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

(6, Q1) Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Fenili, Italy

Eugenio Amore
Italy

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 17, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vergato (Bologna)

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$93,135.00

Riccardo Fenili
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Viareggio

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$50,955.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	2	2	2	1	1	US$54,050.00
FIVB C&S	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$13,850.00
Overall	25	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	6	2	2	2	1	1	US$67,900.00

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	7	9th	24	US$950.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	Q20	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	19, Q7	2nd	54	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q41	41st	12	US$0.00

Italy Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/15/2005	Country Quota	Francesco Mattioli / Vladimir Tchernichov, Italy	Won 21-13, 21-15
Fri, 7/15/2005	Qualifier 2	Bradley Smith / Andrew Wyer, Australia (Q17)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:40
Sat, 7/16/2005	Winner 2	Michal Biza / Igor Stejskal, Czech Republic (11)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:39
Sat, 7/16/2005	Winner 3	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (19)	Lost 17-21, 21-23	0:52
Sat, 7/16/2005	Contender 3	Kay Matysik / Marcus Popp, Germany (10, Q4)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:39
Sun, 7/17/2005	Contender 4	Rodrigo Monteiro / Bruno de Paula, Brazil (4)	Won 21-14, 28-26	0:46
Sun, 7/17/2005	Contender 5	Neilton Santos / Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil (1)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:54
Sun, 7/17/2005	Semi-Finals	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (19)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 10-15	1:01
Sun, 7/17/2005	Bronze Medal	Andrea Ghiurghi / Gianni Mascagna, Italy (23, Q19)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:49

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$16,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	0	$38,000.00
Challenger	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,850.00
Satellite	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	25	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	6	2	0	$67,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Eugenio Amore												Riccardo Fenili
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,375.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	$20,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$9,775.00
56	0	0	0	0	2	8	17	8	0	$60,960.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	2	0	$26,750.00
6	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$7,275.00	Challenger	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$7,325.00
3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Satellite	5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,605.00
83	3	2	1	1	2	11	23	12	0	$93,135.00	Total	46	4	2	1	1	1	8	8	4	0	$50,955.00

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
2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	4	4	50.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,850.00	14	6	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,850.00	14	6	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Eugenio Amore													Riccardo Fenili
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1999	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	$6,375.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$7,060.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,500.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
											2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$455.00
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
3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,925.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,925.00
32	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	5	17	$17,610.00	Total	Total	23	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	16	$10,280.00

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	21	91.3%	2	8.7%	0	0.0%	23-0	100.0%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	4	44.4%	3-6	33.3%	21-4	84.0%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	26-6	81.3%
2004-2005	21	91.3%	2	8.7%	0	0.0%	23-0	100.0%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	4	44.4%	3-6	33.3%	21-4	84.0%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	26-6	81.3%
Against the Field	14	93.3%	1	6.7%	0	0.0%	15-0	100.0%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	4	44.4%	3-6	33.3%	28-8	77.8%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	18-6	75.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	10	4	2	1	0	0	8	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	25
Challenger	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	14	6
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	12	0
Total	2	1	12	4	4	5	0	0	22	15	2	1	1	0	3	1	55	38

Head to Head Results
Amore/Fenili lead the series against the field 11-7 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Santos/Silva, Brazil 2-1
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 # 2 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	Galli/Raffaelli	3	21-10, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 3 Krug/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
7/3/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Semi-Finals	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	Krug/Urbatzka	4, Q1	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:14
Lead the series against # 4 de Paula/Monteiro, Brazil 1-0
7/17/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 4	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	Monteiro/de Paula	4	21-14, 28-26	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 Borges/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 4	Borges/Solberg	18, Q6	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	25-23, 21-18	0:53
Series tied with # 10, Q4 Matysik/Popp, Germany 1-1
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 3	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	Matysik/Popp	10, Q4	21-19, 21-17	0:39
7/3/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Gold Medal	Matysik/Popp	24, Q18	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Biza/Stejskal, Czech Republic 1-0
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	Biza/Stejskal	11	21-14, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 16, Q6 Kolar/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 0-1
7/9/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 3	Kolar/Rotrekl	11	Amore/Fenili	7	21-16, 12-21, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 19 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-3
7/17/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Semi-Finals	Lione/Varnier	19	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	1:01
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Lione/Varnier	19	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	21-17, 23-21	0:52
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Lione/Varnier	Q48	Amore/Fenili		21-16, 21-17	0:42
6/7/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Country Quota	Amore/Fenili	Q41	Lione/Varnier		12-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 23, Q19 Ghiurghi/Mascagna, Italy 1-0
7/17/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Bronze Medal	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	Ghiurghi/Mascagna	23, Q19	21-18, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against Mattioli/Tchernichov, Italy 1-0
7/15/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Country Quota	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	Mattioli/Tchernichov		21-13, 21-15
Lead the series against # Q17 Smith/Wyer, Australia 1-0
7/15/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Qualifier 2	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	Smith/Wyer	Q17	21-14, 21-12	0:40