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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Milan Challenger
August 31 - September 2, 2007

(Q10) Domenico Apicella/Andrea Raffaelli, Italy

Domenico Apicella
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 10, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Agropoli (SA)

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$375.00

Andrea Raffaelli
Italy

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 19, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Benedetto del Tronto

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$86,320.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	US$0.00

Previous Milan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Milan Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/31/2007	Qualifier 1	Tamas Farkas / Norman Koch, Hungary (Q23)	Won 21-10, 21-13	0:35
Fri, 8/31/2007	Qualifier 2	Esa Ikaheimonen / Jaakko Keskitalo, Finland (Q7)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:41
Fri, 8/31/2007	Qualifier 3	Kim Hellum / Jarle Huseby, Norway (11, Q2)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:44

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Domenico Apicella												Andrea Raffaelli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$10,100.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	0	3	8	17	29	0	$62,057.50
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	Challenger	13	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	0	$7,712.50
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$375.00	Satellite	5	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$375.00	Total	121	0	1	2	2	9	15	24	31	0	$86,320.00

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
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Domenico Apicella													Andrea Raffaelli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1992	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	2	$9,000.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$712.50
											1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	$10,100.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,600.00
											1998	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	4	$7,700.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00
											1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	$11,750.00
											2000	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	7	0	$18,500.00
											2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$6,500.00
											2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	$8,357.50
											2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,000.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
											2005	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	$375.00	2005	FIVB C&S	6	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$3,450.00
											2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	$375.00	Total	Total	117	0	1	2	2	9	15	24	31	33	$86,320.00

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	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-0	0	0	2-1	66.7%
2006-2007	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-0	0	0	2-1	66.7%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-0	0	0	2-1	66.7%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenger	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3

Head to Head Results
Apicella/Raffaelli lead the series against the field 2-1 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 11, Q2 Hellum/Huseby, Norway 0-1
8/31/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Qualifier 3	Hellum/Huseby	11, Q2	Apicella/Raffaelli	Q10	21-17, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # Q7 Ikaheimonen/Keskitalo, Finland 1-0
8/31/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Qualifier 2	Apicella/Raffaelli	Q10	Ikaheimonen/Keskitalo	Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # Q23 Farkas/Koch, Hungary 1-0
8/31/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Qualifier 1	Apicella/Raffaelli	Q10	Farkas/Koch	Q23	21-10, 21-13	0:35