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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 1to1 Energy Open
June 15 - 19, 2005

(Q48) Riccardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy

Riccardo "Riccardino" Lione
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$165,645.00

Matteo Varnier
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sanremo

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$122,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	38	0	0	0	2	3	1	8	5	10	2	3	2	1	1	US$187,200.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,400.00
Overall	40	0	2	0	2	3	1	8	5	10	2	3	2	1	1	US$192,600.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Eugenio Amore - 41st	Did not play
2002	Eugenio Amore - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q34	41st	12	US$0.00

Switzerland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/14/2005	Country Quota	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Fenili, Italy	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:42
Wed, 6/15/2005	Qualifier 1	Linyin Xu / Qiang Xu, China (Q17)	Won 22-20, 17-21, 15-13	0:59
Wed, 6/15/2005	Qualifier 2	Taichi Morikawa / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (Q16)	Won 21-16, 25-23	0:42
Wed, 6/15/2005	Qualifier 3	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3, Q1)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:46

Head to Head Results
Lione/Varnier lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3, Q1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	Lione/Varnier	Q48	21-17, 21-16	0:46
Series tied with Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-1
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Lione/Varnier	Q48	Amore/Fenili		21-16, 21-17	0:42
6/7/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Country Quota	Amore/Fenili	Q41	Lione/Varnier		12-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against Lahey/Sewell, Canada 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 1	Lione/Varnier	Q34	Lahey/Sewell	Q31	21-14, 16-21, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against # Q16 Morikawa/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Lione/Varnier	Q48	Morikawa/Shiratori	Q16	21-16, 25-23	0:42
Lead the series against # Q17 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Lione/Varnier	Q48	Xu/Xu	Q17	22-20, 17-21, 15-13	0:59