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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Ukrzernoprom Challenger'2005
July 27 - 31, 2005

(1) Fabio Galli/Andrea Raffaelli, Italy

Fabio Galli
Italy

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1969 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cremona

Resides:

Gadesco Pieve Del Mona, CR

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$22,355.00

Andrea Raffaelli
Italy

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 19, 1969 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Benedetto del Tronto

Resides:

Porto D'Ascoli

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$86,320.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	1	US$3,000.00
FIVB C&S	11	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$12,500.00
Overall	20	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	0	2	0	1	6	1	US$15,500.00

Previous Kiev Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/22-24/2005	Italy Satellite	1	7	10	US$500.00
FIVB C&S	7/15-17/2005	Italy Challenger	2	9	24	US$950.00
FIVB C&S	7/7-10/2005	Italy Challenger	4	4	42	US$2,300.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	3	9	24	US$950.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q18	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q18	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q13	33	20	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q15	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	25, Q5	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/27-29/2004	France Satellite	6	3	16	US$1,200.00
FIVB C&S	8/21-22/2004	Corsica Satellite	5	3	16	US$1,200.00

Ukraine Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/29/2005	Winner 1	Stanislav Bakumovski / Sebastian Dollinger, Germany (32, Q13)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:53
Fri, 7/29/2005	Winner 2	Ruslan Daianov / Dmitry Karasev, Russia (16)	Won 21-13, 20-22, 15-9	0:48
Sat, 7/30/2005	Winner 3	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (9)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 16-18	1:15
Sat, 7/30/2005	Contender 4	Pekka Seppanen / Teemu Tolonen, Finland (20, Q4)	Won 15-21, 21-10, 15-10
Sat, 7/30/2005	Contender 5	Leonid Kalinine / Pavel Karpukhin, Russia (13)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 21-23	1:17

Head to Head Results
Galli/Raffaelli lead the series against the field 7-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 3	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Galli/Raffaelli	1	19-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:15
Trail the series against # 13 Kalinine/Karpukhin, Russia 0-1
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Contender 5	Kalinine/Karpukhin	13	Galli/Raffaelli	1	21-19, 17-21, 23-21	1:17
Lead the series against # 16 Daianov/Karasev, Russia 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 2	Galli/Raffaelli	1	Daianov/Karasev	16	21-13, 20-22, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 17 Bourne/Lyne, Australia 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 2	Galli/Raffaelli	3	Bourne/Lyne	11	21-17, 29-27	0:59
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 Seppanen/Tolonen, Finland 2-0
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Contender 4	Galli/Raffaelli	1	Seppanen/Tolonen	20, Q4	15-21, 21-10, 15-10
8/28/04	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Contender 2	Galli/Raffaelli	6	Seppanen/Tolonen	16, Q10	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Hill/Mccombe, Australia 1-0
7/23/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Satellite	Contender 2	Galli/Raffaelli	1	Hill/Mccombe	11	21-17, 21-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 Al-Kuwari/Al-Nasser, Qatar 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Galli/Raffaelli	Q18	Al-Kuwari/Al-Nasser	Q47	22-20, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 32, Q13 Bakumovski/Dollinger, Germany 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 1	Galli/Raffaelli	1	Bakumovski/Dollinger	32, Q13	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:53