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CEV Under Age
CEV U20 European Championships
August 30 - September 2, 2007

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 Under Age Best:

3rd (Scheveningen 2007)

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 Under Age Best:

3rd (2 times)

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 Scheveningen 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

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 %
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
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
3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total	3	0	1	1	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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2006-2007	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	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 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