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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 29 - August 2, 2015

(27) 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 Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/17-21/2015	1st European Games	14	17th	128	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	Q12	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	Q12	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	7	9th	80	€ 625.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	14	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	14	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	7	5th	300	US$3,375.00
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 C&S	8/6-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	3	3rd	224	€ 1,950.00

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/29/2015	Pool F	Jonathan Erdmann / Clemens Wickler, Germany (6)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:33
Thu, 7/30/2015	Pool F	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (11)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:36
Fri, 7/31/2015	Pool F	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (22)	Won 25-23, 21-18	0:43
Fri, 7/31/2015	Winner 1	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (12)	Lost 21-23, 9-21	0:34

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	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 %
2012	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	4	2	66.7 %
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 %
2013	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	$825.00	5	8	38.5 %
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 %
2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	5	2	71.4 %
2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$2,400.00	4	8	33.3 %
2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$1,625.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	1	24	$26,200.00	32	39	45.1 %
Total	CEV	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	6	1	1	$8,625.00	18	27	40.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	9	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	$5,010.00	21	18	53.8 %

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
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
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
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	$412.50	2013	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	$412.50
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$975.00	2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$975.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,200.00	2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$812.50	2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$812.50
67	1	1	1	0	9	9	9	4	33	$23,852.50	Total	Total	66	0	1	1	1	8	10	9	3	33	$20,787.50

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%
2014-2015	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	4	26.7%	1	6.7%	10	66.7%	4-11	26.7%	3-10	23.1%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	8-11	42.1%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	2-18	10.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-10	16.7%

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 9-22 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 10 Series, 5 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
Trail the series against # 2 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
5/23/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Series tied with # 3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-1
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	28, Q6	21-12, 21-17	0:32
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q15	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q18	21-12, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 6 Erdmann/Wickler, Germany 0-1
7/29/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Erdmann/Wickler	6	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	27	21-17, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	28, Q6	21-17, 21-18	0:34
Series tied with # 11 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
7/30/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Kantor/Losiak	11	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	27	21-13, 21-19	0:36
9/13/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool C	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	6	Kantor/Losiak	3	7-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 12 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-3
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Krasilnikov/Semenov	12	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	27	23-21, 21-9	0:34
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool C	Krasilnikov/Semenov	3	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	14	21-11, 21-19	0:34
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Krasilnikov/Semenov	1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	32, Q16	21-15, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-2
6/19/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool C	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	3	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	14	21-15, 21-13	0:42
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	6	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # 18 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-1
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool G	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	Garcia/Marco	10	21-16, 21-18	0:37
8/6/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Contender 4	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	5	22-20, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 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
Series tied with # 21 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 # 22 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 2-0
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	27	Eithun/Horrem	22	25-23, 21-18	0:43
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	28, Q6	Eithun/Horrem	21	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Bryl/Kujawiak, Poland 0-1
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bryl/Kujawiak	31, Q19	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 25 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 0-1
8/8/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Winner 2	Petutschnig/Winter	6, Q1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	3	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Series tied with # 31 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-2
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	28, Q6	Huber/Seidl	17	23-21, 27-25	0:48
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
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