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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Swiss Masters
May 22 - 25, 2008

(Q7) Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Francesco Giontella
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 9, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

21st (Lucerne 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$7,550.00

Paolo Nicolai
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ortona

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

177

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$788,117.89

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012
Best Offensive Player 2014
Best Blocker 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	US$15,100.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	US$15,100.00

Previous Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	32	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/5-9/2007	Under 21 World Championships	6	1st	0	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	8/30-9/2/2007	CEV U20 European Championships		3rd	80	€ 0.00

Swiss Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/22/2008	Qualifier 2	Michal Litva / Peter Varga, Slovakia (15, Q10)	Lost 17-21, 21-15, 13-15	1:00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$10,000.00
U21 World Championships	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$15,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francesco Giontella												Paolo Nicolai
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	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$41,500.00
											World Tour Finals	8	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	$99,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	0	$423,700.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	0	$134,337.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Confederation Championship	14	3	0	1	3	1	4	1	1	0	$52,875.00
9	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$7,550.00	Total	168	9	13	14	9	32	47	30	10	0	$757,912.50

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
2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	1	88.9 %
2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,800.00	0	2	0.0 %
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,800.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	14	2	87.5 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francesco Giontella													Paolo Nicolai
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$900.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$900.00
6	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	$900.00	Total	Total	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	$1,800.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%
2007-2008	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%

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	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	13	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
Total	0	0	4	0	9	3	0	0	7	5	3	0	0	0	2	1	27	13

Head to Head Results
Giontella/Nicolai trail the series against the field 0-1 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 15, Q10 Litva/Varga, Slovakia 0-1
5/22/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Litva/Varga	15, Q10	Giontella/Nicolai	Q7	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	1:00