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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Italy Challenger
July 15 - 17, 2005

(5) 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 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 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 Rimini Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Italy Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 7/16/2005	Winner 2	Bram Ronnes / Jaap Vos, Netherlands (21, Q15)	Won 21-17, 9-21, 15-13	0:51
Sat, 7/16/2005	Winner 3	Alex Acco / Luizao Correa, Brazil (13)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:43
Sat, 7/16/2005	Contender 3	Adrian Caravano / Denis Damez, France (18, Q7)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
Sun, 7/17/2005	Contender 4	Daniel Krug / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (3)	Won 21-14, 11-21, 25-23	0:55
Sun, 7/17/2005	Contender 5	Andrea Ghiurghi / Gianni Mascagna, Italy (23, Q19)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:43

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	4	5	44.4 %
2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$3,000.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	8	6	57.1 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
15	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	10	$4,200.00	Total	Total	22	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	2	14	$6,950.00

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	5	33.3%	7	46.7%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	5-6	45.5%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	12-10	54.5%
2004-2005	5	33.3%	7	46.7%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	5-6	45.5%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	12-10	54.5%
Against the Field	4	33.3%	6	50.0%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	10-8	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 lead the series against the field 8-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Santos/Silva, Brazil 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Bendandi/Cicola	8	Santos/Silva	1	21-15, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 2 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
7/10/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 5	Galli/Raffaelli	4	Bendandi/Cicola	6	24-22, 23-21	1:05
Series tied with # 3 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
Lead the series against # 8, Q2 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
7/9/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 3	Bendandi/Cicola	6	Gabathuler/Wenger	8	21-14, 21-23, 15-10	0:49
Series tied with # 10, Q4 Matysik/Popp, Germany 1-1
7/3/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 5	Matysik/Popp	24, Q18	Bendandi/Cicola	8	21-19, 21-17	0:41
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Bendandi/Cicola	8	Matysik/Popp	24, Q18	21-14, 21-18	0:41
Series tied with # 13 Acco/Correa, Brazil 1-1
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Acco/Correa	13	Bendandi/Cicola	5	21-17, 21-17	0:43
7/8/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Bendandi/Cicola	6	Acco/Correa	22	21-15, 25-23	0:48
Lead the series against # 16, Q6 Kolar/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
7/9/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 4	Bendandi/Cicola	6	Kolar/Rotrekl	11	21-14, 20-22, 20-18	0:57
Lead the series against # 18, Q7 Caravano/Damez, France 1-0
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 3	Bendandi/Cicola	5	Caravano/Damez	18, Q7	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 21, Q15 Ronnes/Vos, Netherlands 1-0
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Bendandi/Cicola	5	Ronnes/Vos	21, Q15	21-17, 9-21, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 23, Q19 Ghiurghi/Mascagna, Italy 0-1
7/17/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 5	Ghiurghi/Mascagna	23, Q19	Bendandi/Cicola	5	21-19, 21-13	0:43