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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

(Q25) Riccardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy

Riccardo "Riccardino" Lione
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1972 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$191,637.45

Matteo Varnier
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sanremo

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$148,854.51

Awards

Top Rookie 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
CEV	9	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$37,977.41
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	49	0	3	1	2	3	3	11	7	10	2	3	2	1	1	US$230,577.41

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Gianni Mascagna - 25th	Did not play
1997	Andrea Ghiurghi - 17th	Did not play
1998	Andrea Ghiurghi - 17th	Did not play
2001	Eugenio Amore - 17th	Did not play
2002	Eugenio Amore - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	13	3rd	80	€ 5,850.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q48	33rd	20	US$0.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 1	Dimitrios Nerantzis / Konstantinos Tampouratzis, Greece (Q40)	Lost 12-21, 21-17, 11-15	0:44

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5	1	0	$66,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	2	2	1	5	5	5	1	6	$115,850.00
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00
Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	42	0	2	0	2	3	2	8	6	10	2	7	$198,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Riccardo Lione												Matteo Varnier
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,775.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,900.00
18	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	4	1	$43,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	1	0	$38,375.00
84	0	0	0	2	5	20	22	15	20	$113,570.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	0	2	5	11	7	2	8	$73,275.00
3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00	Challenger	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$4,375.00
112	0	2	1	2	7	25	34	19	22	$169,145.00	Total	57	0	3	0	2	7	17	16	3	9	$126,925.00

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
2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	4	4	50.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	5	1	83.3 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00	7	2	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00	7	2	77.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Riccardo Lione													Matteo Varnier
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$7,250.00	1996	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00	1996	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	$13,000.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	1997	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	$19,675.00	1998	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$337.50	1999	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	$6,375.00	2001	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	$8,320.00	2002	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,925.00	2005	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,925.00
69	0	1	2	0	2	11	18	16	19	$64,007.50	Total	Total	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	$5,225.00

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	44	58.7%	18	24.0%	13	17.3%	62-13	82.7%	16	20.8%	9	11.7%	52	67.5%	16-61	20.8%	44-52	45.8%	34-22	60.7%	1	2	79-76	51.0%
2004-2005	10	50.0%	7	35.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	6	42.9%	2	14.3%	6	42.9%	6-8	42.9%	10-6	62.5%	13-5	72.2%	1	1	24-12	66.7%
Against the Field	10	43.5%	9	39.1%	4	17.4%	19-4	82.6%	5	18.5%	4	14.8%	18	66.7%	5-22	18.5%	20-32	38.5%	28-16	63.6%	1	1	25-25	50.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	12	15	0	0	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	25
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	9	5	3	0	0	0	18	21	0	2	0	2	0	0	61	49
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	1	1	9	5	16	17	0	0	32	32	2	2	0	2	0	2	92	82

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 7-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	1	Lione/Varnier	13	20-22, 21-15, 15-7	0:55
Lead the series against # 22 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
Lead the series against # 25, Q10 Bosma/Ortiz, Spain 1-0
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 3	Lione/Varnier	13	Bosma/Ortiz	9	21-18, 15-21, 15-5	0:50
Trail the series against # 32, Q33 Correa/Ruiz Nunez, Spain 0-1
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 2	Correa/Ruiz Nunez	12	Lione/Varnier	13	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against Acco/Correa, Brazil 0-1
7/17/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Gold Medal	Acco/Correa	13	Lione/Varnier	19	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against Ferreira/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Ferreira/Ferreira	23, Q2	Lione/Varnier	Q34	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # Q9 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 1-0
7/10/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Bronze Medal	Lione/Varnier	13	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	10	21-13, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # Q13 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 # Q19 Amore/Fenili, Italy 3-1
7/17/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Semi-Finals	Lione/Varnier	19	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	1:01
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Lione/Varnier	19	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	21-17, 23-21	0:52
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
Trail the series against # Q40 Nerantzis/Tampouratzis, Greece 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 1	Nerantzis/Tampouratzis	Q40	Lione/Varnier	Q25	21-12, 17-21, 15-11	0:44