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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 28 - July 2, 2006

(23) Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Fenili, Italy

Eugenio Amore
Italy

Photo: FIVB

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 FIVB WT Best:

5th (Shanghai 2006)

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 FIVB WT Best:

9th (4 times)

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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Riccardo Lione - 37th	Did not play
2002	Riccardo Lione - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Did not play	Fabio Galli - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	29	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	23	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	10	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	13	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	18, Q7	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	13, Q7	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	12, Q7	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	27, Q7	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/5-7/2005	Italy Satellite	3	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	7/29-31/2005	Italy Satellite	1	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	7/22-24/2005	Italy Satellite	3	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q21	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/15-17/2005	Italy Challenger	6, Q1	3rd	48	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	Q19	41st	12	US$0.00
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

Norway Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/29/2006	Pool G	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (10)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
Fri, 6/30/2006	Pool G	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (7)	Lost 21-23, 21-17, 9-15	0:59
Fri, 6/30/2006	Pool G	Francisco Alvarez / Wilfredo Villar, Cuba (26, Q2)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:41
Sat, 7/1/2006	Winner 1	Thanassis Michalopoulos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (31, Q11)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:45
Sat, 7/1/2006	Winner 2	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (3)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	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$)
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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	5	$19,500.00	19	15	55.9 %
2005	FIVB C&S	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,850.00	26	6	81.3 %
2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$20,650.00	6	10	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	1	5	$40,150.00	25	25	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,850.00	26	6	81.3 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5	$9,750.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5	$9,750.00
6	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,925.00	2005	FIVB C&S	6	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,925.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$15,325.00	2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$10,325.00
47	3	1	1	0	1	5	12	6	18	$45,685.00	Total	Total	37	4	2	1	0	1	4	7	1	17	$33,355.00

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	15	75.0%	1	5.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	13	31.7%	9	22.0%	19	46.3%	13-28	31.7%	15-19	44.1%	14-13	51.9%	0	0	29-32	47.5%
2005-2006	15	75.0%	1	5.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	13	31.7%	9	22.0%	19	46.3%	13-28	31.7%	15-19	44.1%	14-13	51.9%	0	0	29-32	47.5%
Against the Field	5	55.6%	0	0.0%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	9	28.1%	7	21.9%	16	50.0%	9-23	28.1%	10-32	23.8%	18-22	45.0%	0	0	14-27	34.1%

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
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 trail the series against the field 16-23 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 15 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Amore/Fenili	18, Q7	21-15, 21-14	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Amore/Fenili	23	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Egger/Laciga	7	Amore/Fenili	23	23-21, 17-21, 15-9	0:59
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	4	Amore/Fenili	12, Q7	21-18, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Amore/Fenili	10	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Amore/Fenili	23	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Amore/Fenili	29	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:55
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	12, Q7	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	16-21, 26-24, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 12 Lione/Varnier, Italy 2-3
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Satellite	Gold Medal	Amore/Fenili	3	Lione/Varnier	4	23-21, 21-13	0:46
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
Trail the series against # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	17	Amore/Fenili	18, Q7	21-18, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 14 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Brenha/Maia	16	Amore/Fenili	12, Q7	21-18, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 15 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Doppler/Gartmayer	16	Amore/Fenili	15	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 17 Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz, Spain 1-0
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	10	Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz	23	23-25, 24-22, 15-12	1:08
Trail the series against # 25, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4	Amore/Fenili	29	21-14, 21-10	0:38
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Alvarez/Villar, Cuba 1-0
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Amore/Fenili	23	Alvarez/Villar	26, Q2	21-13, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	27, Q7	De Gruijter/Ronnes	6	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Series tied with # 28, Q5 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	18, Q7	Herrera/Mesa	15	16-21, 25-23, 15-10	1:02
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	14	Amore/Fenili	13, Q7	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 30, Q10 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 0-1
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Berg/Svensson	17	Amore/Fenili	13	21-15, 22-24, 18-16	1:09
Series tied with # 31, Q11 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-1
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	23	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	31, Q11	21-17, 21-17	0:45
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q14	Amore/Fenili	Q19	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against Bitencourt/Correa, Brazil 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Amore/Fenili	23	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against Lopes/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Amore/Fenili	15	23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # Q6 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 2-0
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Amore/Fenili	29	Gosch/Strauss	20, Q4	13-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:57
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Amore/Fenili	13	Gosch/Strauss	20	14-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:08
Trail the series against # Q7 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-3
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	Amore/Fenili	13, Q7	21-15, 21-14	0:39
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Amore/Fenili	27, Q7	21-16, 27-25	0:46
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	Q9	Amore/Fenili	Q41	21-14, 19-21, 15-7	0:48
Trail the series against # Q8 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Watanabe	26, Q4	Amore/Fenili	Q20	21-19, 25-27, 15-10	0:59
Trail the series against # Q12 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Pedrosa/Rosas	10	Amore/Fenili	23	21-17, 15-21, 15-8	0:59
Lead the series against # Q13 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/6/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Satellite	Winner 3	Amore/Fenili	3	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	2	21-17, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # Q17 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Amore/Fenili	13	Nishimura/Shiratori	29, Q7	18-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:02
Lead the series against # Q20 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 # Q21 Byron/Suan, Australia 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	Byron/Suan	14	21-17, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # Q25 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Amore/Fenili	Q20	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q13	14-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:03