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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Italy Open
June 13 - 17, 2001

(24) 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 Cagliari Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Efi Sfyri - 17th	Vasso Karadassiou - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/4-8/2001	Macau Open	22	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	9/16-25/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	16	17th	0	US$0.00
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

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/15/2001	Winner 1	Laura Bruschini / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy (9)	Lost 17-21, 21-23	0:45
Fri, 6/15/2001	Contender 1	Danalee Bragado-Corso / Ali Wood, United States (8, Q1)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:52
Fri, 6/15/2001	Contender 2	Chun Ying Liu / Jingkun Zhang, China (23)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 9-15	0:44

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 %
2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,500.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	9	2	3	$47,500.00	10	9	52.6 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,250.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,250.00
31	0	1	0	0	1	6	11	8	4	$35,450.00	Total	Total	27	0	1	0	0	1	6	11	4	4	$32,450.00

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%
2000-2001	13	54.2%	5	20.8%	6	25.0%	18-6	75.0%	3	15.0%	3	15.0%	14	70.0%	3-17	15.0%	13-14	48.1%	8-9	47.1%	0	0	22-25	46.8%
Against the Field	23	59.0%	6	15.4%	10	25.6%	29-10	74.4%	5	11.9%	10	23.8%	27	64.3%	5-37	11.9%	46-48	48.9%	22-38	36.7%	0	1	35-46	43.2%

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
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 trail the series against the field 4-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 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
Lead the series against # 8, Q1 Bragado-Corso/Wood, United States 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	24	Bragado-Corso/Wood	8, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:52
Trail the series against # 9 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-2
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	24	21-17, 23-21	0:45
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	15-2	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Galindo/Huerta, Mexico 0-1
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 4	Galindo/Huerta	8	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # 13 Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo, Brazil 1-0
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 3	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo	19	21-19, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	23-21, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-9	0:30
Trail the series against # 23 Liu/Zhang, China 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Liu/Zhang	23	Karadassiou/Sfyri	24	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-0
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Pohl/Rau	11	21-15, 21-12	0:38