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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Greek Open
July 9 - 13, 2003

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 Rethymnon Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	16	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	11	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	8	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	8	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	6	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	10	5th	180	US$6,675.00
CEV	8/29-31/2002	European Championships	3	13th	30	€ 900.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2002	China Open	16	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Japan Open	10	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	13	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	11	3rd	240	US$11,940.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	13	17th	80	US$3,000.00

Greek Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/10/2003	Pool F	Lise Roald Hansen / Cecilie Josefsen, Norway	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:37
Thu, 7/10/2003	Pool F	Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:42
Thu, 7/10/2003	Pool F	Chrisi Gschweidl / Sabine Swoboda, Austria	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:36
Fri, 7/11/2003	Winner 1	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany	Lost 21-10, 14-21, 11-15	0:52

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	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	3	1	0	$51,500.00	21	23	47.7 %
2001	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	$41,610.00	23	13	63.9 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	1	2	33.3 %
2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	$14,000.00	5	9	35.7 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	40	0	0	1	0	5	0	8	3	15	5	3	$146,110.00	55	50	52.4 %
Total	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$33,400.00	8	4	66.7 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	1	0	$25,750.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	1	0	$25,750.00
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
8	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$20,805.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$20,805.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$7,000.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$7,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
61	2	1	2	0	7	17	17	11	4	$104,905.00	Total	Total	56	2	1	2	0	7	16	17	7	4	$101,005.00

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%
2002-2003	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	6-6	50.0%
Against the Field	11	78.6%	1	7.1%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	5	50.0%	2-8	20.0%	22-10	68.8%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	14-10	58.3%

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
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 20-12 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-4
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Vollmer		Karadassiou/Sfyri		10-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:52
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Vollmer	25	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	21-18, 21-13	0:42
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 2	Ahmann/Vollmer	22	Karadassiou/Sfyri	3	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:55
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Ahmann/Vollmer	27, Q16	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Alcon/Pol	36	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against Alonso/Gomez, Spain 1-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	Alonso/Gomez	32, Q37	21-14, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q22	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 2-0
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	21-18, 25-27, 17-15	0:58
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 4	Karadassiou/Sfyri	3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	2	21-18, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 3-0
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	21-13, 21-15	0:36
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool F	Karadassiou/Sfyri	6	Gattelli/Perrotta	11	14-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:48
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Gattelli/Perrotta	7	21-13, 21-23, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Glesnes/Maaseide	24	21-12, 21-17	0:39
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Karadassiou/Sfyri	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	21-11, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against Granstrom/Ljungquist, Sweden 1-0
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool F	Karadassiou/Sfyri	6	Granstrom/Ljungquist	27, Q6	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against Gschweidl/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool F	Karadassiou/Sfyri		Gschweidl/Swoboda		21-17, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against Hansen/Josefsen, Norway 1-0
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool F	Karadassiou/Sfyri		Hansen/Josefsen		21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Ikauniece/Minusa	37	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-0
7/28/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Bronze Medal	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	Kadijk/Leenstra	18	21-17, 25-23	0:57
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Karadassiou/Sfyri	3	Kadijk/Leenstra	5	24-26, 23-21, 15-13	1:14
Trail the series against Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 2-4
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool F	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit		Karadassiou/Sfyri		21-14, 21-19	0:42
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	22	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:52
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	21-19, 21-14	0:38
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	21-16, 21-12	0:39
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 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	9	22-20, 21-16	0:44
Series tied with 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 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-3
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	Karadassiou/Sfyri	4	21-13, 15-21, 22-20	0:57
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