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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Lucerne Open
May 12 - 17, 2015

(14) 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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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	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

Lucerne Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2015	Pool C	Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (19, Q1)	Won 22-20, 16-21, 15-13	0:53
Thu, 5/14/2015	Pool C	Jefferson Santos Pereira / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (30, Q25)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:45
Fri, 5/15/2015	Pool C	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (3)	Lost 11-21, 19-21	0:34
Fri, 5/15/2015	Winner 1	Vitor Felipe / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (4)	Lost 21-18, 14-21, 14-16	0:55

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 %
2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,400.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	1	21	$26,200.00	31	36	46.3 %
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,200.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,200.00
50	0	0	0	0	6	4	7	3	30	$19,725.00	Total	Total	49	0	0	0	0	6	4	7	2	30	$17,200.00

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%
2014-2015	11	73.3%	2	13.3%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	3	15.0%	6	30.0%	11	55.0%	3-17	15.0%	11-11	50.0%	5-8	38.5%	1	0	17-19	47.2%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	9.5%	2	9.5%	17	81.0%	2-19	9.5%	12-34	26.1%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	11-20	35.5%

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 9-10 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-2
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 # 4 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 0-1
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 1	Felipe/Filho	4	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	14	18-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-0
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	28, Q6	Saxton/Schalk	12	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 8 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
Lead the series against # 9 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
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
Series tied with # 11 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
Series tied with # 19, Q1 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 1-1
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool C	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	14	Kosiak/Rudol	19, Q1	22-20, 16-21, 15-13	0:53
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Kosiak/Rudol	21	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	14	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 21 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	6	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 22, Q4 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
Series tied with # 26 Kollo/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
5/30/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	16, Q11	Kollo/Vesik	Q6	21-19, 21-15	0:32
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kollo/Vesik	Q15	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q18	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 30, Q25 Santos Pereira/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool C	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	14	Santos Pereira/Younousse	30, Q25	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # Q6 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 # Q17 Court/Schumann, Australia 1-0
11/5/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool G	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	Court/Schumann	26, Q5	21-14, 21-17	0:39