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US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA
July 29 - August 3, 2008

(20) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Andrea Ghiurghi - 17th
1998	Did not play	Andrea Ghiurghi - 25th
2001	Riccardo Lione - 17th	Eugenio Amore - 17th
2002	Riccardo Lione - 25th	Eugenio Amore - 25th
2006	Riccardo Fenili - 25th	Matteo Varnier - 9th
2007	Riccardo Bizzotto - 9th	Matteo Varnier - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	16	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/31/2008	Pool D	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (13)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:46
Thu, 7/31/2008	Pool D	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (4)	Lost 16-21, 21-17, 9-15	0:56
Fri, 8/1/2008	Pool D	Aldo Miramontes / Juan Virgen, Mexico (29)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 8/1/2008	Winner 1	Mykola Babich / Sergiy Mykhaylov, Ukraine (23, Q8)	Lost 19-21, 24-22, 9-15	1:00

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 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,600.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	5	8	$40,470.00	38	41	48.1 %

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	$8,320.00
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
13	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	3	0	$33,975.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	$31,275.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2006	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	3	$15,500.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	2	1	$30,650.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2007	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	$10,200.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	0	$26,350.00
77	3	2	1	1	2	11	22	12	23	$93,135.00	Total	Total	106	0	2	1	2	6	24	31	18	22	$163,395.00

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%
2007-2008	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4	50.0%	1-7	12.5%	1-4	20.0%	1-3	25.0%	1	0	3-7	30.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	27.3%	8	72.7%	0-11	0.0%	4-12	25.0%	0-6	0.0%	1	1	3-10	23.1%

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 3-7 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Amore/Lione	8	By Forfeit
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 # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Amore/Lione	20	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 8 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	Amore/Lione	8	21-11, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # 10 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	17	Amore/Lione	16	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 13 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Amore/Lione	20	Plavins/Samoilovs	13	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 19 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Amore/Lione	8	Lochhead/Pitman	25, Q3	21-14, 25-23	0:48
Trail the series against # 22 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 # 23, Q8 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 0-1
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Babich/Mykhaylov	23, Q8	Amore/Lione	20	21-19, 22-24, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 29 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Amore/Lione	20	Miramontes/Virgen	29	By Forfeit