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June 26 - July 5, 2009

(32) Paolo Nicolai/Matteo Varnier, Italy

Paolo Nicolai
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ortona

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

175

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$788,117.89

Matteo Varnier
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sanremo

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$148,854.51

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012
Best Offensive Player 2014
Best Blocker 2016

Awards

Top Rookie 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	US$7,531.31
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	US$33,900.00
Overall	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	5	2	1	US$41,431.31

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 5th
2007	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 25th
2008	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	14, Q11	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	Q10	21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	9	5th	360	US$9,100.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	15, Q10	13th	180	€ 800.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool H

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings, United States (17)

Lost 25-23, 16-21, 10-15

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paolo Nicolai	Total	45	26	7	0.422	6	2	0	5
	1	23	12	4	0.348	5	0	0	3
	2	14	10	1	0.643	1	0	0	1
	3	8	4	2	0.250	0	2	0	1
Matteo Varnier	Total	23	10	5	0.217	0	13	0	1
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	6	0	1
	2	11	3	3	0.000	0	6	0	0
	3	9	5	2	0.333	0	1	0	0

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool H

Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (8)

Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-12

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paolo Nicolai	Total	36	19	6	0.361	5	0	1	6
	1	11	8	1	0.636	1	0	0	3
	2	14	6	3	0.214	1	0	0	2
	3	11	5	2	0.273	3	0	1	1
Matteo Varnier	Total	20	11	0	0.550	0	8	1	1
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	6	0	0
	2	2	2	0	1.000	0	1	1	0
	3	7	3	0	0.429	0	1	0	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool H

Peter Gartmayer / Alexander Huber, Austria (41)

Won 21-17, 16-21, 16-14

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paolo Nicolai	Total	35	21	7	0.400	6	1	1	7
	1	12	8	1	0.583	3	0	0	4
	2	12	6	3	0.250	1	1	0	2
	3	11	7	3	0.364	2	0	1	1
Matteo Varnier	Total	22	11	4	0.318	1	11	0	2
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	6	0	1
	2	9	5	2	0.333	0	3	0	1
	3	4	2	1	0.250	1	2	0	0

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Christian Redmann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (37)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paolo Nicolai	Total	19	7	4	0.158	4	0	2	7
	1	9	3	3	0.000	2	0	2	4
	2	10	4	1	0.300	2	0	0	3
Matteo Varnier	Total	24	10	4	0.250	0	5	0	2
	1	11	4	2	0.182	0	1	0	2
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paolo Nicolai	135	73	24	0.363	21	3	4	25
Matteo Varnier	89	42	13	0.326	1	37	1	6
Total	224	115	37	0.348	22	40	5	31
Opponents	229	127	47	0.349	8	55	4	19

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 33rd
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Matteo Varnier - 17th	Paolo Nicolai - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Matteo Martino - 9th	Did not play
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Daniele Lupo - 9th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Daniele Lupo - 17th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Daniele Lupo - 17th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Daniele Lupo - 5th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Samuele Cottafava - 9th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Samuele Cottafava - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	32	17th	200	US$7,000.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	$16,700.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	$35,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paolo Nicolai												Matteo Varnier
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$41,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,900.00
8	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	$99,250.00	World Tour Finals
77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	2	$423,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	1	0	$38,375.00
50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	1	$134,337.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	0	2	5	11	7	2	8	$73,275.00
3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00
											Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
14	3	0	1	3	1	4	1	1	0	$52,875.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$4,375.00
168	9	13	14	9	32	47	30	10	4	$757,912.50	Total	57	0	3	0	2	7	17	16	3	9	$126,925.00

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
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$16,100.00	6	4	60.0 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,600.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$16,100.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,600.00	10	5	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paolo Nicolai													Matteo Varnier
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6	$13,625.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
											2005	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	$6,162.50
											2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	$33,775.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
											2006	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,550.00
											2007	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	2	1	$30,650.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
											2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,625.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$7,550.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	$22,550.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$900.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,050.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,050.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,800.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,800.00
16	2	1	0	0	2	3	5	2	1	$18,300.00	Total	Total	61	0	4	1	2	9	21	13	2	9	$130,687.50

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	5	45.5%	5	45.5%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	1	8.3%	1	8.3%	10	83.3%	1-11	8.3%	5-10	33.3%	6-2	75.0%	0	3	11-15	42.3%
2008-2009	3	37.5%	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	3-6	33.3%	5-1	83.3%	0	1	8-8	50.0%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	6-10	37.5%	8-4	66.7%	0	2	7-9	43.8%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	17

Head to Head Results
Nicolai/Varnier lead the series against the field 10-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 3	Cerutti/Marques	1	Nicolai/Varnier	9	21-16, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Solberg	2	Nicolai/Varnier	9	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Series tied with # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-1
6/20/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 4	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	21-17, 21-13	0:40
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 5	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-17, 23-21	0:54
Lead the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool H	Nicolai/Varnier	32	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 9 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
6/20/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 3	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	21-16, 21-23, 15-12	1:04
Series tied with # 15 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 4	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Gavira/Herrera	11	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Gavira/Herrera	10	Nicolai/Varnier	15, Q10	27-25, 21-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 17 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool H	Fuerbringer/Jennings	17	Nicolai/Varnier	32	23-25, 21-16, 15-10	1:14
Lead the series against # 25 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	Erdmann/Matysik	11	21-19, 15-21, 20-18	1:09
Lead the series against # 27 Boersma/Paulides, Netherlands 2-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Boersma/Paulides	24	21-16, 21-19	0:41
5/7/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Nicolai/Varnier	15, Q10	Boersma/Paulides	Q2	21-17, 24-22	0:52
Trail the series against # 28 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	3	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	21-12, 26-24	0:43
Lead the series against # 31 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 3	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q30	23-21 Retired	0:34
Trail the series against # 37 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Redmann/VanHuizen	37	Nicolai/Varnier	32	21-17, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 41 Gartmayer/Huber, Austria 1-0
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool H	Nicolai/Varnier	32	Gartmayer/Huber	41	21-17, 16-21, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 44 Schnider/Sutter, Switzerland 1-0
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 2	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	Schnider/Sutter	Q6	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 46 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 0-1
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Babich/Mykhaylov	Q7	Nicolai/Varnier	Q10	16-21, 21-15, 24-22	1:00