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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Belgium Open
August 9 - 13, 2000

(23) 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 Ostende Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Nicola Grigolo - 13th
1998	Did not play	Roberto Masciarelli - 49th
1999	Andrea Raffaelli - 25th	Maurizio Pimponi - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	8/17-22/1999	Spanish Open	Q1	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	8/11-15/1999	Belgium Open	23	25th	34	US$2,000.00

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	5	$21,500.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	5	$21,500.00	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
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
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
43	0	0	0	0	4	8	7	16	8	$41,925.00	Total	Total	69	0	0	0	1	4	12	13	26	13	$59,712.50

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%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	6-4	60.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	1	9.1%	0	0.0%	10	90.9%	1-10	9.1%	0-10	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	1	3-12	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
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 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 # 4 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 # 22 Jodard/Penigaud, France 1-0
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	Jodard/Penigaud	9	15-10	0:44