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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Italy Challenger
July 7 - 10, 2005

(6) 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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
Fri, 7/8/2005	Winner 2	Alex Acco / Luizao Correa, Brazil (22)	Won 21-15, 25-23	0:48
Sat, 7/9/2005	Winner 3	Jan Ferreira / Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, Brazil (3)	Lost 13-21, 22-24	0:43
Sat, 7/9/2005	Contender 3	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (8)	Won 21-14, 21-23, 15-10	0:49
Sat, 7/9/2005	Contender 4	Pavel Kolar / Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic (11)	Won 21-14, 20-22, 20-18	0:57
Sun, 7/10/2005	Contender 5	Fabio Galli / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (4)	Lost 22-24, 21-23	1:05

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$3,000.00	6	7	46.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	4	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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
13	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	9	$3,450.00	Total	Total	20	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	13	$6,200.00

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	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	6-2	75.0%	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 lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 3 Ferreira/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/9/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Ferreira/Ferreira	3	Bendandi/Cicola	6	21-13, 24-22	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 22 Acco/Correa, Brazil 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Bendandi/Cicola	6	Acco/Correa	22	21-15, 25-23	0:48