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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Junior (U21) World Championships
September 3 - 7, 2008

(2) 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 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:

154

Career Wins:

Career FIVB Age Group WC Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$705,037.50

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	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	US$15,100.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	US$15,100.00

Previous Brighton Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	23	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	32, Q20	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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

Under 21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/4/2008	Pool H	Jeremy Groenveld / Tom Podstawka, Canada (23, Q12)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:36
Fri, 9/5/2008	Pool H	Hermans Egleskalns / Toms Vanags, Latvia (14)	Won 22-20, 21-10	0:34
Fri, 9/5/2008	Pool H	Constantin Quadt / Roman Sutter, Switzerland (11)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:39
Sat, 9/6/2008	Winner 1	Matej Hukel / Miroslav Krajcik, Slovakia (20)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:51
Sat, 9/6/2008	Winner 2	Filip Habr / Milan Monik, Czech Republic (13)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:41
Sun, 9/7/2008	Semi-Finals	Matthias Penk / Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany (24, Q1)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:44
Sun, 9/7/2008	Gold Medal	Alexander Brouwer / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (5)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:39

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
9	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$7,550.00	Total	154	6	13	13	6	31	43	29	9	0	$705,037.50

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$9,400.00	4	7	36.4 %
2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$9,400.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	21	2	91.3 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$4,700.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$4,700.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$4,700.00	Total	Total	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$4,700.00

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	17	89.5%	1	5.3%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	17-0	100.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	21-2	91.3%
2007-2008	12	92.3%	0	0.0%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	12-0	100.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	13-1	92.9%
Against the Field	10	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	20-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	11-1	91.7%

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 lead the series against the field 11-1 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Erdmann/Klass, Germany 0-1
9/9/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Gold Medal	Erdmann/Klass	2	Giontella/Nicolai	24, Q5	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 5 Brouwer/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
9/7/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Gold Medal	Giontella/Nicolai	2	Brouwer/Varenhorst	5	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Quadt/Sutter, Switzerland 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool H	Giontella/Nicolai	2	Quadt/Sutter	11	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Habr/Monik, Czech Republic 2-0
9/6/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Giontella/Nicolai	2	Habr/Monik	13	21-14, 21-14	0:41
9/8/07	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Giontella/Nicolai	6	Habr/Monik	17	21-8, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # 14 Egleskalns/Vanags, Latvia 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool H	Giontella/Nicolai	2	Egleskalns/Vanags	14	22-20, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Hukel/Krajcik, Slovakia 1-0
9/6/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Giontella/Nicolai	2	Hukel/Krajcik	20	21-17, 23-21	0:51
Lead the series against # 21, Q3 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 3-0
9/8/07	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Giontella/Nicolai	6	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	1	21-13, 21-16	0:39
9/9/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Giontella/Nicolai	24, Q5	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	12	21-14, 21-10	0:34
9/8/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool A	Giontella/Nicolai	24, Q5	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	12	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 23, Q12 Groenveld/Podstawka, Canada 1-0
9/4/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool H	Giontella/Nicolai	2	Groenveld/Podstawka	23, Q12	21-13, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 Penk/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
9/7/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Giontella/Nicolai	2	Penk/Walkenhorst	24, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:44