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

(1) Neilton Santos/Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil

Neilton Moises Santos Merces
Azerbaijan

/ Brazil

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career FIVB C&S Best:

3rd (Lausanne 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$14,500.00

Paulo Emilio Silva Azevedo
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 14, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador (BA)

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB C&S Best:

3rd (Lausanne 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$358,537.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,200.00

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	2	5th	36	US$1,500.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	1	5th	36	US$1,500.00

Italy Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 7/16/2005	Winner 2	Pavel Kolar / Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic (16, Q6)	Won 21-16, 14-21, 20-18	0:58
Sat, 7/16/2005	Winner 3	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (8, Q2)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:39
Sat, 7/16/2005	Winner 4	Alex Acco / Luizao Correa, Brazil (13)	Lost 13-21, 12-21	0:29
Sun, 7/17/2005	Contender 5	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Fenili, Italy (6, Q1)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:54

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$)
Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
Total	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Neilton Santos												Paulo Emilio Silva
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$14,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	2	0	$66,250.00
13	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	$11,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	5	2	3	7	12	20	4	0	0	$219,637.50
3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
24	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	2	0	$14,500.00	Total	92	5	2	6	8	19	23	7	2	0	$302,987.50

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
2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	7	6	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Neilton Santos													Paulo Emilio Silva
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1990	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00
											1992	FIVB	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$36,600.00
											1993	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											1994	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$14,750.00
											1995	FIVB	12	1	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	3	$30,000.00
											1996	FIVB	13	1	0	0	2	4	4	0	1	1	$66,000.00
											1997	FIVB	11	1	0	3	1	2	4	0	0	0	$58,950.00
											1998	FIVB	11	0	1	0	2	4	3	1	0	0	$46,250.00
											1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$1,500.00
											2000	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$3,500.00
											2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$3,500.00
											2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	$3,337.50
											2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	$13,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
											2004	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	$19,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
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
5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	Total	Total	90	5	2	5	8	19	23	7	2	19	$302,137.50

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	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	9-6	60.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	12-8	60.0%
2004-2005	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	9-6	60.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	12-8	60.0%
Against the Field	8	88.9%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	16-8	66.7%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	11-5	68.8%

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
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	8

Head to Head Results
Santos/Silva lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 3	Santos/Silva	1	Galli/Raffaelli	3	21-16, 21-15	1:02
Trail the series against # 5 Bendandi/Cicola, Italy 0-1
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 # 6, Q1 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-2
7/17/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 5	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	Santos/Silva	1	22-20, 21-19	0:54
7/9/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Santos/Silva	2	Amore/Fenili	7	21-17, 21-15	0:46
7/3/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 5	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	Santos/Silva	1	21-16, 23-25, 15-11	1:12
Lead the series against # 8, Q2 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Santos/Silva	1	Gabathuler/Wenger	8, Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Biza/Stejskal, Czech Republic 1-0
7/3/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 4	Santos/Silva	1	Biza/Stejskal	12	13-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 13 Acco/Correa, Brazil 0-2
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 4	Acco/Correa	13	Santos/Silva	1	21-13, 21-12	0:29
7/10/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 5	Acco/Correa	22	Santos/Silva	2	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 16, Q6 Kolar/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Santos/Silva	1	Kolar/Rotrekl	16, Q6	21-16, 14-21, 20-18	0:58
Lead the series against # 20, Q9 Huth/Uhmann, Germany 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Santos/Silva	2	Huth/Uhmann	18	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # Q3 Hellum/Huseby, Norway 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Santos/Silva	1	Hellum/Huseby	17, Q5	23-21, 21-10	0:44