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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVII Olympic Games
September 16 - 25, 2000

(16) 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 Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/5-9/2000	Greece Challenger	1	2nd	54	US$3,200.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/16/2000	Winner 1	Laura Bruschini / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy (9)	Lost 2-15	0:34
Mon, 9/18/2000	Contender 1	Martina Hudcova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (21)	Won 15-6	0:29
Mon, 9/18/2000	Contender 2	Maike Friedrichsen / Danja Musch, Germany (10)	Lost 7-15	0:36

Olympic Games, 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
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Efi Sfyri - 17th	Vasso Karadassiou - 17th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Efi Sfyri - 9th	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Efi Sfyri - 17th	Vasso Karadassiou - 17th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Efi Sfyri - 9th	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 9th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 9th	Did not play
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 19th	Did not play

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$21,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2000	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	$18,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	2	3	$39,000.00	6	5	54.5 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	$12,000.00	2000	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	$9,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
29	0	1	0	0	1	5	10	8	4	$31,200.00	Total	Total	25	0	1	0	0	1	5	10	4	4	$28,200.00

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	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	6	54.5%	5-6	45.5%	3	13.6%	3	13.6%	16	72.7%	3-19	13.6%	6-26	18.8%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	11-22	33.3%

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
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-1
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	15-2	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Friedrichsen/Musch, Germany 0-1
9/18/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 2	Friedrichsen/Musch	10	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	15-7	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 21 Hudcova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 2-0
9/18/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	Hudcova/Tobiasova	21	15-6	0:29
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Hudcova/Tobiasova	23	15-10	0:38