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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
July 19 - 24, 1999

(26) Vasso Karadassiou/Efi Sfyri, Greece

Vasiliki "Vasso" Karantasiou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Stavanger 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$359,980.00

Efi Sfyri
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 8, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Piraeus

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Xylokastro 2000)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Rhodes 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$123,805.00

Awards

Best Setter 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	12	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	64	0	0	1	1	8	0	11	1	6	21	11	2	1	1	US$241,810.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,800.00
Overall	66	0	1	2	1	8	0	11	1	6	21	11	2	1	1	US$247,610.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Efi Sfyri - 33rd	Vasso Karadassiou - 33rd
1998	Efi Sfyri - 17th	Vasso Karadassiou - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-20/1999	Canada Open	22	17th	68	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/7-11/1999	Mexico Open	23	17th	68	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/29-11/1/1998	Brazil Open	22	25th	34	US$1,400.00
FIVB	8/14-16/1998	China Open	20	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/7-9/1998	Japan Open	23	13th	102	US$3,200.00
FIVB	7/31-8/2/1998	Portugal Open	21	9th	136	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/23-25/1998	French Open	30	17th	51	US$1,700.00

Marseille World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 7/19/1999		Sabina Basagic / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (Q33)	Won 15-8	0:22
Mon, 7/19/1999		Chiaki Kusuhara / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (Q16)	Won 15-9	0:30
Wed, 7/21/1999		Linda Hanley / Nancy Reno, United States (7)	Lost 11-15	0:42
Wed, 7/21/1999		Martina Hudcova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (23)	Won 15-10	0:38
Thu, 7/22/1999		Anabelle Prawerman / Cecile Rigaux, France (9)	Won 15-6	0:27
Thu, 7/22/1999		Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 10-15	0:35

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Efi Sfyri - 33rd	Vasso Karadassiou - 33rd
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Efi Sfyri - 13th	Vasso Karadassiou - 13th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Efi Sfyri - 9th	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Efi Sfyri - 17th	Vasso Karadassiou - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 9th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	Q17	33rd	42	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-24/1999	Marseille World Championships	26	13th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	22	9th	200	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	9	17th	160	US$5,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$17,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	5	0	$44,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	1	1	7	0	8	5	16	6	0	$177,810.00
Challenger	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,800.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	66	0	1	2	1	8	0	12	6	21	11	0	$247,610.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vasso Karadassiou												Efi Sfyri
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$20,750.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$8,500.00
26	1	1	0	1	7	6	5	5	0	$129,475.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	0	$22,000.00
81	0	1	1	5	19	21	19	12	0	$205,355.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	1	1	7	13	16	6	0	$88,905.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00	Challenger	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
119	1	3	2	6	26	33	27	17	0	$359,980.00	Total	66	0	1	2	1	8	18	21	11	0	$123,805.00

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
1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
1999	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$11,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$11,000.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vasso Karadassiou													Efi Sfyri
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	$7,100.00	1998	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	$7,100.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,500.00	1999	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,500.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	4	$12,600.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	4	$12,600.00

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	56	66.7%	14	16.7%	14	16.7%	70-14	83.3%	11	14.7%	17	22.7%	47	62.7%	11-64	14.7%	56-47	54.4%	25-31	44.6%	0	1	87-84	50.9%
1998-1999	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	7	36.8%	4	21.1%	8	42.1%	11-8	57.9%	2	8.3%	4	16.7%	18	75.0%	2-22	8.3%	14-28	33.3%	12-14	46.2%	0	0	18-25	41.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
World Championships	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	0	10	8	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	22	14	0	0	24	22	0	2	1	1	0	0	58	53
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	6	1	38	24	0	0	26	34	0	2	1	1	0	0	87	84

Head to Head Results
Karadassiou/Sfyri lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bede/Behar	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	15-10	0:35
Trail the series against # 7 Hanley/Reno, United States 0-1
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Hanley/Reno	7	Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 9 Prawerman/Rigaux, France 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Prawerman/Rigaux	9	15-6	0:27
Lead the series against # 23 Hudcova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Hudcova/Tobiasova	23	15-10	0:38
Lead the series against # Q16 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-9	0:30
Lead the series against # Q33 Basagic/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Basagic/Montagnolli	Q33	15-8	0:22