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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 16 - 21, 2022

(3) Samuele Cottafava/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Samuele Cottafava
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Modena

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$198,880.76

Paolo Nicolai
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ortona

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

177

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$788,117.89

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012
Best Offensive Player 2014
Best Blocker 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$18,404.20
FIVB	34	1	3	3	2	8	0	11	3	3	0	US$319,750.00
Overall	37	1	3	3	4	8	0	12	3	3	0	US$338,154.20

Previous Munich Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	7	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	6	17th	400	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	14	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	13, Q1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	13, Q3	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	9	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	13	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	15, Q7	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	14	9th	460	US$2,500.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/16/2022	Pool C	Tomas Semerad / Jakub Sepka, Czech Republic (30)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:36
Wed, 8/17/2022	Pool C	Mart van Werkhoven / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (14)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:32
Fri, 8/19/2022	Winner 2	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (16)	Lost 21-15, 8-21, 9-15	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$77,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	1	2	1	2	6	0	4	3	3	0	0	$194,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$26,250.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,500.00
Total	37	1	3	3	4	8	0	12	3	3	0	0	$336,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Samuele Cottafava												Paolo Nicolai
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$11,000.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$41,500.00
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$40,750.00	World Tour Finals	8	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	$99,250.00
27	1	2	1	2	6	10	4	0	0	$103,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	0	$423,700.00
18	0	1	1	1	2	4	4	1	0	$26,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	0	$134,337.50
11	3	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$2,575.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00
											U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	$8,750.00	Confederation Championship	14	3	0	1	3	1	4	1	1	0	$52,875.00
68	4	4	4	5	11	21	10	4	0	$193,575.00	Total	168	9	13	14	9	32	47	30	10	0	$757,912.50

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
2022	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	$77,250.00	27	16	62.8 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	$77,250.00	27	16	62.8 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	1	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Samuele Cottafava													Paolo Nicolai
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$7,550.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$900.00
											2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$16,725.00
											2009	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$2,675.00
											2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	$13,450.00
											2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	3	$31,750.00
											2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	$45,550.00
											2013	FIVB	12	0	1	3	0	0	7	1	0	0	$56,600.00
											2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
											2014	FIVB	9	2	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	$93,500.00
											2014	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	3	5	1	1	0	$58,000.00
											2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											2016	FIVB	10	1	3	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$35,287.50
											2016	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
											2017	FIVB	9	0	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	$64,750.00
											2017	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age
											2018	FIVB	8	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$47,500.00
											2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
6	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$2,675.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	6	1	1	0	0	$39,000.00
											2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	CEV Under Age
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											2020	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
8	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	$3,750.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$30,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
9	1	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$38,625.00	2022	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$38,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
30	4	1	1	1	4	7	6	2	4	$47,350.00	Total	Total	150	9	11	13	6	27	39	31	10	4	$633,362.50

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	6	50.0%	2	16.7%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	6-1	85.7%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	11-5	68.8%
2021-2022	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-1	66.7%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	4	8	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	10
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	2	32	27	0	0	10	10	3	3	1	2	1	2	57	46
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	17	8
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	11	5
Total	0	0	10	2	60	39	0	0	22	19	4	7	3	4	1	3	100	74

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Nicolai lead the series against the field 14-7 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
3/25/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Cottafava/Nicolai	15, Q7	20-22, 27-25, 15-7	0:54
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-2
8/13/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Cottafava/Nicolai	7	23-21, 21-16	0:41
3/24/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Cottafava/Nicolai	15, Q7	16-21, 21-11, 16-14	0:50
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool B	Cottafava/Nicolai	14	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	21-19, 16-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 5 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-0
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool A	Cottafava/Nicolai	13	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	21-15, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 8 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-2
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool B	Cottafava/Nicolai	7	Bryl/Losiak	15, Q3	24-22, 21-18	0:38
5/26/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool D	Bryl/Losiak	5	Cottafava/Nicolai	13, Q3	21-13, 18-21, 23-21	0:56
5/8/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Gold Medal	Bryl/Losiak	2	Cottafava/Nicolai	9	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 Seidl/Waller, Austria 1-0
8/12/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool B	Cottafava/Nicolai	7	Seidl/Waller	10	22-20, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Lupo/Ranghieri, Italy 2-0
7/7/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool F	Cottafava/Nicolai	6	Lupo/Ranghieri	22	By Forfeit	0:14
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool D	Cottafava/Nicolai	13, Q1	Lupo/Ranghieri	4	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool D	Cottafava/Nicolai	9	Ermacora/Pristauz	16	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 van de Velde/van Werkhoven, Netherlands 1-0
8/17/22	CEV	European Championships	Pool C	Cottafava/Nicolai	3	van Werkhoven/van de Velde	14	21-15, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 15 Kantor/Rudol, Poland 1-0
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Cottafava/Nicolai	13, Q1	Kantor/Rudol	Q8	26-28, 21-17, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 16 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
8/19/22	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Ahman/Hellvig	16	Cottafava/Nicolai	3	15-21, 21-8, 15-9	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-1
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool F	Berntsen/Mol	27	Cottafava/Nicolai	6	21-19, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 18 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool D	Cottafava/Nicolai	13, Q1	Samoilovs/Smedins	12	23-21, 14-21, 17-15	0:54
Lead the series against # 24 Dressler/Huber, Austria 1-0
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Cottafava/Nicolai	15, Q7	Dressler/Huber	Q10	21-16, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 29 Pfretzschner/Sowa, Germany 1-0
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Cottafava/Nicolai	15, Q7	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q15	21-13, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 30 Semerad/Sepka, Czech Republic 2-0
8/16/22	CEV	European Championships	Pool C	Cottafava/Nicolai	3	Semerad/Sepka	30	21-15, 21-16	0:36
5/27/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool D	Cottafava/Nicolai	13, Q3	Semerad/Sepka	12	21-16, 21-17	0:34