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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 11 - 14, 2008

(16, Q14) Gianluca Casadei/Paolo Ficosecco, 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:

4th (CEV C&S Vaduz 2014)

Career CEV Best:

7th (Blackpool 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$20,503.17

Paolo Ficosecco
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Chiaravalle (AN)

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2004)

Career CEV Best:

7th (Blackpool 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$8,138.30

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	US$3,799.30
CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$415.01
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	1	US$2,750.00
FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	US$2,900.00
Overall	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	2	2	6	9	1	US$9,864.31

Previous Blackpool Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	Q17	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	Q13	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/10-13/2008	Lausanne Satellite	Q9	21st	2	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	Q6	25th	8	US$0.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	Q21	29th	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q43	57th	6	US$0.00

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/2008	Qualifier 2	Michal Litva / Peter Varga, Slovakia (Q3)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:50
Thu, 9/11/2008	Qualifier 3	Andreas Sutter / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (Q11)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:44
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 1	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (1)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:40
Fri, 9/12/2008	Contender 1	Javier Luna / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (8)	Won 21-7, 19-21, 15-10	0:42
Fri, 9/12/2008	Contender 2	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (11, Q1)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-8	1:02
Sat, 9/13/2008	Contender 3	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (10)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:41

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	$2,900.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$5,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gianluca Casadei												Paolo Ficosecco
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$7,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,375.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	$7,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,450.00	Challenger	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$1,800.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$825.00	Satellite	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$1,650.00
39	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	7	0	$17,300.00	Total	34	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	2	0	$4,825.00

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
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,200.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	$2,000.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,200.00	4	3	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gianluca Casadei													Paolo Ficosecco
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2006	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	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00	2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00
16	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	9	$2,925.00	Total	Total	14	1	0	0	1	2	1	3	1	5	$4,100.00

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	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	4-7	36.4%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	7-8	46.7%
2007-2008	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	2-8	20.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%

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	2	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
Challenger	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
Satellite	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	2	0	11	16	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	25

Head to Head Results
Casadei/Ficosecco trail the series against the field 4-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 0-1
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Matysik/Uhmann	1	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Grotowski/Weaver, England 0-1
5/29/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Qualifier 1	Grotowski/Weaver	Q12	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q21	21-19, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Luna/Marco, Spain 1-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 1	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	Luna/Marco	8	21-7, 19-21, 15-10	0:42
Trail the series against # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 3	Laciga/Schnider	10	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 11, Q1 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	Ces/Ces	11, Q1	19-21, 21-18, 15-8	1:02
Trail the series against # 14, Q5 Blauel/Huber, Austria 0-1
9/2/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Contender 3	Blauel/Huber	8	Casadei/Ficosecco	5	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q3 Litva/Varga, Slovakia 1-0
9/11/08	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 2	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	Litva/Varga	Q3	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # Q10 Kufa/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-1
7/3/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Qualifier 3	Kufa/Kufa	19, Q3	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q6	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q11 Sutter/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
9/11/08	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 3	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	Sutter/Weingart	Q11	21-17, 22-20	0:44