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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Spanish Masters
April 17 - 20, 2008

(Q19) 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 CEV Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$96,145.43

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 CEV Best:

27th (Lucerne 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$24,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	2	0	3	1	US$33,800.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,300.00
Overall	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	2	1	3	1	US$36,100.00

Previous Gran Canaria Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/17/2008	Qualifier 1	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (Q14)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:44

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship
84	3	2	1	1	2	11	24	12	0	$93,635.00	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	$21,000.00	17	12	58.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

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
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$750.00	2006	CEV
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2007	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
74	3	2	1	1	2	13	19	10	23	$84,985.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1	7	$12,875.00

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%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%
2007-2008	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	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
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 8-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 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 # 6 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	Kais/Vesik	15	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 9, Q1 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 0-1
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Matysik/Uhmann	32, Q25	Amore/Bizzotto	Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 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
Series tied with # 16, Q22 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 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
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q9 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 # Q14 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q14	Amore/Bizzotto	Q19	21-16, 21-16	0:44
Series tied with # Q15 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 # Q25 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