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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam
May 24 - 29, 2016

(29, Q12) 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 Best:

4th (FIVB Antalya 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$26,075.00

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:

4th (FIVB Antalya 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$23,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	41	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	4	4	9	15	3	US$45,900.00

Previous Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Nikos Zoupani - 25th	Georgios Kotsilianos - 25th
2014	Nikos Zoupani - 41st	Georgios Kotsilianos - 41st
2015	Nikos Zoupani - 33rd	Georgios Kotsilianos - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	25, Q7	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2016	Fortaleza Open	18	9th	240	US$2,000.00
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
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/24/2016	Qualifier 1	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (Q21)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:32
Tue, 5/24/2016	Qualifier 2	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (Q5)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:33
Wed, 5/25/2016	Pool D	Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)	Lost 10-21, 18-21	0:35
Thu, 5/26/2016	Pool D	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (13)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 10-15	0:45
Thu, 5/26/2016	Pool D	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (20)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:31

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
Total	41	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	4	4	0	$45,900.00

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
51	0	0	0	1	3	3	5	5	0	$26,075.00	Total	49	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	4	0	$23,550.00

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 %
2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00	4	9	30.8 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	$15,050.00	11	10	52.4 %
2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	$8,750.00	12	7	63.2 %
2015	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	$3,600.00	5	12	29.4 %
2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$10,500.00	13	8	61.9 %
Total	FIVB	38	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	4	2	26	$37,900.00	46	51	47.4 %

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
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
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
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
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
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
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	$5,250.00	2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	$5,250.00
47	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	3	33	$22,075.00	Total	Total	46	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	2	33	$19,550.00

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%
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	8	72.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	4	12.5%	5	15.6%	23	71.9%	4-28	12.5%	16-46	25.8%	10-14	41.7%	0	0	13-30	30.2%

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
Total	0	0	20	27	22	20	0	0	7	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	49	58

Head to Head Results
Kotsilianos/Zoupani trail the series against the field 12-23 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 14 Series, 6 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 # 4 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Goncalves/Solberg	4	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	29, Q12	21-10, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 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 # 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
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 # 11 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 # 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 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-2
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	29, Q12	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:45
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	20	21-16, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 15 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
5/15/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Bronze Medal	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	25, Q7	21-14, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 16 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-0
5/14/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	25, Q7	Binstock/Schachter	10	16-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:51
Series tied with # 18 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-1
5/15/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Semi-Finals	Bockermann/Fluggen	9	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	25, Q7	21-16, 21-17	0:38
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool H	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	25, Q7	Bockermann/Fluggen	9	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 19 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
5/14/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 3	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	25, Q7	Erdmann/Matysik	7	22-20, 24-22	0:42
Trail the series against # 20 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-2
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Ontiveros/Virgen	20	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	29, Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:31
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 # 21 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 # 24, Q4 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
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 # 30 Barsuk/Liamin, Russia 1-1
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Barsuk/Liamin	20	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	4	22-20, 22-24, 18-16	0:58
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	4	Barsuk/Liamin	20	32-34, 21-18, 15-9	1:00
Trail the series against # 31 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 # 32, Q19 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
5/11/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Qualifier 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	25, Q7	Finsters/Tocs	Q10	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:54
Series tied with # Q5 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-1
5/24/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	29, Q12	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q5	21-18, 21-16	0:33
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	6	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # Q10 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-1
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
Trail the series against # Q14 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
Trail the series against # Q15 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	11	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	20	16-21, 21-14, 15-7	0:49
Lead the series against # Q18 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 # Q21 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 1-1
5/24/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	29, Q12	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	Q21	21-15, 21-19	0:32
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 # Q22 Leshukov/Likholetov, Russia 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	20	Leshukov/Likholetov	29, Q7	21-17, 21-15	0:34