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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
July 20 - 25, 1999

(31) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Antonio Babini - 13th
1997	Did not play	Nicola Grigolo - 17th
1998	Andrea Raffaelli - 17th	Maurizio Pimponi - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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
FIVB	8/7-9/1998	Portugal Grand Slam	26	17th	80	US$2,200.00
FIVB	7/24-26/1998	French Open	23	17th	51	US$1,700.00

Marseille World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/20/1999		Denis Rovkin / Andrey Ryukhov, Kazakhstan (Q57)	Won 15-4	0:20
Tue, 7/20/1999		Paulao Moreira / Rodrigo Pietraroia, Brazil (Q40)	Won 17-16	0:50
Wed, 7/21/1999		Albert Hannemann / Nick Hannemann, Samoa, American (Q9)	Won 15-9	0:44
Thu, 7/22/1999		Jose Loiola / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (2)	Lost 8-15	0:39
Thu, 7/22/1999		Juan Rodriguez Ibarra / Joel Sotelo, Mexico (18)	Won 15-6	0:26
Fri, 7/23/1999		Ricardo Santos / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (1)	Won 15-6	0:20
Fri, 7/23/1999		Jean-Philippe Jodard / Christian Penigaud, France (9)	Won 15-10	0:44
Sat, 7/24/1999		Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (6)	Lost 6-15	0:38

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Did not play	Nicola Grigolo - 33rd
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Andrea Raffaelli - 9th	Maurizio Pimponi - 9th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Fosco Cicola - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	31	9th	240	US$7,500.00

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
1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	$14,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	$14,000.00	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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	$8,000.00	1999	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	$8,000.00
25	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	9	6	$20,425.00	Total	Total	51	0	0	0	1	2	9	9	19	11	$38,212.50

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%
1998-1999	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	6-2	75.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	100.0%	0-8	0.0%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	0-6	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	1	7-10	41.2%

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
Pimponi/Raffaelli lead the series against the field 6-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 de Melo/Santos, Brazil 1-0
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	Santos/de Melo	1	15-6	0:20
Trail the series against # 2 Loiola/Rego, Brazil 0-1
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Loiola/Rego	2	Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	15-8	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 9 Jodard/Penigaud, France 1-0
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	Jodard/Penigaud	9	15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 18 Rodriguez Ibarra/Sotelo, Mexico 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	Rodriguez Ibarra/Sotelo	18	15-6	0:26
Lead the series against # Q9 Hannemann/Hannemann, Samoa, American 1-0
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	Hannemann/Hannemann	Q9	15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # Q40 Moreira/Pietraroia, Brazil 1-0
7/20/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	Moreira/Pietraroia	Q40	17-16	0:50
Lead the series against # Q57 Rovkin/Ryukhov, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/20/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	Rovkin/Ryukhov	Q57	15-4	0:20