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European Championship Tour
€ 87,000 Spanish Open
September 9 - 12, 2004

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 Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/1-5/2004	Italy Open	13	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/14-24/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	6	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	22	25th	54	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	14	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2004	Norway Open	19	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	19	25th	60	US$4,000.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		5th	120	€ 4,500.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	21	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	22	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	9	17th	72	US$3,000.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		5th	60	€ 2,250.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	11	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	9	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	17	9th	240	US$8,000.00

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool B	Patricia Barrio Cendoya / Amparo Hopf, Spain	Won 21-8, 21-19	0:35
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool B	Mireya Kaup / Antje Roder, Germany	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool B	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria	Lost 16-21, 22-24	0:42

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	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	4	0	$55,000.00	21	22	48.8 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	$40,500.00	16	21	43.2 %
2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,250.00	9	4	69.2 %
Total	FIVB	57	0	0	1	1	8	0	11	5	19	9	3	$227,610.00	87	84	50.9 %
Total	CEV	7	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$46,150.00	20	10	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
11	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	4	0	$27,500.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	4	0	$27,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
10	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	$20,250.00	2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	$20,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00
82	2	1	2	1	13	23	21	15	4	$152,030.00	Total	Total	77	2	1	2	1	13	22	21	11	4	$148,130.00

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%
2003-2004	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	3	33.3%	1	11.1%	5	55.6%	3-6	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	14-8	63.6%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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 15-7 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Alcon/Pol, Spain 2-0
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri		Alcon/Pol		21-19, 21-17	0:45
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Alcon/Pol	36	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-1
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21, Q1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	19	21-18, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against Barrio Cendoya/Hopf, Spain 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	Karadassiou/Sfyri		Barrio Cendoya/Hopf		21-8, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 4-1
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	4	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	21-14, 21-14	0:35
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	19	Gattelli/Perrotta	20, Q3	21-18, 21-18	0:39
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 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 3-0
6/5/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	Hakedal/Torlen	29, Q3	21-16, 18-21, 15-9	0:53
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Hakedal/Torlen	27	21-12, 21-19	0:30
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool D	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Hakedal/Torlen	20, Q1	21-14, 25-23	0:41
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 Kaup/Roder, Germany 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	Karadassiou/Sfyri		Kaup/Roder		18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against Keizer/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool D	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Keizer/Mooren	29, Q19	21-9, 21-18	0:27
Lead the series against Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
9/4/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 3	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-5
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	Yanchulova/Yanchulova		Karadassiou/Sfyri		21-16, 24-22	0:42
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	30	Karadassiou/Sfyri	19	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
8/28/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Karadassiou/Sfyri		Yanchulova/Yanchulova		21-17, 21-17	0:47
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