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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Volkswagen Open de Portugal
June 14 - 18, 2006

(Q10) Joseph Gil/Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico

Joseph A. "Pelito" Gil Rivera
Puerto Rico

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 15, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hato Rey

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,000.00

Raul Papaleo Pérez
Puerto Rico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 11, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan, PR

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$47,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	US$0.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Willie De Jesus - 37th	Did not play
2003	Did not play	Ramon Hernandez - 33rd
2004	Did not play	Ramon Hernandez - 17th
2005	Did not play	Ramon Hernandez - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q13	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/14/2006	Qualifier 2	Simon Nausch / Mario Steinoker, Austria (Q23)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:34
Wed, 6/14/2006	Qualifier 3	Fosco Cicola / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (25, Q7)	Lost 21-16, 15-11 Retired	0:30

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joseph Gil												Raul Papaleo
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$9,875.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$1,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	7	0	$30,250.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$3,000.00	Total	44	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	10	0	$47,000.00

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	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joseph Gil													Raul Papaleo
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	1	0	$250.00	1995	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1997	FIVB
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$2,250.00	2001	FIVB
											2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	$11,500.00
											2004	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1	2	$21,375.00
											2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	6	$12,375.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13	$3,000.00	Total	Total	44	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	10	16	$47,000.00

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	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	1	3-4	42.9%
2005-2006	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	1	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-0		0	1	1-3	25.0%

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	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Total	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4

Head to Head Results
Gil/Papaleo trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 18 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 0-1
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q6	Gil/Papaleo	Q11	21-9, 21-10	0:31
Trail the series against # 25, Q7 Cicola/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Cicola/Tomatis	25, Q7	Gil/Papaleo	Q10	21-16, 15-11 Retired	0:30
Lead the series against # Q23 Nausch/Steinoker, Austria 1-0
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Gil/Papaleo	Q10	Nausch/Steinoker	Q23	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # Q31 Thomas/Wardrop, Australia 0-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Thomas/Wardrop	Q52	Gil/Papaleo	Q13	21-19, 21-18	0:40