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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Orco Challenger
May 25 - 28, 2006

(2) Fabio Galli/Andrea Raffaelli, Italy

Fabio Galli
Italy

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cremona

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$22,355.00

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 Winnings:

US$86,320.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	1	US$3,000.00
FIVB C&S	11	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$12,500.00
Overall	20	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	0	2	0	1	6	1	US$15,500.00

Previous Brno Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	3	5th	20	US$1,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	1	7th	30	US$1,200.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	Q23	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/22-24/2005	Italy Satellite	1	7th	10	US$500.00
FIVB C&S	7/15-17/2005	Italy Challenger	2	9th	24	US$950.00
FIVB C&S	7/7-10/2005	Italy Challenger	4	4th	42	US$2,300.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	3	9th	24	US$950.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q18	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q13	33rd	20	US$0.00

Czech Republic Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/26/2006	Winner 2	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (15, Q4)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:47
Fri, 5/26/2006	Contender 1	Radoslav Dvorsky / Michal Litva, Slovakia (16, Q7)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:29
Sat, 5/27/2006	Contender 2	Michal Biza / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (9)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:43
Sat, 5/27/2006	Contender 3	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (13)	Won 21-17, 22-24, 15-10	1:02
Sat, 5/27/2006	Contender 4	Thanassis Michalopoulos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (1)	Won 24-22, 16-21, 15-8	1:01
Sat, 5/27/2006	Contender 5	Josef Benes / Petr Benes, Czech Republic (23)	Lost 14-21, 22-24	0:47

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
Challenger	7	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	$8,600.00
Satellite	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00
Total	20	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	0	2	0	0	$15,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Fabio Galli												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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$10,100.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$7,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	0	3	8	17	29	0	$62,057.50
12	1	0	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	$9,300.00	Challenger	13	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	0	$7,712.50
6	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,555.00	Satellite	5	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
62	1	1	2	1	8	6	4	2	0	$22,355.00	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
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2004	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	9	2	81.8 %
2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	3	6	33.3 %
2005	FIVB C&S	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	$6,900.00	13	13	50.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$3,000.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	9	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	$10,800.00	26	17	60.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Fabio Galli													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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	$10,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	1997	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,600.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	4	$7,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	$11,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2000	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	7	0	$18,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$6,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	$8,357.50
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,500.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,000.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	2003	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,655.00	2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2005	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,500.00
7	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$4,200.00	2005	FIVB C&S	6	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$3,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
46	1	1	2	1	7	5	2	2	25	$19,505.00	Total	Total	111	0	1	2	2	9	14	22	31	30	$85,470.00

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	15	62.5%	5	20.8%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	7	29.2%	4	16.7%	13	54.2%	7-17	29.2%	15-13	53.6%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	27-21	56.3%
2005-2006	9	56.3%	5	31.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	4	19.0%	4	19.0%	13	61.9%	4-17	19.0%	9-13	40.9%	9-6	60.0%	0	0	18-19	48.6%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	4	50.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	8-6	57.1%	12-0	100.0%	0	0	10-3	76.9%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	14	15
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	6
Total	1	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	11	12	0	1	2	1	0	0	33	31

Head to Head Results
Galli/Raffaelli lead the series against the field 9-3 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 4	Galli/Raffaelli	2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	24-22, 16-21, 15-8	1:01
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q18	Galli/Raffaelli	Q15	21-15, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 7 Ivkovic/Krizanovic, Croatia 1-0
7/9/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Galli/Raffaelli	4	Ivkovic/Krizanovic	5	22-20, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 2	Galli/Raffaelli	2	Biza/Kubala	9	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 11 Domingo/Goss, Canada 2-0
8/28/04	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Contender 3	Galli/Raffaelli	6	Domingo/Goss	13, Q5	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:06
8/21/04	FIVB C&S	Corsica Satellite	Contender 4	Galli/Raffaelli	5	Domingo/Goss	13	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 3	Galli/Raffaelli	2	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	13	21-17, 22-24, 15-10	1:02
Trail the series against # 15, Q4 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	Galli/Raffaelli	2	21-18, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 16, Q7 Dvorsky/Litva, Slovakia 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 1	Galli/Raffaelli	2	Dvorsky/Litva	16, Q7	21-15, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 20, Q11 Bakumovski/Dollinger, Germany 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 1	Galli/Raffaelli	1	Bakumovski/Dollinger	32, Q13	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 23 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 0-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 5	Benes/Benes	23	Galli/Raffaelli	2	21-14, 24-22	0:47
Lead the series against # Q1 Caravano/Damez, France 1-0
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Galli/Raffaelli	2	Caravano/Damez	18, Q7	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	1:13