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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2005

(13) 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 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 (55 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 1999	Did not play	Maurizio Pimponi - 33rd

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
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open		19th	16	€ 0.00
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
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q15	41st	12	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open		27th	12	€ 0.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	25, Q5	17th	72	US$3,000.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		3rd	70	€ 4,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/27-29/2004	France Satellite	6	3rd	16	US$1,200.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/26/2005	Winner 1	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia (20)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:35
Fri, 8/26/2005	Contender 1	Adrian Caravano / Olivier Conte, France (14)	Won 25-23, 19-21, 15-12	1:07
Sat, 8/27/2005	Contender 2	Michal Biza / Igor Stejskal, Czech Republic (12)	Won 21-13, 16-21, 18-16	1:13
Sat, 8/27/2005	Contender 3	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (8)	Lost By Forfeit

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
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	22	0	0	2	1	2	2	4	0	3	0	0	$19,500.00

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,500.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$6,950.00
65	1	1	2	1	8	7	6	2	0	$24,855.00	Total	127	0	1	2	2	10	18	26	31	0	$93,270.00

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 %
2004	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	5	2	71.4 %
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 %
2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$3,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
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	8	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	$9,300.00	22	15	59.5 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$7,500.00	8	6	57.1 %

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	1	0	0	$168.75	1999	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,962.50
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,025.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$675.00
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
											2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00
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
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
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
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,625.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
6	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$3,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S	6	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$3,450.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,500.00
50	1	1	4	1	5	6	5	2	25	$24,323.75	Total	Total	119	0	2	3	2	9	17	23	31	32	$93,382.50

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	7	50.0%	7	50.0%	0	0.0%	14-0	100.0%	1	6.7%	0	0.0%	14	93.3%	1-14	6.7%	7-14	33.3%	8-0	100.0%	0	1	15-15	50.0%
2004-2005	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	2-5	28.6%	6-0	100.0%	0	1	8-6	57.1%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-6	40.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	1	6-4	60.0%

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	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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Total	1	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	12	14	0	1	2	1	0	0	36	35

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
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 7 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool C	Galli/Raffaelli		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-19, 21-14	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 3	Lione/Varnier	8	Galli/Raffaelli	13	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 10 Kalinine/Karpukhin, Russia 0-1
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Contender 5	Kalinine/Karpukhin	13	Galli/Raffaelli	1	21-19, 17-21, 23-21	1:17
Lead the series against # 12 Biza/Stejskal, Czech Republic 1-0
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 2	Galli/Raffaelli	13	Biza/Stejskal	12	21-13, 16-21, 18-16	1:13
Lead the series against # 14 Caravano/Conte, France 1-0
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Galli/Raffaelli	13	Caravano/Conte	14	25-23, 19-21, 15-12	1:07
Lead the series against # 18 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-0
9/12/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Bronze Medal	Galli/Raffaelli		Benes/Benes		22-20, 21-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 20 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 0-1
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Grinbergs/Stals	20	Galli/Raffaelli	13	21-13, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 22 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 3	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Galli/Raffaelli	1	19-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:15