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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 10 - 14, 2008

(8) Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece

Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 7, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Volos

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Valencia 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$239,371.41

Maria Tsiartsiani
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 21, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thessaloniki

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

175

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$393,098.73

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	12	0	0	1	0	1	2	7	1	0	0	0	US$43,270.68
FIVB	59	0	1	1	1	3	0	11	6	24	10	2	US$291,550.00
Overall	71	0	1	2	1	4	2	18	7	24	10	2	US$334,820.68

Previous Blackpool Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	22	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/9-21/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	16	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	20	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	16	17th	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	7/10-12/2008	European Championship	19	9th	320	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	30	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	27	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	22	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	16	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	18	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	20	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	17	17th	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	5/8-11/2008	Austrian Masters	15, Q7	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	19	9th	240	US$5,500.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	14, Q13	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	19	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	22	17th	120	US$3,000.00

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 1	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (9)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:55
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (1)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:58
Sat, 9/13/2008	Winner 3	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (12, Q1)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:39
Sat, 9/13/2008	Semi-Finals	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (2)	Lost 27-29, 20-22	0:50
Sat, 9/13/2008	Bronze Medal	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (6)	Won 21-9, 21-16	0:34

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$20,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	5	0	$75,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	0	1	1	1	3	0	6	4	19	5	0	$195,350.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Total	62	0	1	1	1	3	1	13	6	24	10	0	$301,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Efthalia Koutroumanidou												Maria Tsiartsiani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,450.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,187.50
24	0	0	0	0	1	7	5	8	0	$58,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	1	0	0	1	15	14	12	0	$137,100.00
68	0	1	1	1	5	13	25	14	0	$127,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	0	1	1	2	14	24	24	13	0	$184,262.50
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$9,125.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$17,750.00
110	0	1	1	2	8	28	36	22	0	$211,325.00	Total	160	0	3	1	2	17	47	42	26	0	$359,800.00

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
2005	FIVB	15	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	2	4	2	0	$113,950.00	34	30	53.1 %
2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$8,950.00	7	6	53.8 %
2006	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	1	1	$49,300.00	15	26	36.6 %
2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$8,850.00	5	8	38.5 %
2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	6	4	1	$77,400.00	34	37	47.9 %
2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,475.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	3	0	$45,400.00	17	29	37.0 %
2008	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$11,700.00	14	7	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	58	0	1	1	1	3	0	10	6	24	10	2	$286,050.00	100	122	45.0 %
Total	CEV	12	0	0	1	0	1	2	7	1	0	0	0	$31,975.00	28	23	54.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Efthalia Koutroumanidou													Maria Tsiartsiani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$750.00	1999	CEV
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	1999	CEV Under Age
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,500.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	2000	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	$2,650.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$825.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	$23,750.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	$7,312.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	$23,625.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	$14,625.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,750.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,875.00
15	0	1	1	0	2	5	4	2	0	$56,975.00	2005	FIVB	15	0	1	1	0	2	5	4	2	0	$56,975.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,475.00	2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,475.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	1	1	$24,650.00	2006	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	1	1	$24,650.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$4,425.00	2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$4,425.00
17	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	4	1	$38,700.00	2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	4	1	$38,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50
13	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	3	0	$22,700.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	3	0	$22,700.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$5,850.00	2008	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$5,850.00
126	2	1	2	2	11	37	37	23	11	$223,062.50	Total	Total	100	0	1	2	1	7	30	27	19	13	$184,650.00

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	18	66.7%	5	18.5%	4	14.8%	23-4	85.2%	5	20.8%	5	20.8%	14	58.3%	5-19	20.8%	18-14	56.3%	10-9	52.6%	0	0	28-23	54.9%
2007-2008	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	4	36.4%	1	9.1%	6	54.5%	4-7	36.4%	10-6	62.5%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	16-9	64.0%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	3-7	30.0%	6-10	37.5%	10-4	71.4%	0	0	8-7	53.3%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	1	8	19	0	0	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	34
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	2	1	0	0	33	40	1	2	1	1	0	1	74	82
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Total	0	0	11	2	12	24	0	0	47	55	1	2	1	1	0	1	111	130

Head to Head Results
Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani trail the series against the field 18-25 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 3-5
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:58
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	9	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	24-22, 21-12	0:39
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14, Q13	21-16, 21-16	0:40
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	21-19, 21-19	0:51
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	0:50
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	25	21-14, 19-21, 20-18	1:03
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q5	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22, Q2	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	13, Q6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	24, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-7
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	29-27, 22-20	0:50
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	21-16, 21-18	0:37
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	21-19, 21-18	0:43
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	22-20, 21-19	0:43
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	21-16, 21-19	0:37
11/19/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	21-15, 21-19	0:41
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	11	21-15, 15-21, 19-17	0:58
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-15, 24-22	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-5
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Glesnes/Maaseide	27, Q2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	17-21, 21-13, 27-25	1:08
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	31, Q2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	18	21-18, 20-22, 15-9	0:55
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Contender 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Glesnes/Maaseide	29, Q1	21-18, 20-22, 15-12	0:56
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14, Q13	Glesnes/Maaseide	10, Q5	21-14, 13-21, 15-9	0:47
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23, Q1	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	1:02
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	17, Q4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-16, 19-21, 17-15	0:51
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	30, Q6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-4
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	17	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	21-19, 21-23, 15-13	0:58
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14, Q13	Kadijk/Mooren	3	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:48
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	18	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Kadijk/Mooren	8	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	24	18-21, 21-16, 18-16	0:54
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 6 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 2-1
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Bronze Medal	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Jursone/Minusa	6	21-9, 21-16	0:34
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	23	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	25-23, 21-17	0:44
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	Jursone/Minusa	19	21-18, 23-21	0:43
Lead the series against # 9 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Kolocova/Slukova	9	16-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:55
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14, Q13	Kolocova/Slukova	Q20	15-21, 21-15, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 Gemise Fareau/Giordano, France 1-0
6/19/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22, Q2	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	Q31	11-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 12, Q1 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 4-3
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	12, Q1	21-17, 21-16	0:39
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	9	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	26-24, 21-17	0:53
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-19, 21-15	0:39
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	21-18, 10-21, 15-10	0:46
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	21-11, 21-15	0:37
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-14, 21-11	0:37
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	21-23, 21-15, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # Q4 Grossen/Kayser, Switzerland 1-0
7/10/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	Grossen/Kayser	29	25-23, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q11 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	Lubetz/Sude	30, Q15	22-20, 19-21, 16-14	1:04