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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea German Masters
May 31 - June 3, 2006

(1) 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 (44 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 Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	7	17th	120	US$3,000.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	6	2nd	540	€ 8,150.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	5	9th	140	US$5,250.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	7, Q14	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	Q12	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	29, Q14	5th	240	US$10,000.00
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	8	7th	100	€ 4,000.00
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

German Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/2/2006	Winner 1	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (16)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:43
Fri, 6/2/2006	Winner 2	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (8)	Lost 13-21, 21-15, 12-15	1:04
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 2	Josef Benes / Petr Benes, Czech Republic (3)	Lost 18-21, 22-24	0:42

Head to Head Results
Lione/Varnier lead the series against the field 8-3 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-0
5/20/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Semi-Finals	Lione/Varnier	6	Brink/Dieckmann	4	21-18, 21-16	0:49
Lead the series against # 3 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 2-1
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Benes/Benes	3	Lione/Varnier	1	21-18, 24-22	0:42
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	6	Benes/Benes	11	21-12, 27-25	0:43
7/7/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Qualifier 3	Lione/Varnier	13	Benes/Benes		21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 8 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-2
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Lione/Varnier	1	21-13, 15-21, 15-12	1:04
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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 12 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 # 16 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	1	Hoyer/Soderberg	16	21-19, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against Krug/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Lione/Varnier	19	Krug/Urbatzka	3	25-23, 21-15	0:39