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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Adelaide Australia Open
March 25 - 30, 2008

(23) 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 Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	23	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	21	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	19	13th	150	US$3,800.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	27	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	30	33rd	50	US$4,800.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	14	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	21	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	11	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	22	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	24	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	15	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	7	13th	180	US$4,500.00

Adelaide Australia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/27/2008	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (10)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:53
Thu, 3/27/2008	Winner 2	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (7)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:42
Fri, 3/28/2008	Contender 2	Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (25, Q3)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:41

Head to Head Results
Lione/Varnier trail the series against the field 17-32 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-3
9/1/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	2	Lione/Varnier	23	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:57
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Lione/Varnier	27	21-17, 21-14	0:40
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool S	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Lione/Varnier	30	21-15, 21-15	0:44
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 # 5 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Lione/Varnier	15	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-2
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	18	Lione/Varnier	15	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:07
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool E	Lione/Varnier	12	Schacht/Slack	5	16-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:57
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 6	Schacht/Slack	7	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	21-16, 18-21, 21-19	1:18
Trail the series against # 7 Wu/Xu, China 2-4
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	7	Lione/Varnier	23	21-18, 21-16	0:42
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Wu/Xu	12	Lione/Varnier	21	23-21, 21-17	0:44
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	3	Lione/Varnier	11	21-17, 21-15	0:44
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Wu/Xu	11	Lione/Varnier	22	21-16, 22-20	0:43
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Lione/Varnier	24	Wu/Xu	8	21-16, 21-16	0:42
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	12	Wu/Xu	21, Q9	21-19, 21-18	0:50
Trail the series against # 10 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 1-5
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	23	Cunha/Neto	10	21-18, 24-22	0:53
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	3	Lione/Varnier	24	21-18, 21-15	0:43
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	4	Lione/Varnier	12	21-11, 21-17	0:47
6/18/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Bronze Medal	Cunha/Neto	3	Lione/Varnier	7	21-19, 21-15	0:44
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Neto	3	Lione/Varnier	7	21-19, 21-15	0:51
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 11 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-2
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	Lione/Varnier	19	14-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:53
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 # 12 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-3
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Lione/Varnier	27	21-16, 21-12	0:33
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Heuscher/Heyer	5	Lione/Varnier	21	21-13, 21-16	0:38
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Lione/Varnier	15	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Series tied with # 13 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	10	Lione/Varnier	23	21-16, 21-17	0:52
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Lione/Varnier	24	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	21-18, 33-31	0:59
Trail the series against # 15 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	Lione/Varnier	21	23-21, 21-18	1:01
Trail the series against # 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-3
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	Lione/Varnier	19	21-14, 15-21, 15-12	0:53
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	Lione/Varnier	15	21-16, 21-17	0:43
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	Lione/Varnier	7	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Li/Zhou, China 2-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	21	Li/Zhou	12	21-19, 23-21	0:51
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Lione/Varnier	27	Li/Zhou	22	16-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 22 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-2
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	18	Lione/Varnier	27	21-14, 16-21, 15-12	0:58
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
Series tied with # 24, Q5 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-1
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	27	Lione/Varnier	21	32-30, 24-22	1:11
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	21-23, 21-11, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q3	Lione/Varnier	23	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 26, Q13 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 2-0
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Lione/Varnier	23	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	9, Q12	20-22, 22-20, 15-10	0:54
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Lione/Varnier	7	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	8	21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 29, 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 # Q4 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 3-1
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Lione/Varnier	23	Deulofeu/Salvetti	22	21-18, 21-13	0:36
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Lione/Varnier	21	Deulofeu/Salvetti	28	22-20, 16-21, 15-8	0:53
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Deulofeu/Salvetti	9	Lione/Varnier	24	22-20, 21-17	0:48
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	8	Deulofeu/Salvetti	28, Q15	21-15, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # Q10 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Lione/Varnier	11	Hoyer/Soderberg	27, Q6	21-19, 21-16	0:37