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European Championship Tour
€ 180,000 European Championships
August 25 - 27, 2000

(10) 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 Bilbao Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	23	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	28	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	25	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	27	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	9	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	30	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	26	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Spain Open	9	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2000	Canada Open	16	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	16	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2000	Macau Open	11	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	1/18-23/2000	Brazil Open	15	7th	170	US$6,000.00
FIVB	1/12-16/2000	Argentina Open	21	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/5/1999	Brazil Open	21	17th	68	US$2,500.00
CEV	8/27-29/1999	European Championships	12	7th	100	€ 3,000.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/25/2000	Winner 1	Janis Grinbergs / Andris Krumins, Latvia (23)	Lost 14-16	0:45
Fri, 8/25/2000	Contender 1	David Andersson / Per Kohler, Sweden (26)	Won 15-13	0:40
Fri, 8/25/2000	Contender 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (9)	Lost 2-15	0:20

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	5	$21,500.00	6	2	75.0 %
2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,350.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	5	$21,500.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,350.00	1	2	33.3 %

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
13	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	$11,750.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	$11,750.00
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
13	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	6	0	$17,750.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	6	0	$17,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$675.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$675.00
46	0	1	0	0	5	8	8	16	8	$45,562.50	Total	Total	72	0	1	0	1	5	12	14	26	13	$63,350.00

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%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0		0	0	1-4	20.0%

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
Pimponi/Raffaelli trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 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
Trail the series against # 9 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	10	15-2	0:20
Trail the series against # 23 Grinbergs/Krumins, Latvia 0-1
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Grinbergs/Krumins	23	Pimponi/Raffaelli	10	16-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 26 Andersson/Kohler, Sweden 1-0
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	10	Andersson/Kohler	26	15-13	0:40