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European Championship Tour
€ 25,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters
September 18 - 20, 2015

(4) 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 Milan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	4	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	15	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	14	9th	360	US$11,000.00
CEV	7/29-8/2/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	5	9th	240	€ 2,500.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	10	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	12	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	5	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	12	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	16	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	10	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	7	9th	360	US$11,000.00

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/19/2015	Winner 1	Bennet Poniewaz / David Poniewaz, Germany (13, Q3)	Won 26-24, 30-28	0:47
Sat, 9/19/2015	Winner 2	Kristoffer Abell / Peter Kildegaard, Denmark (12, Q2)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:34
Sun, 9/20/2015	Winner 3	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (8)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:34
Sun, 9/20/2015	Semi-Finals	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (3)	Lost 14-21, 22-24	0:40
Sun, 9/20/2015	Bronze Medal	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (2)	Lost 16-21, 21-13, 8-15	0:43

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	$42,300.00	24	13	64.9 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2012	FIVB	9	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	$91,100.00	30	20	60.0 %
2013	FIVB	12	0	1	3	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	$113,200.00	47	17	73.4 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2014	FIVB	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	$187,000.00	36	14	72.0 %
2014	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
2015	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0	1	1	0	$106,000.00	27	18	60.0 %
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	47	2	3	5	2	4	2	19	0	6	3	1	$539,600.00	164	82	66.7 %
Total	CEV	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$32,000.00	18	8	69.2 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	4	$23,550.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	3	$31,750.00
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
9	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	$45,550.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	$45,550.00
12	0	1	3	0	0	7	1	0	0	$56,600.00	2013	FIVB	12	0	1	3	0	0	7	1	0	0	$56,600.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
9	2	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	$93,500.00	2014	FIVB	9	2	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	$93,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2014	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
10	0	0	1	0	2	5	1	1	0	$53,000.00	2015	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	5	1	1	0	$53,000.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
65	3	3	5	4	9	24	8	4	5	$288,450.00	Total	Total	89	5	4	7	4	8	27	21	9	4	$337,700.00

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%
2014-2015	10	83.3%	2	16.7%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	10-2	83.3%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	13-3	81.3%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	3-4	42.9%	8-6	57.1%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	8-4	66.7%

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 18-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	3	23-21, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 4-5
9/20/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Bronze Medal	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-16, 13-21, 15-8	0:43
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-15, 21-19	0:32
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool E	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	20	Lupo/Nicolai	5	22-20, 21-18	0:44
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-13, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	18-21, 21-15, 20-18	0:57
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	13-21, 21-9, 15-9	0:41
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	21-16, 21-17	0:34
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	17-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:47
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q7	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-19, 14-21, 21-19	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-3
9/20/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Semi-Finals	Carambula/Ranghieri	3	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-14, 24-22	0:40
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool B	Carambula/Ranghieri	18	Lupo/Nicolai	15	18-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:48
8/1/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	15	Lupo/Nicolai	5	21-19, 22-20	0:40
Series tied with # 5 Krou/Rowlandson, France 1-1
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Krou/Rowlandson	11	21-15, 21-15	0:40
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	18	Lupo/Nicolai	16	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 8 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
9/20/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Koekelkoren/van Walle	8	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Beeler/Strasser, Switzerland 0-1
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool B	Beeler/Strasser	31, Q22	Lupo/Nicolai	15	24-22, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 10, Q1 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
7/29/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Gregory/Sheaf	28	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 11 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Kosiak/Rudol	13	24-22, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 12, Q2 Abell/Kildegaard, Denmark 1-0
9/19/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Abell/Kildegaard	12, Q2	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 1-0
9/19/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	13, Q3	26-24, 30-28	0:47
Lead the series against # 15, Q4 Huber/Seidl, Austria 7-1
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Huber/Seidl	29	21-14, 21-14	0:36
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Huber/Seidl	10	21-19, 22-20	0:42
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Huber/Seidl	27, Q4	Lupo/Nicolai	2	21-14, 21-19	0:38
6/5/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool C	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Huber/Seidl	14	21-12, 19-21, 15-12	0:50
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Huber/Seidl	23, Q3	21-11, 21-19	0:35
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Lupo/Nicolai	1	Huber/Seidl	16	24-22, 22-20	0:44
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Huber/Seidl	32, Q9	21-16, 23-21	0:39
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Huber/Seidl	32	21-18, 21-12	0:34