskalns - 33rd
2016	Did not play	Haralds Regza - 17th
2017	Did not play	Haralds Regza - 25th
2018	Did not play	Edgars Tocs - 5th
2019	Did not play	Edgars Tocs - 9th
2021	Did not play	Edgars Tocs - 17th
2025	Martins Plavins - 13th	Kristians Fokerots - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	3	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	6	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	17	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	4	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	13	4th	900	US$12,000.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	3	9th	460	€ 2,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool B	Joppe Van Langendonck / Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium (23, Q14)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (14)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool B	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	1	3	2	4	0	1	3	1	0	0	$153,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,800.00
Confederation Championship	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Total	26	3	1	4	2	5	0	3	3	3	1	0	$191,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kristians Fokerots												Martins Plavins
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	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	2	$36,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
17	0	1	3	2	4	4	2	0	0	$76,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	85	1	1	3	2	5	22	22	13	15	$258,600.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	3	$2,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	12	$156,100.00
9	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	Confederation Championship	13	1	0	2	0	2	5	2	1	0	$28,000.00
43	6	2	5	2	7	6	5	6	3	$97,400.00	Total	213	8	4	10	6	22	60	45	28	29	$510,700.00

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	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,800.00	18	8	69.2 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	6	6	50.0 %
2024	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	$98,000.00	29	25	53.7 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$40,200.00	14	4	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	23	2	1	4	2	5	0	2	3	3	1	0	$166,000.00	67	43	60.9 %
Total	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	9	2	81.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kristians Fokerots													Martins Plavins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
											2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00
											2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00
											2008	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00
											2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00
											2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
											2010	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00
											2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2012	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2013	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00
											2014	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00
											2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	$14,850.00
											2015	CEV	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$1,843.75
											2016	FIVB	17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00
											2016	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$13,250.00
											2017	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00
											2018	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00
											2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$8,750.00
											2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
10	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	2	$900.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	$1,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	$2,900.00	2023	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	$3,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
5	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2024	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
12	1	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	$49,000.00	2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	$49,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$20,100.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$20,100.00
42	6	2	5	2	7	6	5	6	3	$96,150.00	Total	Total	222	9	4	11	7	23	63	47	28	30	$513,443.75

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	46	69.7%	12	18.2%	8	12.1%	58-8	87.9%	8	18.6%	8	18.6%	27	62.8%	8-35	18.6%	46-27	63.0%	20-16	55.6%	1	0	67-43	60.9%
2025-2026	31	73.8%	6	14.3%	5	11.9%	37-5	88.1%	6	20.0%	3	10.0%	21	70.0%	6-24	20.0%	31-21	59.6%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	43-29	59.7%
Against the Field	12	75.0%	2	12.5%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	9	64.3%	3-11	21.4%	24-18	57.1%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	17-13	56.7%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	22	14	0	0	15	11	1	5	3	2	0	1	41	33
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	17	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	2
Total	0	0	5	1	37	19	0	1	23	15	4	6	4	2	3	1	76	45

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$224,080.76

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$65,492.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	18	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	3	3	1	1	US$86,565.02

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Jakob Windisch - 33rd	Did not play
2022	Paolo Nicolai - 17th	Did not play
2024	Paolo Nicolai - 4th	Marco Viscovich - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	2	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
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

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool B	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (11)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool B	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (2)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool B	Joppe Van Langendonck / Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium (23, Q14)

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	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	$34,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$50,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	18	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	3	4	1	0	$86,350.00

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
30	1	2	1	2	7	11	5	0	0	$114,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	0	$19,700.00
20	1	1	2	1	2	4	4	1	4	$41,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	1	0	2	1	2	3	5	3	4	$34,500.00
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
											U21 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	$8,750.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$1,500.00
73	5	4	5	5	12	22	11	4	4	$218,775.00	Total	57	4	5	7	2	7	10	13	3	5	$62,400.00

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	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$38,900.00	14	7	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	3	4	1	0	$83,850.00	43	30	58.9 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2022	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2023	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$19,450.00	2026	FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$19,450.00
72	5	4	5	5	12	22	11	4	4	$217,525.00	Total	Total	56	4	5	7	2	7	10	13	3	5	$61,150.00

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	26	59.1%	12	27.3%	6	13.6%	38-6	86.4%	5	17.2%	2	6.9%	22	75.9%	5-24	17.2%	26-22	54.2%	17-8	68.0%	0	0	43-30	58.9%
2025-2026	22	59.5%	10	27.0%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	5	17.2%	2	6.9%	22	75.9%	5-24	17.2%	22-22	50.0%	15-7	68.2%	0	0	37-29	56.1%
Against the Field	3	37.5%	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	10	76.9%	2-11	15.4%	6-20	23.1%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	7-14	33.3%

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	9	7	0	0	10	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	24	14
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	20	14	0	1	14	9	2	3	2	1	1	1	43	30

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B