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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam
August 25 - 30, 2015

(Q13) 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 Olsztyn Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/29-8/2/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	27	17th	180	€ 1,000.00
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

Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/26/2015	Qualifier 1	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (Q20)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:33

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	$2,400.00	4	9	30.8 %
2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$1,625.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	33	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	1	25	$26,200.00	32	40	44.4 %
Total	CEV	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	6	1	1	$8,625.00	18	27	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
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	$1,200.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	$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
57	0	0	0	0	6	5	9	3	34	$20,537.50	Total	Total	56	0	0	0	0	6	5	9	2	34	$18,012.50

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	7	50.0%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	3	10.3%	5	17.2%	21	72.4%	3-26	10.3%	14-42	25.0%	14-16	46.7%	0	0	14-29	32.6%

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 9-21 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 13 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Series tied with # 4 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 # 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
Trail the series against # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 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 # 17 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 # 21 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 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
Series tied with # 27 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 # 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 # Q9 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 # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q11 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 # Q18 Hordvik/Kvamsdal, Norway 0-1
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Qualifier 1	Hordvik/Kvamsdal	Q21	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q12	21-12, 21-14	0:30
Trail the series against # Q20 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 0-1
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	Q20	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q13	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # Q21 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
Trail the series against # Q23 Dumek/Kufa, Czechia 0-1
6/19/15	CEV	1st European Games	Winner 1	Dumek/Kufa	25	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	14	24-22, 17-21, 16-14	1:00
Trail the series against # Q24 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-2
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
Trail the series against # Q31 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 0-1
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Qualifier 1	O'Gorman/Pedlow	32, Q21	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q12	21-18, 21-18	0:39