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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 Court #4 13:00

Match #8: Pool B

(11) Renato Lima/Andre Loyola, Brazil
vs.
(14) Samuele Cottafava/Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy

Renato Andrew Lima de Carvalho
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 1, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belem

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Miguel Pereira 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$128,175.00

Andre Loyola Stein
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 19, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vila Velha

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$460,337.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	US$54,600.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Did not play	Ricardo Santos - Country Quota
2017	Did not play	Evandro Goncalves - 4th
2018	Did not play	Alison Cerutti - 25th
2019	Did not play	George Wanderley - 17th
2022	Vitor Felipe - 5th	George Wanderley - 25th
2023	Did not play	George Wanderley - 3rd
2024	Did not play	George Wanderley - 2nd
2025	Pedro Sousa - 25th	George Wanderley - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	13	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	6	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	14	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	17, Q1	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	27	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	16	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	20, Q3	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	12	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (14)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool B	Joppe Van Langendonck / Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium (23, Q14)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool B	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$42,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
Total	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	$54,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Renato Lima												Andre Loyola
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships	5	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$63,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$75,500.00
26	0	0	0	3	2	12	6	2	0	$60,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	48	1	3	4	5	3	18	7	5	1	$201,550.00
17	0	1	1	1	4	6	1	1	2	$32,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	6	4	2	0	3	11	5	6	3	$116,837.50
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,750.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	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
51	4	2	1	4	6	20	8	3	2	$128,175.00	Total	102	8	8	8	5	9	33	14	11	5	$460,337.50

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	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	$33,500.00	10	11	47.6 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$18,600.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	$52,100.00	17	16	51.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Renato Lima													Andre Loyola
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	13	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	3	$28,787.50
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
											2017	FIVB	9	1	2	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	$100,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
											2018	FIVB	9	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	$40,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2019	FIVB	15	0	1	1	0	2	6	4	0	1	$47,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$8,000.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	$21,500.00
10	0	1	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	$48,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	$66,000.00
13	0	0	1	0	2	5	5	0	0	$25,625.00	2023	FIVB	13	1	1	2	2	1	3	2	0	1	$65,200.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	2024	FIVB	13	1	2	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	$55,000.00
12	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	3	0	$29,750.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	$22,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$9,300.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$9,300.00
50	4	2	1	4	6	20	8	3	2	$126,925.00	Total	Total	101	8	8	8	5	9	33	14	11	5	$459,087.50

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	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	5	26.3%	4	21.1%	10	52.6%	5-14	26.3%	10-10	50.0%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	17-16	51.5%
2025-2026	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	5	26.3%	4	21.1%	10	52.6%	5-14	26.3%	10-10	50.0%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	17-16	51.5%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	12-10	54.5%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	9-8	52.9%

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	11	4	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	14	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	2	0	13	7	0	0	2	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	17	16

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
Lima/Loyola lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B
12/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Pool E	Lima/Loyola	17, Q1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	8	27-25, 24-22	0:46