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European Championship Tour
€ 87,000 Spanish Open
September 9 - 12, 2004

Fabio Galli/Andrea Raffaelli, Italy

Fabio Galli
Italy

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1969 (54 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 CEV Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$37,287.81

Andrea Raffaelli
Italy

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 19, 1969 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Benedetto del Tronto

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

140

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Neusiedler See 1999)

Career Winnings:

US$105,575.71

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	27	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	US$16,725.24
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	US$12,500.00
Overall	30	0	0	3	1	2	2	6	0	5	1	0	1	1	1	6	1	US$32,225.24

Previous Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/27-29/2004	France Satellite	6	3rd	16	US$1,200.00
FIVB C&S	8/21-22/2004	Corsica Satellite	5	3rd	16	US$1,200.00

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/9/2004		Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal	Won 21-14, 11-21, 15-11	0:56
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool C	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain	Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool C	Espen Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:48
Sat, 9/11/2004	Pool C	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:43
Sat, 9/11/2004	Winner 1	Javier Bosma / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-11	1:08
Sat, 9/11/2004	Semi-Finals	Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:43
Sun, 9/12/2004	Bronze Medal	Josef Benes / Petr Benes, Czech Republic	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:58

Head to Head Results
Galli/Raffaelli lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Semi-Finals	Ahmann/Hager		Galli/Raffaelli		21-18, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool C	Galli/Raffaelli		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-19, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-0
9/12/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Bronze Medal	Galli/Raffaelli		Benes/Benes		22-20, 21-16	0:58
Lead the series against Bosma/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Galli/Raffaelli		Bosma/Garcia-Thompson		21-18, 19-21, 15-11	1:08
Trail the series against Capitaine/Marion, France 0-1
8/28/04	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 2	Capitaine/Marion	14	Galli/Raffaelli	6	16-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:48
Trail the series against Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
8/21/04	FIVB C&S	Corsica Satellite	Winner 3	Ces/Dugrip	1	Galli/Raffaelli	5	18-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:12
Trail the series against Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 0-1
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool C	Goranson/Hoidalen		Galli/Raffaelli		21-18, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool C	Galli/Raffaelli		Herrera/Mesa		21-13, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
9/9/04	CEV	Spanish Open		Galli/Raffaelli		Pedrosa/Rosas		21-14, 11-21, 15-11	0:56