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June 26 - July 5, 2009

(32) Paolo Nicolai/Matteo Varnier, Italy

Paolo Nicolai
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1988 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ortona

Resides:

Ortona

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

148

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$681,787.50

Matteo Varnier
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sanremo

Resides:

Arma di Taggia IM

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$122,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	US$33,900.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 5th
2007	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 25th
2008	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	9	5	360	US$9,100.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool H

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings, United States (17)

Lost 25-23, 16-21, 10-15

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paolo Nicolai	Total	45	26	7	0.422	6	2	0	5
	1	23	12	4	0.348	5	0	0	3
	2	14	10	1	0.643	1	0	0	1
	3	8	4	2	0.250	0	2	0	1
Matteo Varnier	Total	23	10	5	0.217	0	13	0	1
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	6	0	1
	2	11	3	3	0.000	0	6	0	0
	3	9	5	2	0.333	0	1	0	0

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool H

Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (8)

Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-12

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paolo Nicolai	Total	36	19	6	0.361	5	0	1	6
	1	11	8	1	0.636	1	0	0	3
	2	14	6	3	0.214	1	0	0	2
	3	11	5	2	0.273	3	0	1	1
Matteo Varnier	Total	20	11	0	0.550	0	8	1	1
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	6	0	0
	2	2	2	0	1.000	0	1	1	0
	3	7	3	0	0.429	0	1	0	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool H

Peter Gartmayer / Alexander Huber, Austria (41)

Won 21-17, 16-21, 16-14

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paolo Nicolai	Total	35	21	7	0.400	6	1	1	7
	1	12	8	1	0.583	3	0	0	4
	2	12	6	3	0.250	1	1	0	2
	3	11	7	3	0.364	2	0	1	1
Matteo Varnier	Total	22	11	4	0.318	1	11	0	2
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	6	0	1
	2	9	5	2	0.333	0	3	0	1
	3	4	2	1	0.250	1	2	0	0

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Christian Redmann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (37)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paolo Nicolai	Total	19	7	4	0.158	4	0	2	7
	1	9	3	3	0.000	2	0	2	4
	2	10	4	1	0.300	2	0	0	3
Matteo Varnier	Total	24	10	4	0.250	0	5	0	2
	1	11	4	2	0.182	0	1	0	2
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paolo Nicolai	135	73	24	0.363	21	3	4	25
Matteo Varnier	89	42	13	0.326	1	37	1	6

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Gstaad	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 33rd
2011	Rome	Matteo Martino - 9th	Did not play
2013	Stare Jablonki	Daniele Lupo - 9th	Did not play
2015	The Hague	Daniele Lupo - 17th	Did not play
2017	Vienna	Daniele Lupo - 17th	Did not play
2019	Hamburg	Daniele Lupo - 5th	Did not play
2022	Rome	Samuele Cottafava - 9th	Did not play
2023	Tlaxcala	Samuele Cottafava - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	32	17	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Nicolai/Varnier lead the series against the field 5-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 3	Cerutti/Marques	1	Nicolai/Varnier	9	21-16, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Solberg	2	Nicolai/Varnier	9	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 5	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-17, 23-21	0:54
Lead the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool H	Nicolai/Varnier	32	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 15 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 4	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Gavira/Herrera	11	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 17 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool H	Fuerbringer/Jennings	17	Nicolai/Varnier	32	23-25, 21-16, 15-10	1:14
Lead the series against # 27 Boersma/Paulides, Netherlands 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Boersma/Paulides	24	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 37 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Redmann/VanHuizen	37	Nicolai/Varnier	32	21-17, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 41 Gartmayer/Huber, Austria 1-0
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool H	Nicolai/Varnier	32	Gartmayer/Huber	41	21-17, 16-21, 16-14	0:56