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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 smart Grand Slam Rome
June 18 - 23, 2013

(Q21) Georgios Kotsilianos/Nikos Zoupani, Greece

Georgios Kotsilianos
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 13, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Patpa

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Antalya 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$33,142.16

Nikos Zoupani
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1989 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Noksantets

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Antalya 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$30,617.16

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
FIVB	41	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	4	4	0	9	15	3	US$45,900.00
Overall	56	0	0	0	1	4	2	4	1	11	5	1	9	15	3	US$58,120.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Nikos Zoupani - 57th	Georgios Kotsilianos - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	16, Q11	13th	144	€ 500.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q25	41st	80	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	Q20	33rd	100	US$0.00
CEV	8/22-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	7	9th	240	€ 750.00
FIVB	8/14-19/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q18	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	Q22	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	7/4-8/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	5	7th	300	€ 1,000.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/18/2013	Qualifier 1	Alexey Kuleshov / Dmitriy Yakovlev, Kazakhstan (Q12)	Won 23-21, 21-12	0:37
Tue, 6/18/2013	Qualifier 2	Toms Smedins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (25, Q5)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 16-18	0:53

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	16	$24,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	4	0	11	$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	27	$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	16	$12,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	$12,375.00
29	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	1	18	$13,700.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	18	$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	34	$27,325.00	Total	52	0	0	0	1	3	3	6	5	34	$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 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2012	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	$2,250.00	3	7	30.0 %
2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	$0.00	7	17	29.2 %
Total	CEV	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	$5,250.00	10	14	41.7 %

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
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	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$1,125.00	2012	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$1,125.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
34	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	26	$5,750.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	26	$3,225.00

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	29	64.4%	7	15.6%	9	20.0%	36-9	80.0%	10	16.9%	12	20.3%	37	62.7%	10-49	16.9%	29-37	43.9%	17-21	44.7%	3	0	49-58	45.8%
2012-2013	9	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	8	66.7%	1-11	8.3%	9-8	52.9%	2-5	28.6%	1	0	12-13	48.0%
Against the Field	9	81.8%	0	0.0%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	5.6%	4	22.2%	13	72.2%	1-17	5.6%	18-26	40.9%	2-12	14.3%	0	0	10-19	34.5%

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 3-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 12 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-3
5/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Winner 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	16, Q11	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:50
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 # 14 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
Trail the series against # 16 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-2
4/30/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Huber/Seidl	25, Q8	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q25	26-24, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
7/7/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Winner 3	Huber/Seidl	4	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	5	21-19, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 25, Q5 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 0-2
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q21	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:53
5/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 1	Smedins/Sorokins	8	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	16, Q11	21-19, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 26, Q7 Hadrava/Kufa, Czechia 0-2
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Contender 2	Hadrava/Kufa	4	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	21-18, 21-14	0:40
7/7/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Contender 4	Hadrava/Kufa	11	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	5	31-29, 21-11	0:49
Trail the series against # Q10 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-2
4/23/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Bogatov/Prokopiev	30, Q4	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q20	21-15, 21-19	0:37
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bogatov/Prokopiev	29, Q8	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q25	25-23, 22-20	0:43
Lead the series against # Q12 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q21	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	Q12	23-21, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # Q18 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
4/23/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q20	Mullner/Wutzl	Q13	21-16, 21-15	0:33