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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 8,500 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite
August 20 - 23, 2015

(2) 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 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 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 Skopje 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
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	80	US$0.00

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/21/2015	Winner 1	Dimitrios Niopas / Thodoris Papadimitriou, Greece (15, Q9)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:35
Fri, 8/21/2015	Winner 2	Stefan Basta / Lazar Kolaric, Serbia (10, Q2)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:51
Sat, 8/22/2015	Winner 3	Daniel Bergerud / Svein Solhaug, Norway (11, Q3)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:31
Sun, 8/23/2015	Semi-Finals	Kristoffer Abell / Peter Kildegaard, Denmark (9, Q1)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:35
Sun, 8/23/2015	Gold Medal	Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (1)	Lost 21-18, 23-25, 13-15	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	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 %
2015	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,280.00	4	1	80.0 %
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	10	0	2	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	$6,290.00	25	19	56.8 %

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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$640.00	2015	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$640.00
68	1	2	1	0	9	9	9	4	33	$24,492.50	Total	Total	67	0	2	1	1	8	10	9	3	33	$21,427.50

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	20	80.0%	2	8.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	2	12.5%	1	6.3%	13	81.3%	2-14	12.5%	20-13	60.6%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	25-19	56.8%
2014-2015	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	8-2	80.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	9-3	75.0%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	8-2	80.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-2	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 9-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 2-2
8/23/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite	Gold Medal	Kosiak/Rudol	1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	2	18-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:55
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
8/10/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Contender 4	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	3	Kosiak/Rudol	4	21-14, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 5 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 2-1
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool G	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	10	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	14	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	19	21-17, 21-17	0:39
8/10/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Semi-Finals	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	10, Q8	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	3	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 9, Q1 Abell/Kildegaard, Denmark 1-0
8/23/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite	Semi-Finals	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	2	Abell/Kildegaard	9, Q1	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 10, Q2 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 1-0
8/21/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite	Winner 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	2	Basta/Kolaric	10, Q2	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 11, Q3 Bergerud/Solhaug, Norway 1-0
8/22/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite	Winner 3	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	2	Bergerud/Solhaug	11, Q3	21-16, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 15, Q9 Niopas/Papadimitriou, Greece 1-0
8/21/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite	Winner 1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	2	Niopas/Papadimitriou	15, Q9	21-15, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 16, Q12 Kufa/Lenc, Czech Republic 1-0
5/29/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q2	Kufa/Lenc	Q18	21-14, 17-21, 15-7	0:50