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August 10 - 14, 2011

(19) Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Daniele Lupo
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

145

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$612,421.38

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 Wins:

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	25	33	Money
CEV	11	3	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	US$108,590.95
FIVB	92	3	9	10	4	20	2	25	0	14	4	1	US$993,675.00
Overall	103	6	9	11	6	21	2	27	0	15	5	1	US$1,102,265.95

Previous Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2008	Did not play	Francesco Giontella - 17th
FIVB 2010	Did not play	Matteo Martino - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	16, Q14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	28, Q11	7th	300	US$7,600.00

CEV European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/10/2011	Pool L	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (14)	Lost 18-21, 12-21	0:33
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool L	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (3)	Lost 24-22, 13-21, 16-18	0:52
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool L	Geir Eithun / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (30)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:37

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$)
Olympic Games	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$43,000.00
World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$121,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	46	1	4	5	2	4	0	20	0	7	3	0	$619,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	2	3	3	1	11	2	4	0	3	1	0	$197,875.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00
Confederation Championship	10	3	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	$87,500.00
Total	102	6	9	11	5	21	2	27	0	15	5	0	$1,081,175.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Daniele Lupo												Paolo Nicolai
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$34,900.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$41,500.00
5	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	$60,500.00	World Tour Finals	8	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	$99,250.00
59	1	4	5	2	5	24	11	4	0	$325,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	0	$423,700.00
45	3	3	3	2	15	8	5	2	0	$117,937.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	0	$134,337.50
4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	3	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	$44,500.00	Confederation Championship	14	3	0	1	3	1	4	1	1	0	$52,875.00
139	7	9	11	6	27	40	23	8	0	$589,737.50	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
2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	$23,600.00	16	7	69.6 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	$23,600.00	16	7	69.6 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Daniele Lupo													Paolo Nicolai
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$7,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$900.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age
											2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$16,725.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
											2009	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$2,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	$13,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	$14,200.00	2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	3	$22,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
18	0	0	0	0	4	6	2	1	5	$14,700.00	Total	Total	42	2	1	2	0	3	9	15	6	4	$63,950.00

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	26	63.4%	9	22.0%	6	14.6%	35-6	85.4%	6	33.3%	3	16.7%	9	50.0%	6-12	33.3%	26-9	74.3%	15-9	62.5%	2	0	43-18	70.5%
2010-2011	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	4-8	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	7
World Championships	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	9	7	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	12	13
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	96	37	0	0	43	31	5	7	5	2	1	4	152	81
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	46	10	0	0	35	22	5	4	3	1	2	3	111	46
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	10	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	19	9	0	0	14	4	3	2	1	1	3	0	40	16
Total	0	0	6	1	188	70	2	0	107	67	15	16	11	5	6	9	351	173

Head to Head Results
Lupo/Nicolai lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Brink/Reckermann	3	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-14, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool L	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	3	Lupo/Nicolai	19	22-24, 21-13, 18-16	0:52
Lead the series against # 5 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Nummerdor/Schuil	17	21-17, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 10 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Huber/Seidl	32	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 11 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Boersma/Spijkers	29, Q3	21-8, 21-13	0:30
Trail the series against # 14 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool L	Klemperer/Koreng	14	Lupo/Nicolai	19	21-18, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-18, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 24 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	23-21, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 27 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 0-1
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Laciga/Weingart	24, Q6	Lupo/Nicolai	Q11	21-12, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 30 Eithun/Hoidalen, Norway 0-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool L	Eithun/Hoidalen	30	Lupo/Nicolai	19	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 32 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Doppler/Mellitzer	30	21-15, 21-18	0:37