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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Spanish Masters
July 20 - 23, 2006

(4) Riccardo Lione/Andrea Tomatis, 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

Andrea Tomatis
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 9, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Milan

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Chennai 2008)

Career CEV Best:

4th (Valencia 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$114,527.93

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,367.75
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$2,000.00
Overall	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$7,367.75

Previous Valencia Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Sandro Cordovana - 17th
2005	Matteo Varnier - 3rd	Giuseppe Bua - 19th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 1	Teis Corneliussen / Martin Simonsen, Denmark (13)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:42
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 2	Kjell Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (12)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:42
Sat, 7/22/2006	Winner 3	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (1)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:37
Sat, 7/22/2006	Contender 4	Javier Luna / Francisco Rodriguez Herrera, Spain (5)	Won 21-13, 18-21, 15-8	1:02
Sat, 7/22/2006	Semi-Finals	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (3)	Lost 12-21, 21-16, 10-15	0:48
Sun, 7/23/2006	Bronze Medal	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (1)	Lost 21-19, 7-21, 8-15	1:02

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Riccardo Lione												Andrea Tomatis
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
18	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	4	0	$43,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	39	0	0	0	1	3	2	7	6	0	$66,625.00
84	0	0	0	2	5	20	22	15	0	$113,570.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	8	0	$27,550.00
3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00	Challenger	6	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$6,400.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Satellite	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$1,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00
112	0	2	1	2	7	25	34	19	0	$169,145.00	Total	88	0	1	1	2	7	9	14	14	0	$105,925.00

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
2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,250.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,250.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Riccardo Lione													Andrea Tomatis
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$337.50	1999	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	$6,375.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	$8,320.00	2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
											2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$150.00
											2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
											2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$250.00
9	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6	$13,625.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	$1,250.00
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,162.50	2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	$24,400.00	2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	$9,450.00
3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$7,175.00	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$2,375.00
86	0	3	2	3	6	16	19	16	21	$113,195.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	0	1	3	3	6	2	14	$15,525.00

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	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
2005-2006	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
7/23/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Bronze Medal	Egger/Laciga	1	Lione/Tomatis	4	19-21, 21-7, 15-8	1:02
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Lione/Tomatis	4	21-13, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Lione/Tomatis	4	21-12, 16-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 5 Luna/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 4	Lione/Tomatis	4	Luna/Rodriguez Herrera	5	21-13, 18-21, 15-8	1:02
Lead the series against # 12 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Lione/Tomatis	4	Goranson/Hoidalen	12	21-19, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 13 Corneliussen/Simonsen, Denmark 1-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Lione/Tomatis	4	Corneliussen/Simonsen	13	21-14, 21-18	0:42