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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 PAF Open
August 15 - 19, 2007

(18, Q1) Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Bizzotto, 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 Bizzotto
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Marostica (VI)

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Brno 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Klagenfurt 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$24,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	2	3	1	US$33,800.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,300.00
Overall	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	2	3	1	US$36,100.00

Previous Åland Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	20, Q4	17th	100	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	31, Q14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	6/28-7/1/2007	Brno Challenger	1	4th	56	US$2,300.00

Aland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/15/2007	Qualifier 2	Maksim Petrov / Aleksei Povjakel, Estonia (Q32)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:29
Wed, 8/15/2007	Qualifier 3	Steve Grotowski / Gregg Weaver, England (Q16)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:37
Thu, 8/16/2007	Winner 1	Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (15)	Lost 18-21, 21-12, 13-15	0:52
Thu, 8/16/2007	Contender 1	Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (31, Q8)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:38
Fri, 8/17/2007	Contender 2	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (1)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 14-16	0:58

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$11,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	$22,300.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
Total	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	2	0	$36,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Eugenio Amore												Riccardo Bizzotto
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
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	$20,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$7,500.00
56	0	0	0	0	2	8	17	8	0	$60,960.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	0	$15,350.00
6	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$7,275.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
83	3	2	1	1	2	11	23	12	0	$93,135.00	Total	24	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	4	0	$24,225.00

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
2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	$13,500.00	13	7	65.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	$13,500.00	13	7	65.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Eugenio Amore													Riccardo Bizzotto
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
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
6	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,925.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
13	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	3	0	$33,975.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2006	FIVB C&S
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	3	$11,750.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	$7,750.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
66	3	2	1	1	2	10	16	10	21	$79,185.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	4	$9,125.00

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	16	59.3%	6	22.2%	5	18.5%	22-5	81.5%	4	17.4%	6	26.1%	13	56.5%	4-19	17.4%	16-13	55.2%	10-11	47.6%	0	1	26-25	51.0%
2006-2007	11	68.8%	3	18.8%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	6	54.5%	2-9	18.2%	11-6	64.7%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	16-11	59.3%
Against the Field	6	46.2%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	1	7.1%	5	35.7%	8	57.1%	1-13	7.1%	12-14	46.2%	10-16	38.5%	0	1	11-16	40.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	2	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	19
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	15	5	3	3	0	0	5	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	29	28

Head to Head Results
Amore/Bizzotto lead the series against the field 8-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Wu/Xu	1	Amore/Bizzotto	18, Q1	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 3 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 13 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q4	21-15, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 15 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	15	Amore/Bizzotto	18, Q1	21-18, 12-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 Biza/Lebl, Czech Republic 1-0
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 3	Amore/Bizzotto	1	Biza/Lebl	9	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 31, Q8 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Amore/Bizzotto	18, Q1	Henriquez/Mussa	31, Q8	21-19, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 32, Q6 Huth/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Amore/Bizzotto	Q9	Huth/Schneider	Q24	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:57
Series tied with # Q9 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-1
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q19	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Gabathuler/Wenger	26, Q14	Amore/Bizzotto	Q3	21-14, 21-23, 17-15	0:57
Lead the series against # Q11 Morikawa/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q4	Morikawa/Nishimura	Q13	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # Q16 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Amore/Bizzotto	18, Q1	Grotowski/Weaver	Q16	21-16, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q24 Boehm/Feuerriegel, Australia 1-0
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 1	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q4	Boehm/Feuerriegel	Q29	21-16, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # Q32 Petrov/Povjakel, Estonia 1-0
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Amore/Bizzotto	18, Q1	Petrov/Povjakel	Q32	21-13, 21-13	0:29