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European Championship Tour
€ 300,000 European Championships
September 6 - 8, 2001

(3) 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:

147

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$503,782.86

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 Wins:

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 Jesolo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	10	12th	0	US$3,000.00
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

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/6/2001	Winner 2	Mireya Kaup / Claudia Pavlicek, Germany (19)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-8	1:08
Fri, 9/7/2001	Winner 3	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (6)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:40
Fri, 9/7/2001	Winner 4	Eva Celbova Rysava / Sona Novakova, Czech Republic (2)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:35
Sat, 9/8/2001	Semi-Finals	Rebekka Kadijk / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (5)	Won 24-26, 23-21, 15-13	1:14
Sat, 9/8/2001	Gold Medal	Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland (17)	Won 21-14, 27-25	0:51

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$406,580.00	Total	71	1	1	2	1	10	20	21	11	0	$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 %
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 %
2001	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	3	11	3	3	$85,000.00	25	26	49.0 %
Total	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,000.00	5	0	100.0 %

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
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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	2000	CEV
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00	2001	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
46	2	1	1	0	4	12	13	9	4	$73,150.00	Total	Total	41	2	1	1	0	4	11	13	5	4	$69,250.00

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	16	84.2%	1	5.3%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	5	33.3%	3	20.0%	7	46.7%	5-10	33.3%	16-7	69.6%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	22-12	64.7%
2000-2001	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	3-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-0	100.0%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	5	71.4%	2-5	28.6%	8-10	44.4%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%

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
Karadassiou/Sfyri lead the series against the field 9-4 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-0
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 4	Karadassiou/Sfyri	3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	2	21-18, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Karadassiou/Sfyri	3	Kadijk/Leenstra	5	24-26, 23-21, 15-13	1:14
Lead the series against # 6 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Karadassiou/Sfyri	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	21-11, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 17 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 2-0
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Gold Medal	Karadassiou/Sfyri	3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-14, 27-25	0:51
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	43	21-19, 18-21, 23-21	1:05
Lead the series against # 19 Kaup/Pavlicek, Germany 1-0
9/6/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	3	Kaup/Pavlicek	19	19-21, 21-18, 15-8	1:08
Series tied with # 20 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 Koelliker/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	Koelliker/Trussel	24	21-19, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 22 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