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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 18 - 22, 2005

(Q27) Simone Bendandi/Fosco Cicola, Italy

Simone Bendandi
Italy

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ravenna

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Xylokastro 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (Marseille 1999)

Career Winnings:

US$5,584.25

Fosco Cicola
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1974 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$19,779.87

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	US$1,044.50
FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	4	3	US$3,000.00
FIVB C&S	6	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,700.00
Overall	24	0	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	3	5	1	4	3	US$10,744.50

Previous Shanghai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/18/2005	Qualifier 2	Martin Engvik / Kjell Goranson, Norway (Q6)	Lost 17-21, 28-30	0:51

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	0	1	0	$3,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	$0.00
Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00
Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
Total	21	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	2	13	$10,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Simone Bendandi												Fosco Cicola
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	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	$4,200.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	22	$8,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$2,700.00	Challenger	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$2,950.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$650.00	Satellite	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
21	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	13	$5,350.00	Total	53	0	1	0	0	5	1	4	9	33	$19,050.00

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
1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$3,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$3,000.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Simone Bendandi													Fosco Cicola
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,500.00	1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$500.00	1999	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$500.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
											2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$337.50
											2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	$2,450.00	Total	Total	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	4	10	$5,537.50

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	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	4-7	36.4%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	10-11	47.6%
2004-2005	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	4-7	36.4%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	7-8	46.7%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	4-8	33.3%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	0	0	10	9	0	0	0	0	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	21

Head to Head Results
Bendandi/Cicola trail the series against the field 0-1 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q6 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Engvik/Goranson	Q6	Bendandi/Cicola	Q27	21-17, 30-28	0:51