# Match Record: 2025 Pickleball World Cup (2025-10-31)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-09 02:42:08
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-5386834722
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-10-31
- **Estimated Play Time:** 7:30 PM
- **Event:** 2025 Pickleball World Cup
- **Location:** N/A 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 12-15
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Pro / Elite Tier (4.5+) (Average DUPR: 4.51)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **Dana Steluta Gonciulea** (DUPR ID: 8E72JV) - Rating: 4.083, Location: Northbrook, IL, US
- **Florin Molnar** (DUPR ID: 8EPLJ1) - Rating: 4.488, Location: Sterling Heights, MI, US

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **stephanie scimone** (DUPR ID: RYGGEZ) - Rating: 4.731, Location: GE, Liguria, IT
- **Luc Gale Grani** (DUPR ID: 35MMO5) - Rating: 4.718, Location: San José, San José Province, CR

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