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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$500,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
August 1 - 4, 2001

(22) 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 Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	21	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	22, Q1	17th	90	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	23	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB C&S	6/29-7/1/2001	Greece Challenger	5	3rd	48	US$2,600.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	28	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	24	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

Klagenfurt World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool K	Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland (43)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 23-21	1:05
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool K	Rong Chi / Zi Xiong, China (11)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:39
Thu, 8/2/2001	Winner 1	Nancy Gougeon / Marie-Andree Lessard, Canada (24)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:48
Fri, 8/3/2001	Winner 2	Claudia Oliveira / Jackie Silva, Brazil (8)	Lost 21-15, 25-27, 12-15	0:53

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	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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	$28,500.00	13	14	48.1 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	11	3	3	$67,500.00	19	19	50.0 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$14,250.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$14,250.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
37	0	1	1	0	1	8	13	9	4	$46,750.00	Total	Total	33	0	1	1	0	1	8	13	5	4	$43,750.00

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	57.5%	8	20.0%	9	22.5%	31-9	77.5%	6	13.3%	10	22.2%	29	64.4%	6-39	13.3%	46-50	47.9%	28-36	43.8%	0	1	38-47	44.7%

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 10-15 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 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 # 2 Fontana/Youngs, United States 0-1
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Youngs	2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Minello/Pires, Brazil 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	5	Karadassiou/Sfyri	28	21-16, 21-10	0:41
Trail the series against # 5 Arce/McPeak, United States 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Arce/McPeak	5	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	21-16, 21-7	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Oliveira/Silva, Brazil 0-2
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Oliveira/Silva	8	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	15-21, 27-25, 15-12	0:53
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Oliveira/Silva	11	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	16-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 11 Chi/Xiong, China 0-2
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Chi/Xiong	11	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	21-14, 21-15	0:39
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Chi/Xiong	11	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22, Q1	21-17, 21-10	0:31
Lead the series against # 13 Tian/Wang, China 2-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	Tian/Wang	12	21-15, 21-15	0:39
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	Tian/Wang	7	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 15 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-3
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
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
Lead the series against # 16 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
Series tied with # 17 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-1
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	12, Q8	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:35
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 4	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22, Q1	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	12, Q8	21-17, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 24 Gougeon/Lessard, Canada 1-0
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Gougeon/Lessard	24	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 26 Ahmann/Schmidt, Germany 1-0
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Ahmann/Schmidt	21	24-22, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against # 27 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
Trail the series against # 28 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 # 30 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 2-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22, Q1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	27	21-14, 22-20	0:39
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-9	0:30
Lead the series against # 43 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	43	21-19, 18-21, 23-21	1:05
Trail the series against # 47 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