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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Swiss Open
August 7 - 9, 2005

(6) 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:

121

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Alanya 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$191,637.45

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 (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Alanya 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$149,221.63

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 Lucerne 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
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

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 8/8/2005	Winner 1	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (11)	Won 25-23, 21-14	0:47
Mon, 8/8/2005	Winner 2	Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (14)	Lost 23-21, 20-22, 11-15	1:07
Mon, 8/8/2005	Contender 2	Sascha Heyer / David Wenger, Switzerland (16)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:42
Mon, 8/8/2005	Contender 3	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (12)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:42

Head to Head Results
Lione/Varnier lead the series against the field 9-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 3 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 4	Lione/Varnier	13	Canet/Hamel	3	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	1:00
Lead the series against # 4 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	13	Herrera/Mesa	4	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 7 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
Series tied with # 11 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-1
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	6	Babich/Nikolaev	11	25-23, 21-14	0:47
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q58	Lione/Varnier	Q26	14-21, 26-24, 21-19	0:58
Trail the series against # 12 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-1
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Horrem/Pettersen	12	Lione/Varnier	6	21-17, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 14 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	14	Lione/Varnier	6	21-23, 22-20, 15-11	1:07
Lead the series against # 16 Heyer/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Lione/Varnier	6	Heyer/Wenger	16	21-16, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-0
7/7/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Qualifier 3	Lione/Varnier	13	Benes/Benes		21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against Caravano/Conte, France 1-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 2	Lione/Varnier	13	Caravano/Conte	15	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
7/7/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Qualifier 2	Lione/Varnier	13	Indra/Wachter		25-23, 21-17	0:51
Lead the series against Pavlas/Svoboda, Czech Republic 1-0
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Satellite	Semi-Finals	Lione/Varnier	4	Pavlas/Svoboda	16	21-18, 21-14	0:31