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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Goodwill Games
August 29 - September 4, 2001

(10) 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 Brisbane Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/22-26/2001	Hong Kong Open	8	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2001	China Open	12	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	22	9th	200	US$6,000.00
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

Goodwill Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/30/2001	Winner 1	Rong Chi / Zi Xiong, China (7)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:41
Fri, 8/31/2001	Contender 1	Angela Clarke / Kylie Gerlic, Australia (15)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:59
Sat, 9/1/2001	Contender 2	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (11)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 10-15	0:57
Sun, 9/2/2001	Contender 3	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (12)	Lost 27-29, 17-21	0:46

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	3	1	0	$46,000.00	19	21	47.5 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	3	11	3	3	$85,000.00	25	26	49.0 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	0	$23,000.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	0	$23,000.00
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
40	0	1	1	0	2	10	13	9	4	$55,500.00	Total	Total	36	0	1	1	0	2	10	13	5	4	$52,500.00

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	10	58.8%	3	17.6%	4	23.5%	13-4	76.5%	3	12.5%	5	20.8%	16	66.7%	3-21	12.5%	20-30	40.0%	12-16	42.9%	0	0	17-24	41.5%

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 5-14 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Contender 6	Cook/Pottharst	3	Karadassiou/Sfyri	12	21-16, 13-21, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-3
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	21-16, 21-14	0:42
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	12	21-14, 21-13	0:35
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bede/Behar	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	15-10	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 6 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Karadassiou/Sfyri	12	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	4	13-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 7 Chi/Xiong, China 0-3
8/30/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Chi/Xiong	7	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	21-19, 21-19	0:41
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
Series tied with # 11 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	11	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:57
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Pohl/Rau	11	21-15, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 12 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-2
9/2/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	29-27, 21-17	0:46
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	23-21, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 15 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 1-0
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Clarke/Gerlic	15	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:59
Lead the series against # 16 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