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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 27 - 29, 1999

(12) Maurizio Pimponi/Andrea Raffaelli, Italy

Maurizio Pimponi
Italy

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 1, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grosseto

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Neusiedler See 1999)

Career Winnings:

US$66,689.26

Andrea Raffaelli
Italy

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 19, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Benedetto del Tronto

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

140

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Neusiedler See 1999)

Career Winnings:

US$105,575.71

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	36	37	41	49	Money
CEV	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$12,471.18
FIVB	57	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	12	1	19	9	1	2	4	1	US$103,095.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,500.00
Overall	63	0	1	0	0	3	2	4	3	13	1	19	9	1	2	4	1	US$117,066.18

Previous Mallorca Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/17-22/1999	Spanish Open	Q1	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	8/11-15/1999	Belgium Open	23	25th	34	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/4-8/1999	Portugal Open	Q3	49th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/1999	Open of Austria	26	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	31	9th	240	US$7,500.00
FIVB	7/14-18/1999	Italian Open	9	17th	68	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/7-11/1999	Norway Open	29	25th	34	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/1999	German Open	Q6	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	6/23-27/1999	Russian Open	Q5	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/1999	Toronto Open	Q3	33rd	28	US$0.00
CEV	6/10-13/1999	CEV Neusiedler See Open		2nd	41	€ 2,925.00
FIVB	4/7-11/1999	Mexico Open	29	25th	34	US$2,000.00
FIVB	12/3-6/1998	Brazil Open	23	25th	34	US$1,400.00
FIVB	9/11-13/1998	Turkey Open	28	25th	34	US$1,400.00
FIVB	9/3-6/1998	Spain Open	26	25th	34	US$1,400.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$9,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	10	17	0	$86,395.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$9,900.00
Total	62	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	14	19	0	$114,495.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Maurizio Pimponi												Andrea Raffaelli
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	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$4,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$10,100.00
52	0	0	0	0	3	6	10	19	0	$46,947.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	0	3	8	17	29	0	$62,057.50
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,975.00	Challenger	13	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	0	$7,712.50
											Satellite	5	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$4,950.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$6,950.00
69	0	0	0	0	6	10	14	21	0	$62,222.50	Total	127	0	1	2	2	10	18	26	31	0	$93,270.00

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
1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	5	$19,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	5	$19,000.00	6	2	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Maurizio Pimponi													Andrea Raffaelli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1992	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,500.00	1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	2	$9,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00	1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$712.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	$10,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00	1997	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,600.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	$7,700.00	1998	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	4	$7,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	5	$10,500.00	1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	5	$10,500.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,962.50	1999	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,962.50
31	0	1	0	0	3	6	3	10	8	$25,887.50	Total	Total	57	0	1	0	1	3	10	9	20	13	$43,675.00

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	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-3	57.1%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
1998-1999	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
World Championships	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	14	10	3	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	27
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Total	0	0	19	14	6	9	0	0	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	45

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 # 1 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	15-6	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Jodard/Penigaud, France 1-0
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	Jodard/Penigaud	9	15-10	0:44