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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 14 - 19, 2003

(46) Riccardo Fenili/Fabio Galli, Italy

Riccardo Fenili
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Viareggio

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$50,955.00

Fabio Galli
Italy

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cremona

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$22,355.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	2	1	US$5,000.00
FIVB C&S	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,710.00
Overall	14	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	2	1	US$12,710.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	Q22	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	13	1st	60	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/14-17/2003	Switzerland Satellite	13	2nd	28	US$2,300.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q34	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q54	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q48	57th	4	US$0.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/14/2003	Pool C	Manuel Carrasco / Raul Mesa, Spain (22)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:38
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool C	Antonio Cotrino / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (27)	Lost 24-22, 19-21, 7-15	1:00
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool C	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (3)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:43
Thu, 10/16/2003	Winner 1	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (13)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:44

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Fabio Galli - 17th	Riccardo Fenili - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	46	17th	160	US$5,000.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Satellite	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,210.00
Total	14	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$12,710.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Riccardo Fenili												Fabio Galli
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	$2,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$9,775.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
31	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	2	0	$26,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$7,000.00
5	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$7,325.00	Challenger	12	1	0	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	$9,300.00
5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,605.00	Satellite	6	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,555.00
46	4	2	1	1	1	8	8	4	0	$50,955.00	Total	62	1	1	2	1	8	6	4	2	0	$22,355.00

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
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$5,000.00	6	7	46.2 %
2003	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00	12	2	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$5,000.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00	12	2	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Riccardo Fenili													Fabio Galli
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00
											1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,500.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,500.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	2003	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$5,900.00	Total	Total	22	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	2	13	$11,400.00

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	10	62.5%	0	0.0%	6	37.5%	10-6	62.5%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	10-5	66.7%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	12-13	48.0%
2002-2003	6	60.0%	0	0.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1-4	20.0%	6-2	75.0%	1-6	14.3%	0	0	7-8	46.7%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	6-10	37.5%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	5-9	35.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	10
Challenger	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Satellite	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	3
Total	0	0	11	10	6	3	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	26	17

Head to Head Results
Fenili/Galli trail the series against the field 6-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Fenili/Galli	46	21-17, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
8/17/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Gold Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Fenili/Galli	13	21-14, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	13	Fenili/Galli	46	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-1
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Gold Medal	Fenili/Galli	13	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	1	36-34, 21-15	1:05
8/20/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool A	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	1	Fenili/Galli	13	21-19, 21-11	0:38
8/17/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Fenili/Galli	13	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	1	21-17, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 17 Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 0-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Bellaguarda/Dultra	4, Q6	Fenili/Galli	Q54	10-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 22 Carrasco/Mesa, Spain 1-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool C	Fenili/Galli	46	Carrasco/Mesa	22	21-12, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Horrem/Maaseide	Q3	Fenili/Galli	Q35	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	1:04
Trail the series against # 27 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool C	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	27	Fenili/Galli	46	22-24, 21-19, 15-7	1:00
Lead the series against # 33 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Fenili/Galli	Q54	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q11	20-22, 24-22, 17-15	1:01
Lead the series against # 37 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Fenili/Galli	Q22	Backer/Boersma	Q11	21-10, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 41 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Semi-Finals	Fenili/Galli	13	Kais/Vesik	3	21-16, 21-19	0:50