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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009
August 25 - 30, 2009

(Q26) 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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	Q18	33rd	30	US$0.00

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/26/2009	Qualifier 2	Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (24, Q7)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:41

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 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	14	$375.00	Total	Total	121	0	1	2	2	9	15	24	31	37	$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%
2008-2009	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%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%

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
Apicella/Raffaelli trail the series against the field 0-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q7 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	Apicella/Raffaelli	Q26	21-19, 21-16	0:41