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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
Saturday, August 1, 2026 Stadium Court 15:00

Match #39: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(1) Evandro Goncalves/Arthur Lanci, Brazil
vs.
(14) Samuele Cottafava/Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy

Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 17, 1990 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

210 cm (6'11")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$812,850.00

Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paranavaí

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$225,169.39

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	42	4	2	4	4	9	0	13	1	2	1	1	0	US$401,400.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Pedro Solberg - 9th	Eduardo Davi - 25th
2016	Pedro Solberg - 9th	Did not play
2016	Pedro Solberg - 2nd	Did not play
2017	Andre Loyola - 9th	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Pedro Sousa - 13th
2025	Arthur Lanci - 5th	Evandro Goncalves - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	9	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	5	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	1	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	1	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	1	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	4	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	3	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	6	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool A	Adrian Gavira / Alejandro Huerta, Spain (24, Q6)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:33
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool A	Tim Berger / Timo Hammarberg, Austria (13)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:36
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool A	Miles Partain / James Shaw, United States (12)	Lost 15-21, 24-26	0:42
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	2	2	2	2	6	0	11	1	4	0	0	$303,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00
Total	42	4	2	4	4	9	0	13	1	4	0	0	$401,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Evandro Goncalves												Arthur Lanci
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$74,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00
5	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$93,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
84	6	6	3	3	16	26	11	4	8	$503,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	2	3	2	2	6	13	4	0	1	$164,450.00
45	4	5	2	5	9	10	3	4	3	$139,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	2	0	3	2	1	3	0	3	6	$34,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$1,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
146	11	13	7	8	30	40	16	9	11	$812,850.00	Total	68	6	4	5	4	15	19	4	3	7	$224,900.00

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
2023	FIVB	13	1	0	1	3	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	$72,500.00	35	25	58.3 %
2024	FIVB	11	2	0	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	$107,000.00	33	21	61.1 %
2025	FIVB	13	1	2	1	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	$178,000.00	44	21	67.7 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$37,700.00	15	10	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	41	4	2	4	4	9	0	13	1	4	0	0	$395,200.00	127	77	62.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Evandro Goncalves													Arthur Lanci
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	0	1	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	$5,550.00	2012	FIVB
12	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	2	1	$60,850.00	2013	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	1	$45,000.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	1	1	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	$122,500.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
11	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$136,500.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	2	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	$100,250.00	2017	FIVB
9	1	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	$48,000.00	2018	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$1,325.00
13	1	1	1	0	5	2	3	0	0	$58,500.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$350.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$15,500.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	1	0	$15,500.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$16,625.00
13	1	0	1	3	1	4	3	0	0	$36,250.00	2023	FIVB	13	1	0	1	3	1	4	3	0	0	$36,250.00
11	2	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	$53,500.00	2024	FIVB	12	2	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$56,000.00
13	1	2	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$89,000.00	2025	FIVB	13	1	2	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$89,000.00
4	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$18,850.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$18,850.00
145	11	13	7	8	30	40	16	9	11	$809,750.00	Total	Total	67	6	4	5	4	15	19	4	3	7	$221,800.00

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	77	59.2%	29	22.3%	24	18.5%	106-24	81.5%	19	26.8%	18	25.4%	34	47.9%	19-52	26.8%	77-34	69.4%	48-42	53.3%	2	1	127-77	62.3%
2025-2026	36	60.0%	15	25.0%	9	15.0%	51-9	85.0%	8	27.6%	8	27.6%	13	44.8%	8-21	27.6%	36-13	73.5%	23-17	57.5%	0	1	59-31	65.6%
Against the Field	23	71.9%	5	15.6%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	9	56.3%	3-13	18.8%	46-18	71.9%	16-16	50.0%	0	0	31-17	64.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	43	31	1	0	27	18	4	4	2	2	2	2	83	60
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	11	3	1	0	12	1	2	4	2	2	2	0	30	10
Total	0	0	4	3	64	37	2	0	43	23	6	8	4	4	4	2	127	77

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$229,397.89

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$70,809.23

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	19	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	3	3	1	1	US$96,465.02

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	14	9th	600	US$6,200.00
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 Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool B	Thomas Hodges / Ben Hood, Australia (11)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	0:30
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool B	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (2)	Lost 17-21, 36-38	0:43
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool B	Joao Elbert / Lucas Sampaio, Brazil (23, Q13)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 7/31/2026	Lucky Loser	Matthew Immers / Leon Luini, Netherlands (9)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:45
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)

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	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$44,800.00
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	19	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	3	4	1	0	$96,250.00

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
31	1	2	1	2	7	12	5	0	0	$119,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	0	0	$24,650.00
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
74	5	4	5	5	12	23	11	4	4	$223,725.00	Total	58	4	5	7	2	7	11	13	3	5	$67,350.00

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	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$45,100.00	18	11	62.1 %
Total	FIVB	18	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	3	4	1	0	$90,050.00	47	34	58.0 %

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
5	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$22,550.00	2026	FIVB	5	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$22,550.00
73	5	4	5	5	12	23	11	4	4	$220,625.00	Total	Total	57	4	5	7	2	7	11	13	3	5	$64,250.00

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	27	56.3%	14	29.2%	7	14.6%	41-7	85.4%	6	18.2%	2	6.1%	25	75.8%	6-27	18.2%	27-25	51.9%	20-9	69.0%	0	0	47-34	58.0%
2025-2026	23	56.1%	12	29.3%	6	14.6%	35-6	85.4%	6	18.2%	2	6.1%	25	75.8%	6-27	18.2%	23-25	47.9%	18-8	69.2%	0	0	41-33	55.4%
Against the Field	5	41.7%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	9	69.2%	3-10	23.1%	10-18	35.7%	14-8	63.6%	0	0	12-13	48.0%

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	10	10	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	18
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	23	17	1	1	14	10	2	3	2	1	1	1	47	34

Head to Head Results
Goncalves/Lanci lead the series 2-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	21-12, 13-21, 15-9	0:40
12/6/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 3	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	8	21-19, 21-16	0:36
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool A	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	Goncalves/Lanci	12	21-17, 20-22, 15-13	0:53