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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 21 World Championships
September 5 - 9, 2007

(6) Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Francesco Giontella
Italy

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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 Modena Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	9/6-10/2006	Under 19 World Championships	24, Q5	2nd	0	US$0.00

Under 21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/6/2007	Pool F	Antonio De Paola / Matteo La Rocca, Italy (7)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 13-15	1:00
Fri, 9/7/2007	Pool F	Bruno Nhamussa / Justino Tovela, Mozambique (19)	Won 21-8, 21-14	0:30
Fri, 9/7/2007	Pool F	Sam Boehm / Cedric Legrand, Australia (18)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:42
Sat, 9/8/2007	Winner 1	Filip Habr / Milan Monik, Czech Republic (17)	Won 21-8, 23-21	0:36
Sat, 9/8/2007	Winner 2	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (1)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:39
Sat, 9/8/2007	Semi-Finals	Jonathan Erdmann / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (3)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:40
Sun, 9/9/2007	Gold Medal	Alejandro Fernandez / Adrian Gavira, Spain (5)	Won 13-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:50

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 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	14	2	87.5 %

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total	3	1	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%
2006-2007	10	83.3%	1	8.3%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	10-0	100.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	14-2	87.5%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	14-0	100.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	9-1	90.0%

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 lead the series against the field 8-1 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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 # 3 Erdmann/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
9/8/07	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Giontella/Nicolai	6	Erdmann/Windscheif	3	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 5 Fernandez/Gavira, Spain 1-0
9/9/07	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Gold Medal	Giontella/Nicolai	6	Fernandez/Gavira	5	13-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 7 De Paola/La Rocca, Italy 0-1
9/6/07	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool F	De Paola/La Rocca	7	Giontella/Nicolai	6	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 17 Habr/Monik, Czech Republic 1-0
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 # 18 Boehm/Legrand, Australia 1-0
9/7/07	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool F	Giontella/Nicolai	6	Boehm/Legrand	18	21-19, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 19 Nhamussa/Tovela, Mozambique 1-0
9/7/07	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool F	Giontella/Nicolai	6	Nhamussa/Tovela	19	21-8, 21-14	0:30