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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2006

(12) Deborah Giaoui/Mathilde Giordano, France

Deborah Giaoui
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paris

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (The Hague 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$38,752.91

Mathilde Giordano
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nice

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Porticcio 2004)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Hamburg 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$39,191.12

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	US$6,739.42
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,074.14
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	US$4,000.00
Overall	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	US$11,813.56

Previous The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters	15	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q28	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	14	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	32	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters		17th	120	€ 500.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		29th	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	Q25	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	31, Q7	25th	40	US$2,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/25/2006	Winner 1	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (21)	Lost 14-21, 11-21	0:37
Fri, 8/25/2006	Contender 1	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (22)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:35

Head to Head Results
Giaoui/Giordano trail the series against the field 4-9 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Giaoui/Giordano	15	21-14, 24-22	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	3	Giaoui/Giordano	14	21-19, 27-25	0:50
Trail the series against # 6 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 1	Keizer/Leenstra	7	Giaoui/Giordano	15	21-17, 19-21, 15-7	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Giaoui/Giordano	32	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	24, Q9	Giaoui/Giordano	Q25	21-19, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Matveeva/Zunzunegui, Spain 1-0
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Giaoui/Giordano	Q25	Matveeva/Zunzunegui	Q40	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 14 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool B	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	Giaoui/Giordano	31, Q7	21-16, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 3-0
8/5/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Giaoui/Giordano	15	Jursone/Minusa		21-19, 21-19	0:44
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Giaoui/Giordano	14	Jursone/Minusa	11	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Giaoui/Giordano	14	Jursone/Minusa	11	26-24, 18-21, 16-14	1:04
Trail the series against # 21 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	21	Giaoui/Giordano	12	21-14, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # 22 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-2
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	Giaoui/Giordano	12	21-16, 21-19	0:35
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	8	Giaoui/Giordano	14	21-19, 21-17	0:49