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US$200,000 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo
May 23 - 27, 2007

(7) 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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Matteo Varnier - 9th	Riccardo Lione - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	8	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	12	5th	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	12	9th	320	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	7	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	9	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	7	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/24/2007	Winner 1	Francisco Alvarez / Leonel Munder, Cuba (26)	Won 21-18, 32-30	0:59
Thu, 5/24/2007	Winner 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (10)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:33
Fri, 5/25/2007	Contender 2	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (8)	Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:58
Fri, 5/25/2007	Contender 3	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (18, Q2)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:40

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	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	$27,250.00	24	12	66.7 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00	9	2	81.8 %
2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	$53,550.00	16	16	50.0 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	1	2	0	6	$85,300.00	42	30	58.3 %
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
9	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6	$13,625.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6	$13,625.00
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
9	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	$31,275.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	$33,775.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
83	0	2	1	2	4	16	21	16	21	$108,645.00	Total	Total	24	0	3	0	2	3	7	2	0	7	$54,650.00

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%
2006-2007	23	62.2%	7	18.9%	7	18.9%	30-7	81.1%	5	11.6%	4	9.3%	34	79.1%	5-38	11.6%	23-34	40.4%	12-11	52.2%	0	0	35-45	43.8%
Against the Field	12	44.4%	9	33.3%	6	22.2%	21-6	77.8%	5	13.5%	5	13.5%	27	73.0%	5-32	13.5%	24-50	32.4%	28-22	56.0%	0	2	26-38	40.6%

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 trail the series against the field 12-13 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-3
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Lione/Varnier	7	21-11, 33-31	0:51
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Lione/Varnier	9	21-15, 21-14	0:43
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Lione/Varnier	12	21-17, 21-12	0:38
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Lione/Varnier	7	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	1:14
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	Lione/Varnier	Q48	21-17, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Lione/Varnier	7	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	8	21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Lione/Varnier	7	21-16, 21-16	0:33
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Lione/Varnier	8	Kjemperud/Skarlund	24	21-18, 21-18	0:42
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Lione/Varnier	7	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	23-21, 19-21, 15-11	1:03
Series tied with # 11 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-1
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	12	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	21-16, 21-12	0:38
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool E	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	Lione/Varnier	12	21-17, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 13 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Doppler/Gartmayer	9	Lione/Varnier	8	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 15 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-2
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	10	Lione/Varnier	12	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:54
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	8	Lione/Varnier	7	22-20, 21-19	0:39
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 6	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	Kais/Vesik	14	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:00
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	Lione/Varnier	7	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Series tied with # 21 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-1
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Pedrosa/Rosas	24, Q4	Lione/Varnier	8	31-29, 21-15	0:59
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Lione/Varnier	7	Pedrosa/Rosas	10	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 26 Alvarez/Munder, Cuba 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	7	Alvarez/Munder	26	21-18, 32-30	0:59
Trail the series against # 32, Q14 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q58	Lione/Varnier	Q26	14-21, 26-24, 21-19	0:58
Lead the series against Marini/Monopoli, Italy 1-0
7/23/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Satellite	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	4	Marini/Monopoli	13, Q6	24-26, 21-14, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # Q28 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