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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$292,800 Durban Open
December 11 - 14, 2013

(15) 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$26,075.00

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:

4th (FIVB Antalya 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$23,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	41	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	4	4	9	15	3	US$45,900.00

Previous Durban Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	28, Q6	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	32, Q16	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	160	US$0.00
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

Durban Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 12/12/2013	Pool B	Murat Giginoglu / Selcuk Sekerci, Türkiye (18)	Lost 22-20, 12-21, 17-19	1:00
Thu, 12/12/2013	Pool B	Jamaine Naidoo / Clinton Stemmet, South Africa (31)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:41
Fri, 12/13/2013	Pool B	Bruno Schmidt / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Lost 11-21, 11-21	0:32
Fri, 12/13/2013	Winner 1	Philipp Bergmann / Malte Stiel, Germany (28, Q15)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 8-15	0:44

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
Total	41	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	4	4	0	$45,900.00

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
51	0	0	0	1	3	3	5	5	0	$26,075.00	Total	49	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	4	0	$23,550.00

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 %
2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00	4	9	30.8 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	$15,050.00	11	10	52.4 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	17	$15,050.00	16	24	40.0 %

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
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
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
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	$7,525.00	2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	$7,525.00
29	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	24	$10,650.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	24	$8,125.00

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	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0-8	0.0%	16-14	53.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	9-9	50.0%

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
Total	0	0	20	27	22	20	0	0	7	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	49	58

Head to Head Results
Kotsilianos/Zoupani lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
12/13/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool B	Schmidt/Solberg	2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	15	21-11, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 11 Ces/Rowlandson, France 1-0
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	28, Q6	Ces/Rowlandson	25, Q4	27-25, 27-25	0:51
Lead the series against # 12 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
Lead the series against # 16 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
8/21/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	32, Q16	Dumek/Kubala	Q17	23-21, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
Trail the series against # 18 Giginoglu/Sekerci, Türkiye 0-1
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool B	Giginoglu/Sekerci	18	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	15	20-22, 21-12, 19-17	1:00
Trail the series against # 28, Q15 Bergmann/Stiel, Germany 0-1
12/13/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 1	Bergmann/Stiel	28, Q15	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	15	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:44
Lead the series against # 31 Naidoo/Stemmet, South Africa 1-0
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool B	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	15	Naidoo/Stemmet	31	21-18, 21-19	0:41