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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Bahrain Open 2008
October 27 - November 1, 2008

(22, Q2) Riccardo Bizzotto/Gianluca Casadei, Italy

Riccardo Bizzotto
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1981 (43 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

Gianluca Casadei
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 13, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cesena

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Manama 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$17,300.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	US$6,400.00

Previous Manama Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Manama Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/28/2008	Qualifier 2	Shinya Inoue / Tarou Suzuki, Japan (Q15)	Won 21-11, 23-21	0:42
Wed, 10/29/2008	Winner 1	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (11)	Won 33-31, 21-13	1:03
Wed, 10/29/2008	Winner 2	Adrian Gavira / Raul Mesa, Spain (6)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:56
Thu, 10/30/2008	Contender 2	Andrey Belov / Vladimir Moroz, Russia (28, Q11)	Won By Forfeit
Thu, 10/30/2008	Contender 3	Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (14)	Lost 21-13, 19-21, 10-15	0:55

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	1	1	0	0	$6,400.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Riccardo Bizzotto												Gianluca Casadei
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$7,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$7,425.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	0	$15,350.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	$7,600.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	Satellite	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$825.00
24	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	4	0	$24,225.00	Total	39	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	7	0	$17,300.00

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
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,900.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,900.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Riccardo Bizzotto													Gianluca Casadei
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	$10,100.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$1,950.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
22	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	4	7	$22,975.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	8	$3,775.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-3	57.1%	0-1	0.0%	1	0	5-4	55.6%
2007-2008	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-3	57.1%	0-1	0.0%	1	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	1	0	3-4	42.9%

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4

Head to Head Results
Bizzotto/Casadei lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Gavira/Mesa, Spain 0-1
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Mesa	6	Bizzotto/Casadei	22, Q2	21-17, 21-18	0:56
Lead the series against # 11 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 1	Bizzotto/Casadei	22, Q2	Horrem/Maaseide	11	33-31, 21-13	1:03
Trail the series against # 14 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 3	Hernandez/Villafane	14	Bizzotto/Casadei	22, Q2	13-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 28, Q11 Belov/Moroz, Russia 1-0
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 2	Bizzotto/Casadei	22, Q2	Belov/Moroz	28, Q11	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q15 Inoue/Suzuki, Japan 1-0
10/28/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Qualifier 2	Bizzotto/Casadei	22, Q2	Inoue/Suzuki	Q15	21-11, 23-21	0:42