Alicante - Pro Men: how the tournament went

Alicante has come to an end, in Alicante - Playa de San Juan, on 20 September 2026.

Areia Score tracked 18 matches play by play, logging 1,641 actions. Below: every matchup in detail, the individual standouts and the full stat line of each team.

Matchup by matchup

The round featured 8 matchups. Here is how each one was settled, game by game, with the players who carried the attack and the defense.

Kaue Rivera e Yan Claro 2 x 0 Klemens Hoffman e Jacob Hoffman

Kaue Rivera e Yan Claro controlled the opener, 18 x 14. Kaue Rivera e Yan Claro held on in the second, 18 x 16, to close the matchup out.

66 points were played across the matchup. Yan Claro was the top scorer with 13 attack points; Kaue Rivera was the top defender with 17 digs; Yan Claro was the most efficient attacker at 52.0% conversion (13 points from 25 attacks).

Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.

Joel Cortés e Facu Silva 2 x 0 Mario Delbuzo e Mario Compte

Joel Cortés e Facu Silva started sharper and took the opener comfortably, 18 x 10, after trailing by 5. Joel Cortés e Facu Silva backed it up in the second, 18 x 14, after trailing by 4, to close the matchup out.

60 points were played across the matchup. Joel Cortés was the top scorer with 13 attack points; Mario Compte was the top defender with 16 digs; Facu Silva was the most efficient attacker at 47.6% conversion (10 points from 21 attacks).

Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.

Daine Morris e Michael Elias 2 x 0 Pablo Carcelen e Carlos Delgado

Daine Morris e Michael Elias started sharper and took the opener comfortably, 18 x 8. Daine Morris e Michael Elias backed it up in the second, 18 x 13, to close the matchup out.

57 points were played across the matchup. Daine Morris was the top scorer with 11 attack points; Michael Elias was the top defender with 12 digs; Daine Morris was the most efficient attacker at 83.3% conversion (10 points from 12 attacks).

Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.

Gustavo Folhas e Miquel Marin 2 x 0 Fernando Amalfitano e Julen Dalmagro

Gustavo Folhas e Miquel Marin controlled the opener, 18 x 14. Gustavo Folhas e Miquel Marin backed it up in the second, 18 x 15, to close the matchup out.

65 points were played across the matchup. Miquel Marin was the top scorer with 15 attack points; Miquel Marin was the top defender with 16 digs; Miquel Marin was the most efficient attacker at 48.4% conversion (15 points from 31 attacks).

Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.

Kaue Rivera e Yan Claro 2 x 1 Daine Morris e Michael Elias

Daine Morris e Michael Elias started sharper and took the opener comfortably, 18 x 8. Kaue Rivera e Yan Claro answered in the second, 18 x 15, to level the matchup. It came down to the last game, and Kaue Rivera e Yan Claro settled it 15 x 12.

86 points were played across the matchup. Yan Claro was the top scorer with 24 attack points; Kaue Rivera was the top defender with 21 digs; Michael Elias was the most efficient attacker at 57.6% conversion (19 points from 33 attacks).

Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2, game 3.

Joel Cortés e Facu Silva 2 x 1 Gustavo Folhas e Miquel Marin

The opener went point for point, and Gustavo Folhas e Miquel Marin edged it 18 x 16. Joel Cortés e Facu Silva answered in the second, 18 x 14, to level the matchup. It came down to the last game, and Joel Cortés e Facu Silva settled it 15 x 6.

87 points were played across the matchup. Facu Silva was the top scorer with 23 attack points; Facu Silva was the top defender with 27 digs; Facu Silva was the most efficient attacker at 48.9% conversion (22 points from 45 attacks).

Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2, game 3.

Daine Morris e Michael Elias v Gustavo Folhas e Miquel Marin

Gustavo Folhas e Miquel Marin beat Daine Morris e Michael Elias 18 x 15.

33 points were played across the matchup. Miquel Marin was the top scorer with 7 attack points; Michael Elias was the top defender with 12 digs; Michael Elias was the most efficient attacker at 33.3% conversion (4 points from 12 attacks).

Follow this one point by point on Areia Score.

Kaue Rivera e Yan Claro 1 x 2 Joel Cortés e Facu Silva

Joel Cortés e Facu Silva controlled the opener, 18 x 13. Kaue Rivera e Yan Claro answered in the second, 18 x 15, to level the matchup. It came down to the last game, and Joel Cortés e Facu Silva settled it 15 x 12.

91 points were played across the matchup. Yan Claro was the top scorer with 18 attack points; Kaue Rivera was the top defender with 29 digs; Kaue Rivera was the most efficient attacker at 41.2% conversion (14 points from 34 attacks).

Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2, game 3.

Individual standouts

Top scorer: Yan Claro, 55 attack points for Kaue y Yan.

Best conversion: Miquel Marin, 49.3% conversion (35 points from 71 attacks).

Top defender: Kaue Rivera, 67 defenses across 8 matches.

Foot points (shark): Michael Elias, 10 points.

Head points: Facu Silva, 45 points.

The matches that mattered

Biggest comeback: Joel Cortés e Facu Silva came back from 5 points down to beat Mario Delbuzo e Mario Compte 18 x 10, in the quarterfinals.

Longest match: Joel Cortés e Facu Silva 16 x 18 Gustavo Folhas e Miquel Marin, 34 points played in total, in the semifinals.

Every team's stat line

Everything the scout logged per team: score, attack, defense, blocks and errors. Attack, defense, blocks and errors add up the whole squad and count only the matches that were scouted.

P = matches played, W = wins. Conversion is the ratio of attacks that scored to attacks attempted.

The tournament in numbers

• 18 matches analyzed
• 1,641 actions recorded
• 848 attack points
• 476 defenses
• 161 unforced errors
• Head attack: 311 points from 739 attempts (42%)
• Foot attack: 40 points from 70 attempts (57%)

The tournament wrapped up

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Every match of Alicante is available with full point-by-point statistics on the tournament page.