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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Mazury Open
July 20 - 24, 2005

(Q19) 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:

5th (5 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (Marseille 1999)

Career Winnings:

US$4,850.00

Fosco Cicola
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$18,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
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	20	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	5	1	4	3	US$9,700.00

Previous Stare Jablonki Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/15-17/2005	Italy Challenger	5	5th	36	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	Q16	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/7-10/2005	Italy Challenger	6	5th	36	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	Q14	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	8	5th	36	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q35	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q30	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q27	41st	12	US$0.00

Poland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/20/2005	Qualifier 1	Pavel Saulko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (Q46)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:45
Wed, 7/20/2005	Qualifier 2	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (Q14)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:40
Wed, 7/20/2005	Qualifier 3	Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (24, Q3)	Lost 22-24, 13-21	0:41

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	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$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
Total	20	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	$9,700.00

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	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,200.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	$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
20	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	$4,850.00	Total	52	0	1	0	0	5	1	4	8	0	$18,550.00

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	6	6	50.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,150.00	10	8	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	$3,000.00	9	9	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,150.00	10	8	55.6 %

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
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
											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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$2,575.00	2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$2,575.00
17	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	11	$4,525.00	Total	Total	24	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	2	15	$7,275.00

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	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	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	4-10	28.6%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%

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 5-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 21 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Bendandi/Cicola	Q30	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q3	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 24, Q3 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Cadieux/Heese	24, Q3	Bendandi/Cicola	Q19	24-22, 21-13	0:41
Series tied with Krug/Urbatzka, Germany 1-1
7/17/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 4	Bendandi/Cicola	5	Krug/Urbatzka	3	21-14, 11-21, 25-23	0:55
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 4	Krug/Urbatzka	4, Q1	Bendandi/Cicola	8	21-18, 21-23, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # Q4 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	23, Q3	Bendandi/Cicola	Q35	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # Q5 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
Lead the series against # Q14 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Bendandi/Cicola	Q19	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q14	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # Q21 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
7/23/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Satellite	Winner 3	Amore/Fenili	3	Bendandi/Cicola	2	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q23 Wu/Yin, China 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Bendandi/Cicola	Q16	Wu/Yin	Q17	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # Q24 Nishimura/Yamamoto, Japan 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Nishimura/Yamamoto	28, Q14	Bendandi/Cicola	Q30	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # Q36 Correa/Ruiz Nunez, Spain 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Correa/Ruiz Nunez	32, Q33	Bendandi/Cicola	Q16	21-16, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # Q46 Saulko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 1	Bendandi/Cicola	Q19	Saulko/Sidorenko	Q46	21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:45