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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2006

(18) 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 CEV Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$96,145.43

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:

121

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Alanya 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$191,637.45

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,278.40
FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	5	2	1	5	US$40,470.00
Overall	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	1	5	2	1	5	US$41,748.40

Previous The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/24/2006	Winner 1	Michal Biza / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (15)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:39
Thu, 8/24/2006	Contender 1	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (1)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:36

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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	5	0	$41,470.00

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00
84	3	2	1	1	2	11	24	12	0	$93,635.00	Total	112	0	2	1	2	7	25	34	19	0	$169,145.00

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 %
2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	8	$32,870.00	35	37	48.6 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	0	2	0.0 %

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
											1999	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$337.50
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
											2005	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,162.50
12	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	3	0	$30,975.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	$29,775.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$750.00	2006	CEV	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$7,675.00
55	3	1	1	0	2	8	14	8	18	$62,085.00	Total	Total	89	0	3	2	3	6	17	21	16	21	$119,070.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%
2005-2006	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	23	10	8	21	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	46

Head to Head Results
Amore/Lione trail the series against the field 0-4 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Amore/Lione	18	21-12, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Biza/Kubala	15	Amore/Lione	18	21-17, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 22 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 # 23 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