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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 31 - September 4, 2005

(29, Q14) Riccardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy

Riccardo "Riccardino" Lione
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1972 (53 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 (46 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

Awards

Top Rookie 2005

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 Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/22-24/2005	Italy Satellite	4	2nd	18	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q26	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/15-17/2005	Italy Challenger	19	2nd	54	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	Q25	57th	4	US$0.00
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

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/31/2005	Qualifier 1	Felix Blauel / Alexander Huber, Austria (Q19)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
Wed, 8/31/2005	Qualifier 2	Ramon Hernandez / Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico (Q3)	Won 21-14, 19-21, 16-14	0:57
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 1	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (4)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:49
Thu, 9/1/2005	Contender 1	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (20, Q2)	Won 21-23, 21-11, 15-9	0:56
Fri, 9/2/2005	Contender 2	Mariano Baracetti / Pedro Depiaggio, Argentina (19)	Won 21-16, 13-21, 17-15	1:00
Fri, 9/2/2005	Contender 3	Francisco Alvarez / Oney Ramirez Bernal, Cuba (5)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 9/2/2005	Contender 4	Javier Bosma / Alex Ortiz, Spain (8)	Won 21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:51
Sat, 9/3/2005	Contender 5	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (16)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:44
Sat, 9/3/2005	Contender 6	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (7)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 19-21	1:18

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	0	$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	0	$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
Total	40	0	2	0	2	3	1	8	5	10	2	0	$192,600.00

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	0	$3,775.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
18	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	4	0	$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	0	$113,570.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	0	2	5	11	7	2	0	$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
109	0	2	1	2	6	24	33	19	0	$165,645.00	Total	53	0	3	0	2	6	15	15	3	0	$122,550.00

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	$10,000.00	12	7	63.2 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00	9	2	81.8 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	$10,000.00	12	7	63.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00	9	2	81.8 %

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	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
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	$5,000.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	$5,000.00
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
70	0	2	1	0	3	10	18	16	20	$66,495.00	Total	Total	10	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	$8,050.00

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	9	39.1%	9	39.1%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	5	15.6%	5	15.6%	22	68.8%	5-27	15.6%	18-38	32.1%	28-20	58.3%	1	2	24-31	43.6%

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
Total	1	1	9	5	16	17	0	0	30	30	2	2	0	2	0	2	88	78

Head to Head Results
Lione/Varnier lead the series against the field 11-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 4 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	4	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	21-19, 21-17	0:49
Lead the series against # 5 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-0
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	5	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 7 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 6	Schacht/Slack	7	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	21-16, 18-21, 21-19	1:18
Lead the series against # 8 Bosma/Ortiz, Spain 1-0
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Bosma/Ortiz	8	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 12, Q7 Amore/Fenili, Italy 3-2
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Satellite	Gold Medal	Amore/Fenili	3	Lione/Varnier	4	23-21, 21-13	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 16 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 5	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 1-0
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Baracetti/Depiaggio	19	21-16, 13-21, 17-15	1:00
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	21-23, 21-11, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q3	21-14, 19-21, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # Q19 Blauel/Huber, Austria 2-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 1	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Blauel/Huber	Q19	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	19	Blauel/Huber	14	21-18, 21-17	0:37