Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Oldsmobile U.S. Grand Slam
June 30 - July 4, 2000

(15) Vasso Karadassiou/Efi Sfyri, Greece

Vasiliki "Vasso" Karantasiou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1973 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

147

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Stavanger 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$503,782.86

Efi Sfyri
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 8, 1971 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Piraeus

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Rhodes 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$161,729.01

Awards

Best Setter 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	12	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	12	2	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$51,718.99
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	78	2	1	2	1	13	1	14	1	7	21	11	2	1	1	US$299,328.99

Previous Chicago Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Swiss Open	17	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/13-18/2000	Canada Open	19	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2000	Italy Open	15	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	21	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	2/1-6/2000	Brazil Open	19	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/2-7/1999	Brazil Open	17	25th	34	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/26-28/1999	European Championships	7	9th	80	€ 2,500.00
FIVB	8/11-15/1999	China Open	19	17th	68	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/4-8/1999	Japan Open	20	17th	68	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/1999	Portugal Open	20	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/19-24/1999	Marseille World Championships	26	13th	180	US$6,000.00
CEV	7/8-11/1999	CEV Pescara Open		7th	30	€ 0.00
CEV	7/1-4/1999	CEV Xylokastro Open		1st	60	€ 0.00

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	1	$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	3	$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
Confederation Championship	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$43,400.00
Total	71	1	1	2	1	10	0	13	7	21	11	4	$291,010.00

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	1	$20,750.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$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	3	$205,355.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	1	1	7	13	16	6	3	$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
10	3	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$46,600.00	Confederation Championship	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$21,700.00
129	4	3	2	6	30	36	27	17	4	$406,580.00	Total	71	1	1	2	1	10	20	21	11	4	$145,505.00

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$21,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	3	$21,000.00	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
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$10,500.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$10,500.00
4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	1999	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$9,000.00	2000	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$9,000.00
27	1	0	0	0	3	6	9	4	4	$27,850.00	Total	Total	27	1	0	0	0	3	6	9	4	4	$27,850.00

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%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	5	41.7%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	2	9.5%	4	19.0%	15	71.4%	2-19	9.5%	10-24	29.4%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	12-21	36.4%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	13	5
Total	0	0	6	1	43	25	0	0	31	37	1	2	1	1	1	0	100	89

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 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 # 9 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 # 20 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 # 24 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-9	0:30