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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Thursday, July 2, 2026 Court #3 18:00

Match #26: Pool B

(14) Samuele Cottafava/Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy
vs.
(23, Q14) Joppe Van Langendonck/Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium

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

Joppe Van Langendonck
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 15, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$25,310.63

Kyan Vercauteren
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 8, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stekene

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$25,677.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	25	3	1	1	0	2	0	5	1	3	2	1	3	2	US$49,352.46
FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	26	4	1	1	0	2	0	5	1	3	2	1	3	2	US$49,352.46

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	4	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	4	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	3	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	23, Q7	17th	460	US$3,700.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	7	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	Q14	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	30, Q11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Q11	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	3	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q9	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	7/18-21/2025	Futures Leuven	3	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	7/3-6/2025	Futures Montpellier	2	9th	180	€ 200.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Miles Partain / James Shaw, United States (Q3)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:36
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool B	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (2)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool B	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (11)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (14)

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$6,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	5	$38,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	$4,100.00
U21 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	26	4	1	1	0	2	0	5	1	5	1	5	$49,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joppe Van Langendonck												Kyan Vercauteren
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$3,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$3,100.00
11	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	5	$19,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	5	$19,375.00
15	2	1	0	0	2	7	3	0	0	$2,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	2	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	0	$2,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	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
32	4	1	1	0	2	9	8	1	5	$24,725.00	Total	33	4	1	1	0	4	9	7	1	5	$24,975.00

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
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2	2	50.0 %
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
2024	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$3,400.00	6	7	46.2 %
2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	5	$5,750.00	20	13	60.6 %
2026	FIVB	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$37,200.00	16	8	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	24	3	1	1	0	2	0	5	1	5	1	5	$46,550.00	44	30	59.5 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joppe Van Langendonck													Kyan Vercauteren
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$200.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$50.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$1,700.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$1,950.00
12	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	5	$2,875.00	2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	5	$2,875.00
5	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	$18,600.00	2026	FIVB	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	$18,600.00
31	4	1	1	0	2	9	8	1	5	$23,475.00	Total	Total	32	4	1	1	0	4	9	7	1	5	$23,725.00

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	35	79.5%	5	11.4%	4	9.1%	40-4	90.9%	4	13.3%	5	16.7%	21	70.0%	4-26	13.3%	35-21	62.5%	9-9	50.0%	0	0	44-30	59.5%
2025-2026	28	77.8%	5	13.9%	3	8.3%	33-3	91.7%	3	14.3%	2	9.5%	16	76.2%	3-18	14.3%	28-16	63.6%	8-5	61.5%	0	0	36-21	63.2%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	6-10	37.5%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	3-8	27.3%

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	2	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	5	8	4	0	0	5	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	20	14
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	12	3	0	0	3	6	3	0	0	0	2	1	21	10
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Total	0	0	7	8	24	9	0	1	10	10	5	1	1	0	4	1	51	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