Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
June 4 - 8, 2003

(22, Q4) Maurizio Pimponi/Andrea Raffaelli, Italy

Maurizio Pimponi
Italy

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 1, 1970 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grosseto

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$57,272.50

Andrea Raffaelli
Italy

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 19, 1969 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Benedetto del Tronto

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$86,320.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	36	37	41	49	Money
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	58	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	12	1	19	9	1	2	4	1	US$104,595.00

Previous Rhodes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	21	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	19	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	Q8	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	19	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	Q8	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	30, Q10	5th	180	US$6,675.00

Hellas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Wed, 6/4/2003

Qualifier 1

Jan Majercak / Karol Sramek, Slovakia (Q61)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:40

Thu, 6/5/2003

Qualifier 2

Pavel Karpukhin / Vladimir Kostioukov, Russia (Q29)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:37

Thu, 6/5/2003

Qualifier 3

Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Ukraine (Q45)

Won 21-15, 20-22, 18-16

1:11

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool F

Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (6)

Lost 17-21, 9-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maurizio Pimponi	Total	27	12	N/A	N/A	2	6	0	N/A
	1	27	12	N/A	N/A	2	6	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Andrea Raffaelli	Total	23	8	N/A	N/A	2	5	0	N/A
	1	23	8	N/A	N/A	2	5	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool F

Richard Kogel / Sander Mulder, Netherlands (27)

Lost 18-21, 8-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maurizio Pimponi	Total	12	8	N/A	N/A	1	2	0	N/A
	1	12	8	N/A	N/A	1	2	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Andrea Raffaelli	Total	22	10	N/A	N/A	2	0	0	N/A
	1	22	10	N/A	N/A	2	0	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Pool F

Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (11)

Lost 14-21, 19-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maurizio Pimponi	Total	22	10	N/A	N/A	2	3	1	N/A
	1	22	10	N/A	N/A	2	3	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Andrea Raffaelli	Total	19	11	N/A	N/A	1	3	1	N/A
	1	19	11	N/A	N/A	1	3	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maurizio Pimponi	61	30	N/A	N/A	5	11	1	N/A
Andrea Raffaelli	64	29	N/A	N/A	5	8	1	N/A
Total	125	59	N/A	N/A	10	19	2	N/A
Opponents	101	61	N/A	N/A	10	27	10	N/A

Head to Head Results
Pimponi/Raffaelli trail the series against the field 12-18 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Araujo/Insfran	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	19	21-19, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	19	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:48
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	15-6	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Pimponi/Raffaelli	21	21-17, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-3
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Horrem/Maaseide	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	22, Q4	21-17, 21-9	0:39
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Horrem/Maaseide	30	Pimponi/Raffaelli	19	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:58
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 1	Horrem/Maaseide	23	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26	21-13, 21-14	0:36
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26	Horrem/Maaseide	23	14-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 9 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
11/28/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 3	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26, Q3	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	Q11	21-15, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 11 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-2
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	11	Pimponi/Raffaelli	22, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:42
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26	21-23, 21-15, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against # 13 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	Berg/Dahl	13	18-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 14 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12	Pimponi/Raffaelli	21	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 15 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	21-15, 21-14	0:38
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	10	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26, Q3	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 16 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Pimponi/Raffaelli	9	21-15, 21-18	0:42
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26	21-15, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 27 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Kogel/Mulder	27	Pimponi/Raffaelli	22, Q4	21-18, 21-8	0:36
Trail the series against # Q7 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-2
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q8	21-10, 22-20	0:29
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q8	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q12 Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q8	Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera	Q40	21-16, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # Q13 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 2-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Pimponi/Raffaelli	19	Goranson/Goranson	43	22-20, 14-21, 15-13	0:54
9/12/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	Goranson/Goranson	27, Q10	23-21, 18-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # Q18 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open		Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q19 Babich/Khudoley, Ukraine 1-0
6/13/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 3	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	Babich/Khudoley	Q26	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q20 Martell/Sotelo, Mexico 1-0
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q8	Martell/Sotelo	Q25	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q29 Karpukhin/Kostioukov, Russia 1-0
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Pimponi/Raffaelli	22, Q4	Karpukhin/Kostioukov	Q29	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q33 Olesen/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
6/13/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 2	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	Olesen/Soderberg	Q42	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # Q45 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Ukraine 1-0
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Pimponi/Raffaelli	22, Q4	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q45	21-15, 20-22, 18-16	1:11
Lead the series against # Q61 Majercak/Sramek, Slovakia 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	22, Q4	Majercak/Sramek	Q61	21-15, 21-19	0:40