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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2006

(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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters		17th	120	€ 500.00
FIVB C&S	7/26-30/2006	Cyprus Challenger	6	9th	32	US$1,200.00
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	11	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q22	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters		17th	120	€ 500.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q16	57th	6	US$0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	9	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB C&S	5/25-28/2006	Czech Republic Challenger	2	5th	48	US$1,500.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		29th	30	€ 0.00
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	13	9th	80	€ 3,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/24/2006	Winner 1	Javier Luna / Francisco Rodriguez Herrera, Spain (20)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:56
Thu, 8/24/2006	Winner 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (4)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:39
Thu, 8/24/2006	Contender 1	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (14)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	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	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 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	5	4	55.6 %
2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	$5,900.00	7	9	43.8 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	$3,000.00	6	10	37.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	10	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	27	19	58.7 %
Total	CEV	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	2	$13,400.00	15	15	50.0 %

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
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
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,350.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$2,950.00	2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$2,950.00
62	1	1	4	1	7	9	8	2	29	$29,373.75	Total	Total	130	0	2	3	2	10	20	27	31	35	$99,182.50

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%
2005-2006	5	55.6%	4	44.4%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	12	92.3%	1-12	7.7%	5-12	29.4%	5-0	100.0%	0	1	10-13	43.5%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	2-16	11.1%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	4-8	33.3%

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 trail the series against the field 5-11 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Galli/Raffaelli	11	21-14, 22-20	0:43
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Galli/Raffaelli	9	21-17, 21-11	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Galli/Raffaelli	13	21-16, 21-15	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 8 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-2
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Galli/Raffaelli	11	Babich/Nikolaev	6	15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:59
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Galli/Raffaelli	9	21-14, 21-11	0:38
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 3	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Galli/Raffaelli	1	19-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:15
Trail the series against # 14 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-2
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Horrem/Pettersen	14	Galli/Raffaelli	13	21-17, 21-14	0:41
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Horrem/Pettersen	12	Galli/Raffaelli		21-16, 21-18	0:54
Series tied with # 15 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-1
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 3	Biza/Kubala	15	Galli/Raffaelli		23-21, 21-14	0:49
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 2	Galli/Raffaelli	2	Biza/Kubala	9	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 16 Boersma/Mast, Netherlands 0-2
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Winner 2	Boersma/Mast	3	Galli/Raffaelli	6	21-14, 21-11	0:37
5/17/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 2	Boersma/Mast		Galli/Raffaelli		21-10, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Luna/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Galli/Raffaelli	13	Luna/Rodriguez Herrera	20	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:56
Series tied with # 21 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 5	Benes/Benes	23	Galli/Raffaelli	2	21-14, 24-22	0:47
9/12/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Bronze Medal	Galli/Raffaelli		Benes/Benes		22-20, 21-16	0:58