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€ 200,000 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
May 30 - June 3, 2012

(26) Georgios Kotsilianos/Nikos Zoupani, Greece

Georgios Kotsilianos
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 13, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Patpa

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV C&S Geroskipou 2010)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Baku 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$38,950.07

Nikos Zoupani
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Noksantets

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Baku 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$35,632.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	15	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	7	1	1	0	0	0	US$12,220.00
CEV C&S	10	0	2	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$8,067.71
FIVB	41	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	4	4	0	9	15	3	US$45,900.00
Overall	66	0	2	1	1	6	2	8	1	11	6	1	9	15	3	US$66,187.71

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2009	Sotris Vlachostathis - 57th	Emmanouil Xenakis - 41st
FIVB 2010	Emmanouil Xenakis - 13th	Did not play
FIVB 2011	Nikos Zoupani - 41st	Georgios Kotsilianos - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	5/23-27/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	3	2nd	90	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	Q27	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q19	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV C&S	8/3-7/2011	CEV Satellite Vaduz	5	5th	60	€ 450.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q26	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	7/19-24/2011	CEV Polish Masters	13	7th	300	€ 2,000.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	11	17th	120	€ 500.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q25	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q29	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	Q26	33rd	40	US$0.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool P	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (7)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:32
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool P	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (10)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:31
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool P	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (23)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:31

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	$24,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	$21,150.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$2,500.00
Total	44	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	6	5	0	$48,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Georgios Kotsilianos												Nikos Zoupani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
21	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	$12,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	$12,375.00
29	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	1	0	$13,700.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	$10,575.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,250.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,250.00
54	0	0	0	1	3	3	7	6	0	$27,325.00	Total	52	0	0	0	1	3	3	6	5	0	$24,800.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00	4	9	30.8 %
2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	4	4	50.0 %
2011	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,035.00	7	6	53.8 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2012	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	$0.00	5	12	29.4 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	$3,000.00	4	8	33.3 %
Total	CEV C&S	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,235.00	11	8	57.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Georgios Kotsilianos													Nikos Zoupani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	$3,125.00	2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$810.00	2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$270.00
											2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00	2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$517.50	2011	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$517.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2012	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
32	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	2	21	$6,552.50	Total	Total	31	0	1	0	1	3	3	1	1	21	$3,487.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	9	69.2%	2	15.4%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	7	20.0%	5	14.3%	23	65.7%	7-28	20.0%	9-23	28.1%	9-7	56.3%	1	0	19-30	38.8%
2011-2012	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	5-8	38.5%	1-3	25.0%	1	0	7-11	38.9%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	11	16	3	12	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	11	19	8	0	0	5	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	33	29
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9
Total	0	0	20	27	24	27	0	0	7	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	51	67

Head to Head Results
Kotsilianos/Zoupani trail the series against the field 5-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
1/8/11	CEV C&S	CEV Aalsmeer Satellite	Contender 2	Boersma/Spijkers	11	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	8, Q2	21-18, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
1/7/11	CEV C&S	CEV Aalsmeer Satellite	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	8, Q2	21-17, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	7	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	26	21-13, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 10 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool P	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	10	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	26	21-12, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 11 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-2
5/27/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Gold Medal	Doppler/Horst	2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	3	21-14, 21-13	0:34
5/26/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Winner 3	Doppler/Horst	2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	3	21-11, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 12 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q15	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q18	21-12, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 18 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
5/27/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Semi-Finals	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	3	Huber/Seidl	1	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 23 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-2
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool P	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	23	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	26	21-15, 21-13	0:31
8/24/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	28, Q14	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q19	21-18, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 25 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 2-0
8/6/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Contender 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	5	Dumek/Tichy	7	21-17, 22-20	0:45
7/23/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 3	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	13	Dumek/Tichy	15, Q5	21-12, 16-21, 15-10	0:43
Trail the series against # 28 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 0-1
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Laciga/Weingart	25, Q7	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q26	21-16, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 29 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 0-1
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 2	Gogtepe/Sekerci	Q16	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q17	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 31 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
2/25/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Anapa	Contender 1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	9	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	10	21-16, 21-16	0:32