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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 19 World Championships
September 6 - 10, 2006

(24, Q5) 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 Bermuda Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Under 19 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/6/2006	Qualifier 1	Christopher McHugh / Harrison Peacock, Australia (Q4)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:36
Wed, 9/6/2006	Qualifier 2	Florian Malescha / Ferdinand Tille, Germany (Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-23, 15-11	1:08
Thu, 9/7/2006	Pool A	Ian Bucci / Matthew Sinclair, Bermuda (1)	Won 21-2, 21-4	0:23
Fri, 9/8/2006	Pool A	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (12)	Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:42
Fri, 9/8/2006	Pool A	Brice Thesee / Renaud Ventresque, France (13)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:33
Fri, 9/8/2006	Winner 1	Alexander Brouwer / Pelle Klein, Netherlands (11)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:40
Sat, 9/9/2006	Winner 2	Icaro Gregorio / Watson Trovati Matos, Brazil (21, Q2)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:58
Sat, 9/9/2006	Semi-Finals	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (12)	Won 21-14, 21-10	0:34
Sat, 9/9/2006	Gold Medal	Jonathan Erdmann / Marvin Klass, Germany (2)	Lost 18-21, 21-17, 12-15	0:54

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 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	1	88.9 %

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
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00

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%
2005-2006	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	5-0	100.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	8-1	88.9%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	14-0	100.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	10-1	90.9%

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 8-1 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Bucci/Sinclair, Bermuda 1-0
9/7/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool A	Giontella/Nicolai	24, Q5	Bucci/Sinclair	1	21-2, 21-4	0:23
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 11 Brouwer/Klein, Netherlands 1-0
9/8/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 1	Giontella/Nicolai	24, Q5	Brouwer/Klein	11	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 12 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-0
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 # 13 Thesee/Ventresque, France 1-0
9/8/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool A	Giontella/Nicolai	24, Q5	Thesee/Ventresque	13	21-10, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Gregorio/Trovati Matos, Brazil 1-0
9/9/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 2	Giontella/Nicolai	24, Q5	Gregorio/Trovati Matos	21, Q2	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q1 Malescha/Tille, Germany 1-0
9/6/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Qualifier 2	Giontella/Nicolai	24, Q5	Malescha/Tille	Q1	21-16, 21-23, 15-11	1:08
Lead the series against # Q4 McHugh/Peacock, Australia 1-0
9/6/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Qualifier 1	Giontella/Nicolai	24, Q5	McHugh/Peacock	Q4	21-12, 21-12	0:36