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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Spain Open
September 4 - 8, 2002

(32, Q4) 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 Mallorca Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	30	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	41	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	Q5	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	40	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	32, Q4	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	Q5	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	22, Q6	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	23, Q5	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	11/27-12/2/2001	Brazil Open	18	13th	108	US$4,000.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/5/2002	Qualifier 2	Takashi Ogawa / Kazuyuki Takao, Japan (Q29)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:39
Thu, 9/5/2002	Qualifier 3	Dmitri Barsuk / Denis Tenenbaum, Russia (Q20)	Won 21-13, 21-6	0:26
Fri, 9/6/2002	Pool A	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (16)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 10-15	1:05
Fri, 9/6/2002	Pool A	Kjell Schneider / Drazan Slacanin, Germany (17, Q11)	Lost 21-19, 21-23, 13-15	0:51
Sat, 9/7/2002	Pool A	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 10-21, 13-21	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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	$12,750.00	17	16	51.5 %
2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$14,120.00	16	19	45.7 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	8	$26,870.00	33	35	48.5 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	$6,375.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	$6,375.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$7,060.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$7,060.00
22	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	10	$13,685.00	Total	Total	61	0	0	1	0	2	10	17	16	15	$57,535.00

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%
2001-2002	21	67.7%	7	22.6%	3	9.7%	28-3	90.3%	5	13.5%	14	37.8%	18	48.6%	5-32	13.5%	21-18	53.8%	12-17	41.4%	0	0	33-35	48.5%
Against the Field	8	72.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	0	0.0%	6	40.0%	9	60.0%	0-15	0.0%	16-16	50.0%	2-16	11.1%	0	1	9-17	34.6%

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 9-16 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 14 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Amore/Lione	32, Q4	21-10, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Amore/Lione	29	21-12, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 6, Q2 Ferreira/Marques, Brazil 0-1
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool G	Ferreira/Marques	7	Amore/Lione	23, Q5	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 7 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	3	Amore/Lione	29	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 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 # 12 Diez/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	27, Q12	Amore/Lione	Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 15 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool A	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	16	Amore/Lione	32, Q4	21-18, 21-9	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Berg/Dahl	16	Amore/Lione	32, Q4	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	1:05
Trail the series against # 17, Q11 Schneider/Slacanin, Germany 0-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Schneider/Slacanin	17, Q11	Amore/Lione	32, Q4	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 19 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-2
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Brenha/Maia	19	Amore/Lione	30	21-17, 21-11	0:37
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 # 20, Q14 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
Lead the series against # 22 Canet/Hamel, France 2-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool J	Amore/Lione	40	Canet/Hamel	9	25-23, 21-19	0:50
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Amore/Lione	18	Canet/Hamel	17	21-15, 21-17	0:37
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Canet/Hamel	27, Q10	Amore/Lione	Q23	15-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:50
Trail the series against # 23 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool A	Egger/Heyer	17	Amore/Lione	32, Q4	21-16, 15-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 25, Q12 Huseby/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/13/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 2	Amore/Lione	23, Q5	Huseby/Skarlund	Q28	21-19, 18-21, 15-7	0:44
Trail the series against # 26 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
Trail the series against # Q6 Gscheidle/Vesti, Switzerland 0-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Gscheidle/Vesti	27	Amore/Lione	22, Q6	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q7 Backer/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Amore/Lione	22, Q6	Backer/Ronnes	Q22	21-14, 24-22	0:41
Lead the series against # Q8 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 2-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool J	Amore/Lione	40	Goranson/Goranson	33	21-19, 21-9	0:38
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 # Q20 Barsuk/Tenenbaum, Russia 1-0
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Amore/Lione	32, Q4	Barsuk/Tenenbaum	Q20	21-13, 21-6	0:26
Lead the series against # Q29 Ogawa/Takao, Japan 1-0
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Amore/Lione	32, Q4	Ogawa/Takao	Q29	21-17, 22-20	0:39