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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Norway Open
July 2 - 6, 2002

(Q17) Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Katerina Nikolaidou, Greece

Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 7, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Volos

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Espinho 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$202,200.00

Katerina Nikolaidou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 8, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thessaloniki

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Atlantida Beach 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Osaka 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$31,837.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	2	US$9,300.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,500.00
Overall	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	2	US$10,800.00

Previous Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	Q13	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	31, Q8	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	30, Q14	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	Q5	33rd	28	US$0.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/2/2002	Qualifier 2	Susan Blundell / Lucy Todd, New Zealand (Q16)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:31
Wed, 7/3/2002	Qualifier 3	Mayra Garcia / Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (27, Q1)	Lost 21-23, 22-24	0:39

Head to Head Results
Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou trail the series against the field 7-10 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	31, Q8	21-9, 21-14	0:26
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	3	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	21-10, 21-10	0:28
Trail the series against # 4 Connelly/Minello, Brazil 0-1
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Connelly/Minello	18	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	31, Q8	21-14, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 11 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q12	Glesnes/Maaseide	21, Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	19	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	21-11, 21-19	0:29
Trail the series against # 17 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 0-1
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Kusuhara/Tokuno	15	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	31, Q8	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:38
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 Clarke/Gooley, Australia 0-1
6/19/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Clarke/Gooley	31, Q4	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q13	21-11, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 23 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q12	21-13, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 27, Q1 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
7/3/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q1	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q17	23-21, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # 29, Q21 Palacio/Quevedo, Cuba 1-0
6/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	31, Q8	Palacio/Quevedo	Q41	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 32 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/5/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 7	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	28, Q10	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q5	21-11, 21-11	0:32
Series tied with # Q8 Nagy/Schlegl, Hungary 1-1
7/24/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Nagy/Schlegl	Q19	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	21-12, 21-16	0:32
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 1	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q12	Nagy/Schlegl	Q21	24-22, 21-9	0:38
Lead the series against # Q16 Blundell/Todd, New Zealand 1-0
7/2/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q17	Blundell/Todd	Q16	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # Q27 Van Breedam/Van Lierop, Belgium 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q5	Van Breedam/Van Lierop	Q21	23-21, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # Q29 Guenette/Rudol, Canada 1-0
6/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	31, Q8	Guenette/Rudol	Q25	21-13, 21-17	0:29
Lead the series against # Q32 Banck/Stein, Germany 1-0
6/18/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q13	Banck/Stein	Q45	19-21, 21-19, 15-6	0:54