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June 5 - 10, 2007

(Q38) Gianluca Casadei/Daniele Desiderio, Italy

Gianluca Casadei
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 13, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cesena

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Manama 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$17,300.00

Daniele Desiderio
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Catania

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (Stavanger 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	57	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00

Previous Zagreb Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Giuseppe Patriarca - 57th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Zagreb Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/6/2007	Qualifier 1	Michal Biza / Martin Lebl, Czech Republic (Q27)	Lost 14-21, 21-19, 8-15	0:51

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gianluca Casadei												Daniele Desiderio
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$7,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	$7,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,450.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$825.00	Satellite
39	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	7	0	$17,300.00	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gianluca Casadei													Daniele Desiderio
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	1998	FIVB
											2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2004	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2006	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	$1,075.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$250.00

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%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%
2006-2007	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0-2	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Head to Head Results
Casadei/Desiderio trail the series against the field 0-1 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q27 Biza/Lebl, Czech Republic 0-1
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 1	Biza/Lebl	Q27	Casadei/Desiderio	Q38	21-14, 19-21, 15-8	0:51