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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA
July 29 - August 3, 2008

(Q4) Riccardo Bizzotto/Fosco Cicola, Italy

Riccardo Bizzotto
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Marostica (VI)

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Brno 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Klagenfurt 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$24,225.00

Fosco Cicola
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$18,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	US$5,500.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Simone Bendandi - 37th
2001	Did not play	Andrea Raffaelli - 33rd
2005	Did not play	Simone Bendandi - 33rd
2006	Did not play	Andrea Tomatis - 41st
2007	Eugenio Amore - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	28	25th	80	US$3,500.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/30/2008	Qualifier 2	Francesco Giontella / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (32, Q20)	Lost 17-21, 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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$5,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Riccardo Bizzotto												Fosco Cicola
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$7,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,200.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	0	$15,350.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	$8,500.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	Challenger	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$2,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	Satellite	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,400.00
24	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	4	0	$24,225.00	Total	52	0	1	0	0	5	1	4	8	0	$18,550.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	0	4	0.0 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$3,500.00	0	4	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$5,500.00	0	8	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Riccardo Bizzotto													Fosco Cicola
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,500.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
											2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2005	FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
											2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	$6,950.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	4	$11,500.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2007	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	$8,150.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,750.00
21	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	4	7	$21,025.00	Total	Total	40	0	1	0	0	5	1	4	7	22	$17,550.00

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	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	100.0%	0-8	0.0%	1-8	11.1%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-9	10.0%
2007-2008	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	0-7	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-8	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-4	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Total	1	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9

Head to Head Results
Bizzotto/Cicola trail the series against the field 0-4 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Bizzotto/Cicola	28	18-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 12 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Bizzotto/Cicola	30	21-13, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 13 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Plavins/Samoilovs	12	Bizzotto/Cicola	28	21-10, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 32, Q20 Giontella/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Giontella/Nicolai	32, Q20	Bizzotto/Cicola	Q4	21-17, 21-16	0:41