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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Hyundai Open Barcelona
May 27 - June 1, 2008

(20, Q3) 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 (44 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 Barcelona Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	10	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	20, Q2	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	Q8	33rd	30	US$0.00
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

Barcelona Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/28/2008	Qualifier 2	Matteo La Rocca / Ottavio Ucci, Italy (Q35)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:52
Wed, 5/28/2008	Qualifier 3	Farid Mussa / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (30, Q14)	Lost 21-14, 16-21, 17-19	1:05
Thu, 5/29/2008	Winner 1	Mariano Baracetti / Jose Salema, Argentina (13)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:43
Thu, 5/29/2008	Winner 2	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (4)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:41
Fri, 5/30/2008	Contender 2	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (19)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 10-15	0:52

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	$21,000.00	16	11	59.3 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	3	3	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$6,800.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	3	$27,800.00	21	19	52.5 %
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
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	3	$15,500.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	4	$11,500.00
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$3,400.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$3,400.00
72	3	2	1	1	2	11	19	11	22	$86,335.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	2	5	$16,275.00

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%
2007-2008	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%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	2	13.3%	2	13.3%	11	73.3%	2-13	13.3%	12-20	37.5%	8-10	44.4%	0	1	10-16	38.5%

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 trail the series against the field 9-15 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q3	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 9 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
Lead the series against # 13 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q3	Baracetti/Salema	13	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 14 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Amore/Bizzotto	15	Kjemperud/Skarlund	18	21-16, 18-21, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # 15 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 0-1
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Dugrip/Gagliano	19	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q2	26-24, 22-20	0:50
Trail the series against # 17 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-3
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	13	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q2	22-20, 21-17	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-3
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	19	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q3	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	14	Amore/Bizzotto	19	21-16, 21-17	0:34
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	13	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 23 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 0-1
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Deulofeu/Salvetti	23	Amore/Bizzotto	10	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 25, Q6 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 0-2
7/1/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Bronze Medal	Kubala/Pavlas	5	Amore/Bizzotto	1	21-17, 21-12	0:39
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 4	Kubala/Pavlas	5	Amore/Bizzotto	1	29-31, 23-21, 15-7	1:13
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Ces/Ces, France 2-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q2	Ces/Ces	29, Q5	15-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:58
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
Trail the series against # 30, Q14 Mussa/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Mussa/Villafane	30, Q14	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q3	14-21, 21-16, 19-17	1:05
Lead the series against # Q10 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 # Q20 Augoustides/Flisberg, South Africa 1-0
4/29/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q2	Augoustides/Flisberg	Q15	21-19, 23-21	0:54
Lead the series against # Q27 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
Lead the series against # Q35 La Rocca/Ucci, Italy 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 2	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q3	La Rocca/Ucci	Q35	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:52