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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Fortaleza Open
April 26 - May 1, 2016

(18) 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 Fortaleza Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	Q3	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	20	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Q13	41st	40	US$0.00
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

Fortaleza Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/27/2016	Pool B	Oivind Hordvik / Bjarte Usken, Norway (15)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:49
Wed, 4/27/2016	Pool B	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (2)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:36
Thu, 4/28/2016	Pool B	Thiago Barbosa / Harley Marques, Brazil (31, Q8)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:35
Thu, 4/28/2016	Winner 1	Nicolas Capogrosso / Ian Mehamed, Argentina (16)	Won 21-14, 19-21, 18-16	0:47
Fri, 4/29/2016	Winner 2	Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (20)	Lost 21-23, 21-23	0:47

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	$3,600.00	5	12	29.4 %
2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$1,625.00	4	7	36.4 %
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$2,000.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	4	1	26	$29,400.00	37	46	44.6 %
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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	$1,800.00	2015	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	$1,800.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,000.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,000.00
60	0	0	0	0	6	6	10	3	35	$22,137.50	Total	Total	59	0	0	0	0	6	6	10	2	35	$19,612.50

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%
2015-2016	8	47.1%	6	35.3%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	5	17.2%	4	13.8%	20	69.0%	5-24	17.2%	8-20	28.6%	11-7	61.1%	2	0	21-27	43.8%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	8	72.7%	1-10	9.1%	8-14	36.4%	6-6	50.0%	1	0	8-10	44.4%

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
Series tied against the field 7-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
4/27/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Pool B	Gibb/Patterson	2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	18	21-16, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 5 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 # 8 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
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 14 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
Lead the series against # 15 Hordvik/Usken, Norway 1-0
4/27/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Pool B	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	18	Hordvik/Usken	15	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 Capogrosso/Mehamed, Argentina 1-0
4/28/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Winner 1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	18	Capogrosso/Mehamed	16	21-14, 19-21, 18-16	0:47
Lead the series against # 19 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 2-0
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
Trail the series against # 20 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 0-1
4/29/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Winner 2	Faiga/Hilman	20	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	18	23-21, 23-21	0:47
Lead the series against # 31, Q8 Barbosa/Marques, Brazil 1-0
4/28/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Pool B	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	18	Barbosa/Marques	31, Q8	21-16, 21-18	0:35