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European Championship Tour
€ 90,000 European Championships
August 30 - September 1, 2002

(11) 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 Basel 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
FIVB	11/27-12/2/2001	Brazil Open	26, Q3	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	Q7	36th	28	US$0.00
CEV	9/7-9/2001	European Championships	24	9th	80	€ 4,650.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/30/2002	Winner 1	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (22)	Won 21-14, 22-20	0:35
Fri, 8/30/2002	Winner 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (6)	Lost 18-21, 10-21	0:37
Fri, 8/30/2002	Contender 1	Nelson Brizida / Jose Pedrosa, Portugal (21)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:42
Sat, 8/31/2002	Contender 2	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (3)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:43

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	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	7	0	$37,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,350.00	1	2	33.3 %
2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$13,000.00	6	15	28.6 %
2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,650.00	2	2	50.0 %
2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	$14,195.00	13	10	56.5 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	39	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	11	13	8	$85,695.00	25	29	46.3 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$6,900.00	5	6	45.5 %

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
15	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	7	0	$18,500.00	2000	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	7	0	$18,500.00
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$6,500.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$6,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00	2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	$7,097.50	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	$7,097.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
62	0	1	0	0	6	10	14	20	11	$62,685.00	Total	Total	89	0	1	0	1	6	14	20	30	17	$80,472.50

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%
2001-2002	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	4-4	50.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-0		0	0	2-5	28.6%

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 7-18 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-3
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	19	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:48
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Laciga/Laciga	1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	24	21-15, 21-14	0:35
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	15-6	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-3
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	3	Pimponi/Raffaelli	11	21-18, 21-13	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 4 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26	21-23, 21-15, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-4
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	11	21-18, 21-10	0:37
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
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	10	15-2	0:20
Lead the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 13 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 2-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Pimponi/Raffaelli	21	Karasev/Zaitsev	28, Q4	21-14, 13-21, 15-11	0:57
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool C	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	Karasev/Zaitsev	14	21-17, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open		Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 18 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 0-2
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool C	Bosma/Cotrino	19	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:49
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Bosma/Cotrino	10	Pimponi/Raffaelli	25	21-19, 25-23	0:51
Lead the series against # 20 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
Lead the series against # 21 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	11	Brizida/Pedrosa	21	21-18, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 22 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	11	Kais/Vesik	22	21-14, 22-20	0:35
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