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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Portugal Grand Slam
August 7 - 9, 1998

(26) 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:

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 (55 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Mirko Castagnoli - 13th
1997	Did not play	Nicola Grigolo - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-26/1998	French Open	23	17th	51	US$1,700.00
FIVB	7/17-19/1998	Italian Open	11	9th	136	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/3-5/1998	German Open	23	25th	34	US$1,400.00
FIVB	6/19-21/1998	Canada Open	14	25th	34	US$1,400.00
FIVB	2/12-15/1998	Brazil Open	Q6	37th	20	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	2/6-8/1998	Chile Challenger	4	5th	36	US$1,500.00
FIVB	1/16-18/1998	Argentina Open	Q2	37th	20	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$)
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
Total	58	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	13	19	0	$104,595.00

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
65	0	0	0	0	5	8	13	21	0	$57,272.50	Total	121	0	1	2	2	9	15	24	31	0	$86,320.00

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

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	$5,600.00	1998	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$5,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
14	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	3	3	$10,325.00	Total	Total	38	0	0	0	1	2	7	8	13	7	$27,762.50

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	14	58.3%	6	25.0%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	5	15.6%	2	6.3%	25	78.1%	5-27	15.6%	14-25	35.9%	11-6	64.7%	1	4	32-39	45.1%
1997-1998	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	2-8	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
Total	0	0	19	14	6	9	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	39

Head to Head Results
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