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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Cagliari Challenger
September 1 - 3, 2006

(1) Eugenio Amore/Matteo Varnier, 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 Winnings:

US$93,135.00

Matteo Varnier
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sanremo

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$122,550.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	US$14,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,900.00
Overall	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	US$17,900.00

Previous Cagliari Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Massimiliano Piccinetti - 17th	Davide Sanguanins - 13th
2005	Riccardo Fenili - 2nd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	8	7th	300	US$8,000.00

Cagliari Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/2/2006	Winner 2	Agustin Correa / Jesus Ruiz Nunez, Spain (17)	Won 21-18, 23-25, 15-13	0:55
Sat, 9/2/2006	Winner 3	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (8)	Won 21-19, 28-26	0:42
Sat, 9/2/2006	Winner 4	Florian Gosch / Alexander Huber, Austria (4)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:36
Sun, 9/3/2006	Semi-Finals	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (5)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:39
Sun, 9/3/2006	Gold Medal	Florian Gosch / Alexander Huber, Austria (4)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:38

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00
Total	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$17,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Eugenio Amore												Matteo Varnier
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	$20,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	1	0	$38,375.00
56	0	0	0	0	2	8	17	8	0	$60,960.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	0	2	5	11	7	2	0	$73,275.00
6	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$7,275.00	Challenger	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00
3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
83	3	2	1	1	2	11	23	12	0	$93,135.00	Total	53	0	3	0	2	6	15	15	3	0	$122,550.00

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
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Eugenio Amore													Matteo Varnier
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	1	0	0	0	$350.00
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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$7,060.00	2002	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2003	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5	$9,750.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6	$13,625.00
6	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,925.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
12	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	3	0	$30,975.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	$29,275.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
54	3	2	1	0	2	8	12	8	18	$63,285.00	Total	Total	21	0	3	0	2	3	5	1	0	7	$47,900.00

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	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%
2005-2006	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	5

Head to Head Results
Amore/Varnier lead the series against the field 5-1 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Amore/Varnier	8	Pedrosa/Rosas	24, Q7	21-13, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 4 Gosch/Huber, Austria 1-1
9/3/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Gold Medal	Gosch/Huber	4	Amore/Varnier	1	21-13, 21-14	0:38
9/2/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Winner 4	Amore/Varnier	1	Gosch/Huber	4	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 5 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-0
9/3/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Semi-Finals	Amore/Varnier	1	Berg/Brinkborg	5	21-14, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
9/2/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Winner 3	Amore/Varnier	1	Plavins/Samoilovs	8	21-19, 28-26	0:42
Lead the series against # 17 Correa/Ruiz Nunez, Spain 1-0
9/2/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Winner 2	Amore/Varnier	1	Correa/Ruiz Nunez	17	21-18, 23-25, 15-13	0:55