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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Adelaide Australia Open
March 25 - 30, 2008

(Q8) Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy

Eugenio Amore
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 17, 1972 (52 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 (42 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 Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	19	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	18, Q1	17th	120	US$3,000.00
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

Adelaide Australia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/25/2008	Qualifier 2	Imornefe Bowes / Luke Sheaf, England (Q25)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:35
Wed, 3/26/2008	Qualifier 3	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (31, Q9)	Lost 13-21, 7-21	0:32

Head to Head Results
Amore/Bizzotto trail the series against the field 7-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-0
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-17, 23-21	0:48
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Amore/Bizzotto	15	21-14, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 7 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 # 15 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Laciga/Schnider	16	Amore/Bizzotto	15	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-2
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	12	Amore/Bizzotto	19	21-19, 21-11	0:39
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q4	21-15, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 17 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Amore/Bizzotto	19	Boersma/Ronnes	13	14-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 22 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	Herrera/Mesa	18	21-18, 23-21	0:45
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 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
Series tied with # 31, Q9 Ces/Ces, France 1-1
3/26/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 3	Ces/Ces	31, Q9	Amore/Bizzotto	Q8	21-13, 21-7	0:32
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q4	Ces/Ces	29, Q7	21-19, 21-10	0:42
Lead the series against # Q15 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 # Q19 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 # Q25 Bowes/Sheaf, England 1-0
3/25/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 2	Amore/Bizzotto	Q8	Bowes/Sheaf	Q25	21-16, 21-12	0:35