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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Mangaung Open
December 9 - 14, 2014

(7) 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 Mangaung Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/4-8/2014	Doha Open	7	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	4	5th	300	US$3,375.00
CEV	9/11-14/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	6	5th	192	€ 1,250.00
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV	7/1-5/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	11	17th	128	€ 250.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q16	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	Q17	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	5/28-31/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q2	17th	128	€ 0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	Q6	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2013	Durban Open	15	17th	200	US$2,300.00

Mangaung Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/10/2014	Pool G	Marco Caminati / Enrico Rossi, Italy (26, Q6)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:33
Wed, 12/10/2014	Pool G	Michael Murauer / Florian Schnetzer, Austria (23, Q4)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 12/11/2014	Pool G	Jamaine Naidoo / Clinton Stemmet, South Africa (10)	Won 21-15, 21-9	0:32
Fri, 12/12/2014	Winner 2	Cole Durant / Casey Grice, Australia (28, Q8)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:52
Fri, 12/12/2014	Winner 3	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (1)	Lost 14-21, 21-15, 12-15	0:45

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	$15,050.00	11	10	52.4 %
2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$750.00	3	4	42.9 %
2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	$8,750.00	12	7	63.2 %
2014	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,500.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	21	$23,800.00	28	31	47.5 %
Total	CEV	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	4	1	1	$7,000.00	14	20	41.2 %

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
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$375.00	2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$375.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	$4,375.00	2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	$4,375.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$750.00	2014	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$750.00
48	0	0	0	0	6	4	5	3	30	$18,525.00	Total	Total	47	0	0	0	0	6	4	5	2	30	$16,000.00

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%
2013-2014	17	85.0%	1	5.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	4	21.1%	6	31.6%	9	47.4%	4-15	21.1%	17-9	65.4%	5-8	38.5%	1	0	23-17	57.5%
Against the Field	8	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	16-4	80.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	10-4	71.4%

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 lead the series against the field 10-2 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	21-14, 15-21, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 6 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool G	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	Garcia/Marco	10	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 8 Fuchs/Kaczmarek, Germany 1-1
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	4	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	10	26-28, 21-18, 15-9	1:00
7/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Pool F	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	6	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	11	22-20, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 10 Naidoo/Stemmet, South Africa 2-0
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool G	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	Naidoo/Stemmet	10	21-15, 21-9	0:32
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool B	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	15	Naidoo/Stemmet	31	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 11 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	28, Q6	Eithun/Horrem	21	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Casebeer/Montgomery, United States 1-0
11/5/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool G	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	Casebeer/Montgomery	23	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 23, Q4 Murauer/Schnetzer, Austria 2-0
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool G	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	Murauer/Schnetzer	23, Q4	21-13, 21-19	0:39
9/12/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool C	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	6	Murauer/Schnetzer	14, Q3	21-13, 25-23	0:36
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Caminati/Rossi, Italy 1-0
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool G	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	Caminati/Rossi	26, Q6	21-18, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Durant/Grice, Australia 1-0
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	Durant/Grice	28, Q8	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:52