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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 25 - 29, 2001

(26, Q13) Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Lione, 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 "Riccardino" Lione
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$165,645.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	5	2	1	5	US$40,470.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Gianni Mascagna - 25th
1997	Did not play	Andrea Ghiurghi - 17th
1998	Did not play	Andrea Ghiurghi - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	10	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	Q23	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q30	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q32	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	Q30	41st	14	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/25/2001	Qualifier 2	David Klemperer / Niklas Rademacher, Germany (Q20)	Lost 16-21, 12-21	0:28
Thu, 7/26/2001	Qualifier 7	Yoyi Rodriguez / Francisco Rodriguez Herrera, Spain (Q36)	Won 21-19, 23-21	0:38
Thu, 7/26/2001	Qualifier 8	Ricardo Rafael Rodriguez / Jose Vasquez A., Venezuela (Q19)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:40
Thu, 7/26/2001	Qualifier 9	Espen Goranson / Kjell Goranson, Norway (Q12)	Won 21-19, 24-22	0:57
Thu, 7/26/2001	Qualifier 10	Djordje Ljubicic / Michael Slean, Canada (24, Q8)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:46
Fri, 7/27/2001	Winner 1	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (7)	Lost 13-21, 21-18, 8-15	0:46
Fri, 7/27/2001	Contender 1	Jose Pedrosa / Jose Teixeira, Portugal (10)	Won 21-17, 15-21, 15-8	0:50
Fri, 7/27/2001	Contender 2	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (9)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:35

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$10,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	0	$27,620.00
Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	5	0	$40,470.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Eugenio Amore												Riccardo Lione
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	$0.00
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	$3,775.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	$20,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	4	0	$43,425.00
56	0	0	0	0	2	8	17	8	0	$60,960.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	2	5	20	22	15	0	$113,570.00
6	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$7,275.00	Challenger	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00
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	109	0	2	1	2	6	24	33	19	0	$165,645.00

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
2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$6,000.00	14	11	56.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$6,000.00	14	11	56.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Eugenio Amore													Riccardo Lione
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$7,250.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00
											1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	$13,000.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00
											1998	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	$19,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$3,000.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$3,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	$3,250.00	Total	Total	49	0	0	1	0	2	9	14	11	12	$47,100.00

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	23	69.7%	7	21.2%	3	9.1%	30-3	90.9%	7	14.9%	17	36.2%	23	48.9%	7-40	14.9%	23-23	50.0%	14-20	41.2%	1	1	38-44	46.3%
2000-2001	10	58.8%	5	29.4%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	2	12.5%	7	43.8%	7	43.8%	2-14	12.5%	10-7	58.8%	7-9	43.8%	0	0	17-16	51.5%
Against the Field	10	66.7%	4	26.7%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	2	8.7%	8	34.8%	13	56.5%	2-21	8.7%	20-26	43.5%	12-18	40.0%	0	0	16-22	42.1%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	5	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	22	9	2	13	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	32
Total	0	0	23	10	8	21	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	44

Head to Head Results
Amore/Lione trail the series against the field 8-10 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Ferreira/de Melo	7	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	21-13, 18-21, 15-8	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	9	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 2-0
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	Pedrosa/Teixeira	10	21-17, 15-21, 15-8	0:50
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 8	Amore/Lione	Q23	Pedrosa/Teixeira	Q9	21-14, 19-21, 15-8	0:53
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 0-1
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 9	Bellaguarda/Moreira	Q1	Amore/Lione	Q23	21-14, 21-17	0:29
Trail the series against # 14 Novosel/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/27/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 3	Novosel/Slack	11, Q3	Amore/Lione	Q30	21-9, 13-21, 15-11	0:43
Trail the series against # 19 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Holden/Leinemann	23	Amore/Lione	10	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 21 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	27, Q3	Amore/Lione	Q30	21-17, 21-19	0:37
Series tied with # 24, Q8 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 10	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	Ljubicic/Slean	24, Q8	21-16, 21-17	0:46
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	Amore/Lione	Q20	22-20, 23-25, 15-13	1:11
Trail the series against # 27 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	25	Amore/Lione	10	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 29, Q6 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Canet/Hamel	27, Q10	Amore/Lione	Q23	15-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # Q12 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 9	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	Goranson/Goranson	Q12	21-19, 24-22	0:57
Lead the series against # Q19 Rodriguez/Vasquez A., Venezuela 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 8	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	Rodriguez/Vasquez A.	Q19	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # Q20 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Klemperer/Rademacher	Q20	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	21-16, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # Q22 Doppler/Maderbock, Austria 1-0
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Amore/Lione	Q30	Doppler/Maderbock	Q35	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # Q27 Cole/Lukowicz, Australia 1-0
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Amore/Lione	Q20	Cole/Lukowicz	Q45	21-13, 24-22	0:41
Lead the series against # Q36 Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 7	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera	Q36	21-19, 23-21	0:38