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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Stadium Court 15:00

Match #5: Pool C

(3) Samuele Cottafava/Paolo Nicolai, Italy
vs.
(30) Tomas Semerad/Jakub Sepka, Czech Republic

Samuele Cottafava
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1998 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Modena

Resides:

Modena

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

4th (Vienna 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$152,234.91

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:

169

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$759,728.14

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$10,212.80
FIVB	27	1	3	3	0	7	0	8	2	3	0	US$273,250.00
Overall	29	1	3	3	1	7	0	9	2	3	0	US$283,462.80

Previous Munich Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	7	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	6	17	400	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	14	9	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	13, Q1	1	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	13, Q3	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	9	2	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	13	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	15, Q7	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	14	9	460	US$2,500.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/16/2022	Pool C	Tomas Semerad / Jakub Sepka, Czech Republic (30)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:36
Wed, 8/17/2022	Pool C	Mart van Werkhoven / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (14)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:32
Fri, 8/19/2022	Winner 2	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (16)	Lost 21-15, 8-21, 9-15	0:41

Tomas Semerad
Czech Republic

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 18, 2002 (21 yrs old)

Resides:

Czech Republic

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

17th (Vienna 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$14,021.45

Jakub Sepka
Czech Republic

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 2002 (22 yrs old)

Resides:

Praha

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

17th (Vienna 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$13,151.18

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	US$1,602.40
CEV Under Age	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	19	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	3	0	1	4	2	2	1	US$23,556.08
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	27	0	0	0	2	6	0	3	3	2	1	4	3	2	1	US$25,158.48

Previous Munich Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	Q10	21	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Agadir Challenge	16	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	25	25	340	US$2,000.00
CEV Under Age	6/8-12/2022	Euro Beach Volley U22	8	5	160	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/2-5/2022	Klaipeda Futures	2	4	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	12	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	24, Q21	19	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	Q23	33	140	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	12/14-19/2021	U21 World Championships	29, Q1	4	140	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	12/6-11/2021	U19 World Championships	18	5	120	US$0.00
FIVB	9/16-19/2021	Nijmegen One Star	10	5	120	€ 300.00
FIVB	9/9-12/2021	Apeldoorn One Star	Q1	21	70	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/19-22/2021	Prague 2 Star	13	13	200	€ 600.00
CEV Under Age	7/7-11/2021	CEV U20 European Championships 2021	11	17	64	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	Q32	41	40	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	9/10-13/2020	U20 European Championships	25	9	80	€ 0.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/16/2022	Pool C	Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (3)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:36
Wed, 8/17/2022	Pool C	Leon Luini / Ruben Penninga, Netherlands (19)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:32

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Nicolai lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/16/22	CEV	European Championships	Pool C	Cottafava/Nicolai	3	Semerad/Sepka	30	21-15, 21-16	0:36
5/27/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool D	Cottafava/Nicolai	13, Q3	Semerad/Sepka	12	21-16, 21-17	0:34