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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 11 - 14, 2008

(16, Q14) Gianluca Casadei/Paolo Ficosecco, Italy

Gianluca Casadei
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 13, 1978 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cesena

Resides:

Cesena

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (CEV C&S Vaduz 2014)

Career CEV Best:

7th (Blackpool 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$20,503.17

Paolo Ficosecco
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Chiaravalle (AN)

Resides:

Ancona

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2004)

Career CEV Best:

7th (Blackpool 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$8,138.30

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	US$3,799.30
CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$415.01
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	1	US$2,750.00
FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	US$2,900.00
Overall	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	2	2	6	9	1	US$9,864.31

Previous Blackpool Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	Q17	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	Q13	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/10-13/2008	Lausanne Satellite	Q9	21	2	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	Q6	25	8	US$0.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	Q21	29	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q43	57	6	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/31-9/2/2007	Milan Challenger	5	7	40	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q42	41	18	US$0.00

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/2008	Qualifier 2	Michal Litva / Peter Varga, Slovakia (Q3)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:50
Thu, 9/11/2008	Qualifier 3	Andreas Sutter / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (Q11)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:44
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 1	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (1)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:40
Fri, 9/12/2008	Contender 1	Javier Luna / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (8)	Won 21-7, 19-21, 15-10	0:42
Fri, 9/12/2008	Contender 2	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (11, Q1)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-8	1:02
Sat, 9/13/2008	Contender 3	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (10)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:41

Head to Head Results
Casadei/Ficosecco trail the series against the field 4-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 0-1
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Matysik/Uhmann	1	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Grotowski/Weaver, England 0-1
5/29/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Qualifier 1	Grotowski/Weaver	Q12	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q21	21-19, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Luna/Marco, Spain 1-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 1	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	Luna/Marco	8	21-7, 19-21, 15-10	0:42
Trail the series against # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 3	Laciga/Schnider	10	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 11, Q1 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	Ces/Ces	11, Q1	19-21, 21-18, 15-8	1:02
Trail the series against # 14, Q5 Blauel/Huber, Austria 0-1
9/2/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Contender 3	Blauel/Huber	8	Casadei/Ficosecco	5	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q3 Litva/Varga, Slovakia 1-0
9/11/08	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 2	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	Litva/Varga	Q3	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # Q10 Kufa/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-1
7/3/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Qualifier 3	Kufa/Kufa	19, Q3	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q6	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q11 Sutter/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
9/11/08	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 3	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	Sutter/Weingart	Q11	21-17, 22-20	0:44