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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Mallorca Open
September 2 - 7, 2008

(Q18) 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 FIVB WT Best:

33rd (4 times)

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 FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

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 Mallorca Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Maurizio Pimponi - 36th
2003	Did not play	Maurizio Pimponi - 33rd

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Mallorca Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/3/2008	Qualifier 1	Marco Folmli / Alexei Strasser, Switzerland (Q15)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:41
Wed, 9/3/2008	Qualifier 2	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (6, Q2)	Lost 16-21, 11-21	0:42

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 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	12	$375.00	Total	Total	119	0	1	2	2	9	15	24	31	35	$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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2007-2008	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	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	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
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6, Q2 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
9/3/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Qualifier 2	Maciel/Schmidt	6, Q2	Apicella/Raffaelli	Q18	21-16, 21-11	0:42
Lead the series against # Q15 Folmli/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
9/3/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Qualifier 1	Apicella/Raffaelli	Q18	Folmli/Strasser	Q15	21-13, 21-19	0:41