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Italy and Tunisia looking to recover from first round losses in pool C
- Updated: August 9, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 2016 – Italy’s Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy are hoping to recover from a first-round upset with a win against Tunisia’s Continental Cup qualifiers, Choaib Belhaj/Mohamed Naceur. Both teams lost their opening match and will need to win to avoid missing the elimination stage.
Head to Head
The two teams have never met in FIVB World Tour competition.
Historically the #10 seed has won two of the three pool play meetings over the #22 seed in the Olympic Games, with the lower seed pulling a three-set upset in London (2012). The higher seed won in straight sets in Beijing (2008) and Athens (2004) and won 15-11 in round 2 in Sydney (2000).
Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, Seed #10, Pool C, 0-1, 0.500 Set Ratio, 0.9200 Point Ratio, Qualified 10th with 5,220 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period
• Daniele: May 6, 1991 (25y3m0d), 195 cm (6’5″), 80 kg (178 lbs.), Hometown Rome, 62nd FIVB World Tour event, three gold medals, $312,487 career winnings (ranks 63rd)
• Paolo: August 6, 1988 (28y0m0d), 203 cm (6’8″), 91 kg (202 lbs.), Hometown Ortona, 82nd FIVB World Tour event, three gold medals, $358,412 career winnings (ranks 55th)
• Daniele and Paolo have been playing together since 2011. They are playing in their 58th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together (ranks 46th), three gold medals, $620,175 career winnings (ranks 25th).
• Daniele has played in 15 FIVB World Tour final fours with three gold, five silver, five bronze medals and two 4th place finishes.
• Paolo has played in 15 FIVB World Tour final fours with three gold, five silver, five bronze medals and two 4th place finishes.
• Daniele and Paolo have played in four Final Fours in 2015-2016 (Bronze Sochi Open 2015, Silver Vitória Open 2016, Silver Fuzhou Open 2016, Gold Sochi Open …
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