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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
September 10 - 13, 1997

(Q18) Andrea Ghiurghi/Marco Solustri, Italy

Andrea Ghiurghi
Italy

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 15, 1966 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Cap d'Agde 1991)

Career Winnings:

US$104,337.50

Marco Solustri
Italy

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 14, 1959 (66 yrs old)

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Enoshima 1990)

Career Winnings:

US$15,389.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00

Previous Los Angeles Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Los Angeles World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/10/1997		Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (Q15)	Won 15-9	0:32
Wed, 9/10/1997		Javier Bosma / Fabio Diez, Spain (23)	Lost 10-15	0:55

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Marco Solustri - 33rd	Andrea Ghiurghi - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	Q18	33rd	42	US$0.00

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	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

Andrea Ghiurghi												Marco Solustri
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	$13,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
64	0	1	0	0	11	28	14	9	0	$78,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	1	3	1	4	4	3	0	$14,189.00
6	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	$5,750.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,175.00	Satellite
84	0	3	1	1	12	36	18	10	0	$99,650.00	Total	20	0	0	1	4	1	4	4	3	0	$15,389.00

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
1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andrea Ghiurghi													Marco Solustri
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	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	1987	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	1988	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1989	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											1990	FIVB	4	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$6,039.00
5	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$8,250.00	1991	FIVB	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$9,300.00	1992	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,750.00	1993	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$5,250.00	1994	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00
17	0	0	0	0	3	7	3	4	0	$17,500.00	1995	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$500.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	1	0	$12,750.00	1996	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,250.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	1	$13,000.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	1997	FIVB C&S
62	0	2	1	0	10	27	14	7	1	$75,700.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	1	4	1	4	4	3	3	$15,389.00

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		0-0	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
1996-1997	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0-0	0	0	1-1	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
World Championships	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 23 Bosma/Diez, Spain 0-1
9/10/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Bosma/Diez	23	Ghiurghi/Solustri	Q18	15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # Q15 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
9/10/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Ghiurghi/Solustri	Q18	Canet/Hamel	Q15	15-9	0:32