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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2005

(8) 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:

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 (46 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

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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 1998	Andrea Ghiurghi - 17th	Did not play
FIVB 1999	Matteo De Cecco - 37th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	6	7th	50	€ 2,475.00
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

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/26/2005	Winner 2	Ruslan Daianov / Stanislav Eremin, Russia (9)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:37
Sat, 8/27/2005	Winner 3	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (1)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:45
Sat, 8/27/2005	Contender 3	Fabio Galli / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (13)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 8/27/2005	Contender 4	John Garcia-Thompson / Javier Luna, Spain (24)	Lost 21-15, 33-35, 13-15	1:16

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$169,145.00	Total	57	0	3	0	2	7	17	16	3	0	$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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	5	5	50.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00	9	2	81.8 %
2005	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$12,325.00	11	6	64.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00	9	2	81.8 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$12,325.00	11	6	64.7 %

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
											1999	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
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
											2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
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
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,162.50	2005	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	$6,162.50
73	0	2	2	0	4	11	18	16	20	$67,995.00	Total	Total	15	0	2	1	0	3	2	0	0	7	$9,462.50

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	13	54.2%	7	29.2%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	9	60.0%	2-13	13.3%	13-9	59.1%	9-8	52.9%	1	0	23-17	57.5%
2004-2005	5	41.7%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	5-3	62.5%	5-3	62.5%	1	0	11-6	64.7%
Against the Field	6	50.0%	4	33.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	12-8	60.0%	10-6	62.5%	1	0	12-7	63.2%

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
Lione/Varnier lead the series against the field 9-4 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Lione/Varnier	8	21-16, 21-16	0:45
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 # 4 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 # 5 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 # 9 Daianov/Eremin, Russia 1-0
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Lione/Varnier	8	Daianov/Eremin	9	21-13, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 3	Lione/Varnier	8	Galli/Raffaelli	13	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 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 # 18 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
Series tied with # 22 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
Series tied with # 24 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 1-1
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 4	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	24	Lione/Varnier	8	15-21, 35-33, 15-13	1:16
7/10/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Bronze Medal	Lione/Varnier	13	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	10	21-13, 21-15	0:40