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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 7, 2021

(18) 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 Tokyo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	9	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2021	Sochi 4 Star	13	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	14	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	15	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/9-13/2020	Doha Four Star	4	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	1	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	5	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	7	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Espinho Four Star	3	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	12	4th	840	US$16,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	8	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	6	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	8	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/17-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	7	5th	480	US$6,000.00

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/25/2021

Pool F

Julius Thole / Clemens Wickler, Germany (7)

Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-13

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	Total	36	14	7	0.194	0	15	0	5
	1	9	3	2	0.111	0	4	0	1
	2	16	6	3	0.188	0	6	0	0
	3	11	5	2	0.273	0	5	0	4
Paolo Nicolai	Total	25	15	1	0.560	3	0	1	4
	1	11	8	0	0.727	1	0	0	2
	2	11	5	1	0.364	1	0	0	2
	3	3	2	0	0.667	1	0	1	0

Tue, 7/27/2021

Pool F

Gottsu Ishijima / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (6)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	Total	21	13	3	0.476	0	5	1	2
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	4	0	0
	2	8	5	2	0.375	0	1	1	2
Paolo Nicolai	Total	19	13	1	0.632	5	1	1	4
	1	12	8	1	0.583	2	0	1	1
	2	7	5	0	0.714	3	1	0	3

Fri, 7/30/2021

Pool F

Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (19)

Won 21-19, 17-21, 15-10

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	Total	29	15	6	0.310	0	7	0	1
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	4	0	0
	2	11	4	5	-0.091	0	2	0	0
	3	6	3	0	0.500	0	1	0	1
Paolo Nicolai	Total	22	14	2	0.545	7	2	3	7
	1	9	7	0	0.778	2	2	2	4
	2	6	3	1	0.333	1	0	1	3
	3	7	4	1	0.429	4	0	0	0

Mon, 8/2/2021

Winner 1

Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (5)

Won 22-20, 21-18

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	Total	25	16	4	0.480	0	6	0	1
	1	15	8	2	0.400	0	3	0	0
	2	10	8	2	0.600	0	3	0	1
Paolo Nicolai	Total	14	10	3	0.500	5	2	0	3
	1	7	6	1	0.714	3	2	0	2
	2	7	4	2	0.286	2	0	0	1

Wed, 8/4/2021

Winner 2

Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (3)

Lost 17-21, 21-23

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	Total	30	17	7	0.333	0	7	0	2
	1	12	6	4	0.167	0	3	0	1
	2	18	11	3	0.444	0	4	0	1
Paolo Nicolai	Total	14	8	2	0.429	3	0	1	5
	1	9	5	1	0.444	1	0	1	3
	2	5	3	1	0.400	2	0	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Daniele Lupo	141	75	27	0.340	0	40	1	11
Paolo Nicolai	94	60	9	0.543	23	5	6	23
Total	235	135	36	0.421	23	45	7	34
Opponents	242	135	45	0.372	12	53	10	35

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
2012	Olympic Games	London	Paolo Nicolai - 5th	Daniele Lupo - 5th
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	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 trail the series against the field 41-44 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-4
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-12, 19-21, 15-7	0:54
7/6/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Lupo/Nicolai	8	21-13, 21-11	0:39
6/15/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	2	Lupo/Nicolai	6	21-19, 21-17	0:34
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	19	Lupo/Nicolai	3	21-18, 26-24	0:38
Lead the series against # 3 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 3-2
8/4/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	3	Lupo/Nicolai	18	21-17, 23-21	0:40
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Tijan/Younousse	4	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:47
4/25/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 3	Tijan/Younousse	10	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-17, 21-16	0:38
3/11/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Tijan/Younousse	8	21-16, 21-18	0:34
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Tijan/Younousse	6	21-18, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 4 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 1-2
8/17/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 3	Cerutti/Filho	2	Lupo/Nicolai	5	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:50
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Cerutti/Filho	10	Lupo/Nicolai	3	21-19, 21-14	0:35
7/12/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Cerutti/Filho	15	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 3-4
8/2/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	18	Bryl/Fijalek	5	22-20, 21-18	0:45
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Bryl/Fijalek	5	21-18, 21-12	0:37
3/12/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Semi-Finals	Bryl/Fijalek	7	Lupo/Nicolai	4	28-26, 21-18	0:43
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Bryl/Fijalek	5	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-14, 21-16	0:40
10/20/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 3	Bryl/Fijalek	4	Lupo/Nicolai	7	24-22, 21-18	0:37
8/17/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Winner 1	Bryl/Fijalek	9	Lupo/Nicolai	8	21-18, 21-18	0:39
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Bryl/Fijalek	17	25-23, 26-24	0:48
Lead the series against # 6 Ishijima/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
7/27/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	18	Ishijima/Shiratori	6	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 7 Thole/Wickler, Germany 2-1
7/25/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	18	Thole/Wickler	7	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
3/14/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	8	Thole/Wickler	12	21-23, 24-22, 15-12	0:53
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool A	Thole/Wickler	1	Lupo/Nicolai	8	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
Series tied with # 8 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 2-2
3/13/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Goncalves/Schmidt	6	21-19, 21-17	0:34
7/13/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Bronze Medal	Goncalves/Schmidt	6	Lupo/Nicolai	12	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool F	Goncalves/Schmidt	11	Lupo/Nicolai	6	21-16, 21-18	0:38
3/13/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool H	Lupo/Nicolai	8	Goncalves/Schmidt	9	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 8-7
3/11/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	21-19, 21-16	0:33
7/13/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	21	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-17, 21-15	0:37
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	21	21-16, 21-19	0:33
4/23/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Gold Medal	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Lupo/Nicolai	1	21-14, 21-17	0:29
3/19/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	21-18, 15-21, 15-13	0:52
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	13-21, 22-20, 19-17	0:50
10/1/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool A	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-19, 21-16	0:38
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 # 11 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-1
6/5/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 3	Perusic/Schweiner	1	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 1	Leshukov/Semenov	14	Lupo/Nicolai	1	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Series tied with # 13 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 8-8
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Gavira/Herrera	20	14-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:46
7/14/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	6	Lupo/Nicolai	12	30-28, 21-18	0:47
6/23/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	12	Lupo/Nicolai	4	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:49
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	7	Lupo/Nicolai	3	21-15, 21-17	0:32
3/3/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Gavira/Herrera	13	24-22, 19-21, 17-15	0:54
8/26/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Gavira/Herrera	9	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:45
6/17/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	6	Lupo/Nicolai	11	21-19, 21-16	0:38
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	6	Lupo/Nicolai	11	21-19, 21-17	0:36
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Gavira/Herrera	5	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:46
3/19/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Gavira/Herrera	10	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:44
10/1/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool A	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Gavira/Herrera	8	24-22, 21-17	0:38
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Gavira/Herrera	7	22-20, 21-14	0:37
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	14	Lupo/Nicolai	6	24-26, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	44	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-19, 21-16	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 15 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 0-1
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Carambula/Rossi	11	Lupo/Nicolai	13	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 16 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 2-4
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	21-18, 21-18	0:42
3/4/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	Lupo/Nicolai	5	21-12, 21-17	0:39
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool C	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	Lupo/Nicolai	10	21-13, 17-21, 24-22	0:55
7/9/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Lucena	2	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-18, 21-19	0:37
5/27/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	22-20, 23-21	0:39
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-18, 21-15	0:33
Series tied with # 17 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 4-4
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool G	Grimalt/Grimalt	26	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-19, 12-21, 15-12	0:46
3/15/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	18, Q1	Lupo/Nicolai	8	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:45
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	20	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-19, 16-21, 15-11	0:45
6/28/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Grimalt/Grimalt	21	21-13, 15-21, 17-15	0:46
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-18, 21-17	0:33
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	15-21, 21-14, 18-16	0:42
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	Lupo/Nicolai	10	15-21, 21-19, 24-22	0:56
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-16, 28-26	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 5-2
7/30/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	18	Kantor/Losiak	19	21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:54
7/12/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Kantor/Losiak	18	22-20, 21-18	0:36
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool A	Lupo/Nicolai	8	Kantor/Losiak	4	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:47
8/27/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Kantor/Losiak	6	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:50
5/20/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Semi-Finals	Kantor/Losiak	6	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-19, 21-19	0:38
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Kantor/Losiak	11	21-12, 15-21, 15-13	0:41
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Kantor/Losiak	30	Lupo/Nicolai	3	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 22 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-0
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Gerson/Heidrich	17	21-19, 21-19	0:33
Series tied with # 24 McHugh/Schumann, Australia 1-1
7/31/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	11	McHugh/Schumann	35	21-15, 21-12	0:36
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 1	McHugh/Schumann	23	Lupo/Nicolai	11	13-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:43