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 (49 yrs old)
Home Town: Viareggio
Height: 193 cm (6'4")
Weight: 96 kg (211 lb)
Seasons: 8
Tournaments: 46
Career Wins: 4
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 (54 yrs old)
Home Town: Cremona
Height: 191 cm (6'3")
Weight: 82 kg (180 lb)
Seasons: 16
Tournaments: 62
Career Wins: 1 (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)
Career FIVB WT Best: 13th (2 times)
Career Winnings: US$22,355.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725334157Money
FIVB110000000010721 US$5,000.00
FIVB C&S31100100000000 US$7,710.00
Overall141100100010721 US$12,710.00
Previous Rio de Janeiro Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
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
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
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 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 10/14-19/2003 Rio de Janeiro World Championships 46 17th 160 US$5,000.00
Head to Head Results
Fenili/Galli trail the series against the field 6-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
10/15/03FIVBRio 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
8/17/03FIVB C&SSwitzerland 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
10/16/03FIVBRio 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
8/24/03FIVB C&SGreece Challenger Gold Medal Fenili/Galli 13 Hoidalen/Kjemperud 1 36-34, 21-15 1:05
8/20/03FIVB C&SGreece Challenger Pool A Hoidalen/Kjemperud 1 Fenili/Galli 13 21-19, 21-11 0:38
8/17/03FIVB C&SSwitzerland 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
7/3/03FIVBNorway 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
10/14/03FIVBRio 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
6/20/02FIVBSwitzerland 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
10/15/03FIVBRio 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
7/2/03FIVBNorway 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
9/4/03FIVBSpain 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
8/23/03FIVB C&SGreece Challenger Semi-Finals Fenili/Galli 13 Kais/Vesik 3 21-16, 21-19 0:50