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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam
May 25 - 31, 2015

(Q9) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Nikos Zoupani - 25th	Georgios Kotsilianos - 25th
2014	Nikos Zoupani - 41st	Georgios Kotsilianos - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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	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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/26/2015	Qualifier 1	Alexander Likholetov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (Q24)	Won By Forfeit
Tue, 5/26/2015	Qualifier 2	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (24, Q8)	Lost 18-21, 21-17, 13-15	0:48

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$2,400.00	4	6	40.0 %
2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	30	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	1	22	$26,200.00	32	37	46.4 %
Total	CEV	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	1	1	$7,625.00	15	22	40.5 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$1,200.00	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$1,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$312.50	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$312.50
52	0	0	0	0	6	5	7	3	31	$20,037.50	Total	Total	51	0	0	0	0	6	5	7	2	31	$17,512.50

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	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	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	3	9.4%	4	12.5%	25	78.1%	3-29	9.4%	20-48	29.4%	10-12	45.5%	1	0	16-30	34.8%

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 13-16 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
4/22/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Bourne/Hyden	27, Q11	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q6	21-17, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13, Q1 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
Series tied with # 14 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 # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20, Q2 Brunner/Lucena, United States 0-1
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Brunner/Lucena	3	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	14	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 24, Q8 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ontiveros/Virgen	24, Q8	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q9	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 26, Q12 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q13 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
Series tied with # 29, Q14 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
Lead the series against 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 # Q5 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 # Q7 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 # Q11 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 # Q17 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 # Q18 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
Trail the series against # Q22 Azaad/Bianchi, Argentina 0-2
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Azaad/Bianchi	Q17	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q16	21-19, 21-17	0:43
6/11/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Azaad/Bianchi	Q16	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q17	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # Q24 Likholetov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q9	Likholetov/Prokopiev	Q24	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # Q28 Egleskalns/Plavins, Latvia 0-1
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool G	Egleskalns/Plavins	23	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q29 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