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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 9, 2012

(13) Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Daniele Lupo
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1991 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$545,237.50

Paolo Nicolai
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ortona

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

153

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$701,287.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	92	3	9	10	4	20	2	25	0	14	4	1	US$993,675.00

Previous London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	13	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	9	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	14	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	12	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	9	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	12	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	7	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	13	7th	300	US$7,600.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/29/2012

Pool A

Jefferson Bellaguarda / Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (12)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	Total	28	16	0	0.571	0	4	0	4
	1	28	16	0	0.571	0	4	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Paolo Nicolai	Total	11	6	0	0.545	7	2	2	3
	1	11	6	0	0.545	7	2	2	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 7/31/2012

Pool A

Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (24)

Lost 18-21, 17-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	Total	35	12	0	0.343	0	12	1	2
	1	35	12	0	0.343	0	12	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Paolo Nicolai	Total	14	8	0	0.571	5	2	2	3
	1	14	8	0	0.571	5	2	2	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/2/2012

Pool A

Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)

Lost 24-26, 18-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	Total	38	12	0	0.316	0	12	0	4
	1	38	12	0	0.316	0	12	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Paolo Nicolai	Total	22	14	0	0.636	5	8	1	5
	1	22	14	0	0.636	5	8	1	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/2/2012

Lucky Loser

Josh Binstock / Martin Reader, Canada (19)

Won 21-16, 22-20

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	Total	34	18	0	0.529	0	9	0	4
	1	34	18	0	0.529	0	9	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Paolo Nicolai	Total	13	7	0	0.538	5	4	1	0
	1	13	7	0	0.538	5	4	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2012

Winner 1

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	Total	20	10	0	0.500	0	10	2	2
	1	20	10	0	0.500	0	10	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Paolo Nicolai	Total	26	14	0	0.538	5	3	0	3
	1	26	14	0	0.538	5	3	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/6/2012

Winner 2

Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (5)

Lost 16-21, 18-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	Total	36	13	0	0.361	0	9	0	3
	1	36	13	0	0.361	0	9	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Paolo Nicolai	Total	13	9	0	0.692	2	1	1	3
	1	13	9	0	0.692	2	1	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	191	81	0	0.424	0	56	3	19
Paolo Nicolai	99	58	0	0.586	29	20	7	17
Total	290	139	0	0.479	29	76	10	36
Opponents	279	139	0	0.498	19	88	13	20

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Matteo Varnier - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Andrea Tomatis - 33rd	Matteo Martino - 9th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Paolo Nicolai - 9th	Daniele Lupo - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Paolo Nicolai - 17th	Daniele Lupo - 17th
2015	World Tour Finals	Fort Lauderdale	Paolo Nicolai - 5th	Daniele Lupo - 5th
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Paolo Nicolai - 2nd	Daniele Lupo - 2nd
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Paolo Nicolai - 17th	Daniele Lupo - 17th
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Paolo Nicolai - 3rd	Daniele Lupo - 3rd
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Paolo Nicolai - 5th	Daniele Lupo - 5th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Paolo Nicolai - 5th	Daniele Lupo - 5th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Paolo Nicolai - 17th	Daniele Lupo - 17th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Paolo Nicolai - 5th	Daniele Lupo - 5th
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Paolo Nicolai - 4th	Daniele Lupo - 4th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Alex Ranghieri - 9th	Samuele Cottafava - 9th
2022	World Tour Finals	Doha	Did not play	Samuele Cottafava - 3rd
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Enrico Rossi - 9th	Samuele Cottafava - 9th
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Did not play	Samuele Cottafava - 5th
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Did not play	Samuele Cottafava - 9th

Head to Head Results
Lupo/Nicolai lead the series against the field 26-25 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-7
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool A	Cerutti/Rego	1	Lupo/Nicolai	13	26-24, 21-18	0:43
7/8/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	21-12, 21-13	0:31
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Lupo/Nicolai	15	21-18, 21-15	0:34
5/13/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Cerutti/Rego	5	21-16, 21-13	0:31
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Lupo/Nicolai	15	21-19, 21-13	0:35
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Cerutti/Rego	1	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	21-13, 25-23	0:38
7/30/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Rego	1	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-17, 21-18	0:32
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Cerutti/Rego	5	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	21-13, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 3-2
8/3/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-17, 21-19	0:40
7/21/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Lupo/Nicolai	11	By Forfeit
7/8/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-19, 21-18	0:36
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-16, 23-21	0:35
5/5/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Lupo/Nicolai	15	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Brink/Reckermann	6	Lupo/Nicolai	11	22-20, 21-23, 15-11	0:59
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 # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-18, 13-21, 15-13	0:48
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	Lupo/Nicolai	7	23-25, 21-16, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-3
8/6/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Lupo/Nicolai	13	21-16, 21-18	0:37
5/13/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-11, 21-16	0:31
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool L	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-15, 21-13	0:35
4/28/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 6	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	21-14, 21-15	0:29
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Nummerdor/Schuil	17	21-17, 21-15	0:32
Series tied with # 7 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 1-1
4/28/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Santos	1	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-16, 20-22, 19-17	0:59
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Cunha/Santos	4	23-21, 23-21	0:45
Series tied with # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-1
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool Q	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Lupo/Nicolai	9	24-22, 22-20	0:44
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Erdmann/Matysik	12	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # 9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 5	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Fijalek/Prudel	1	9-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:38
8/20/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 5	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Lupo/Nicolai	13	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 10 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 1	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Wu/Xu	8	21-16, 21-17	0:31
Series tied with # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
4/29/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	3	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-16, 21-11	0:34
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	Gavira/Herrera	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52
Series tied with # 12 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 1-1
7/29/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool A	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	12	21-19, 21-18	0:38
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool Q	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Series tied with # 14 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-1
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Benes/Kubala	18	21-19, 12-21, 16-14	0:48
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 6	Benes/Kubala	6	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool Q	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Chevallier/Heyer	25	By Forfeit
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Chevallier/Heyer	20	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 3-1
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	21-16, 21-17	0:39
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	21-16, 21-17	0:35
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Lupo/Nicolai	15	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:52
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 # 17 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 2-1
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-17, 21-15	0:34
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	21	Lupo/Nicolai	12	24-22, 9-21, 15-9	0:48
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 # 18 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 2-0
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:48
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 3	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-11, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 19 Binstock/Reader, Canada 1-0
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Binstock/Reader	19	21-16, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Lupo/Nicolai	Q11	Hernandez/Villafane	Q22	21-17, 21-8	0:31
Lead the series against # 24 Doppler/Horst, Austria 2-1
7/31/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool A	Doppler/Horst	24	Lupo/Nicolai	13	21-18, 21-17	0:41
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Doppler/Horst	29	27-25, 21-19	0:40
4/28/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 5	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Doppler/Horst	28, Q4	21-17, 21-19	0:34