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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championship Final
June 9 - 13, 2004

Katerina Nikolaidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece

Katerina Nikolaidou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 8, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thessaloniki

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Atlantida Beach 2006)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Timmendorfer Strand 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$35,655.60

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	19	25	29	33	37	41	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$5,652.37
FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	7	0	5	1	2	US$43,875.00
Overall	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	7	1	5	1	2	US$49,527.37

Previous Timmendorfer Strand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	Q6	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	29, Q8	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	31	25th	36	US$2,000.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		19th	10	€ 750.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	39	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	Q7	33rd	18	US$0.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		29th	0	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	22	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	30, Q11	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	31, Q23	25th	52	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q19	41st	16	US$0.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		17th	20	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	Q18	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q18	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	9	25th	30	US$2,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/10/2004	Pool B	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy	Lost 13-21, 17-21	0:42
Thu, 6/10/2004	Pool B	Dinah Kilchenmann / Lea Schwer, Switzerland	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:34
Fri, 6/11/2004	Pool B	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway	Lost 23-25, 24-22, 11-15	1:05
Fri, 6/11/2004	Winner 1	Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece	Lost 22-20, 17-21, 14-16	0:57

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$14,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	0	$27,500.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	7	0	$46,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Katerina Nikolaidou												Maria Tsiartsiani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,187.50
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$8,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	1	0	0	1	15	14	12	0	$137,100.00
24	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	9	0	$20,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	0	1	1	2	14	24	24	13	0	$184,262.50
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,725.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$17,750.00
39	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	13	0	$33,562.50	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
2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	$14,625.00	15	19	44.1 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$7,500.00	6	5	54.5 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	8	$22,125.00	21	24	46.7 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$4,750.00	7	8	46.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Katerina Nikolaidou													Maria Tsiartsiani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
											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
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	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	$7,312.50	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	$7,312.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$3,750.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$3,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,875.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,875.00
32	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	9	16	$19,062.50	Total	Total	24	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	6	11	$14,762.50

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	5	55.6%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	5-4	55.6%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	7-8	46.7%
2003-2004	5	55.6%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	5-4	55.6%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	7-8	46.7%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-6	40.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	4-6	40.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	3	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	5	3	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	22
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Total	0	0	21	9	4	14	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	41

Head to Head Results
Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani trail the series against the field 12-13 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-1
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool F	Ahmann/Vollmer	11	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	22	21-14, 21-15	0:30
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		Ahmann/Vollmer		17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
Series tied with Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 1-1
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	39	18-21, 21-18, 15-0 Retired	0:49
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31, Q23	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	Q7	19-21, 25-23, 15-7	1:00
Lead the series against Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	Bruschini/Solazzi	19	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against Claasen/Stoof, Germany 0-1
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool E	Claasen/Stoof		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		21-14, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against Czerveniak/Pichler, Austria 1-0
5/12/04	CEV	Italian Open		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		Czerveniak/Pichler		23-21, 21-15	0:44
Series tied with Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-1
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Gattelli/Perrotta		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		21-13, 21-17	0:42
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	Gattelli/Perrotta	14	21-15, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Glesnes/Maaseide		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		25-23, 22-24, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	Hakedal/Torlen	24, Q3	21-18, 19-21, 17-15	0:52
Trail the series against Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-2
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		20-22, 21-17, 16-14	0:57
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool E	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		Karadassiou/Sfyri		21-19, 13-21, 19-17	1:01
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	9	22-20, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against Keizer/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
8/6/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 1	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	Keizer/Mooren	Q22	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against Kilchenmann/Schwer, Switzerland 2-0
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		Kilchenmann/Schwer		21-16, 21-18	0:34
9/4/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	Q7	Kilchenmann/Schwer	Q26	21-17, 18-21, 15-10
Trail the series against Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-2
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Lahme/Musch	10	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	39	By Forfeit
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	Q19	21-12, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against Michon/Wojtczak, Poland 1-0
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	Q18	Michon/Wojtczak	Q50	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Pohl/Rau	18	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31, Q23	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:49
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		16-21, 21-10, 15-7	0:44
Trail the series against Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-2
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	29, Q8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	22-24, 21-15, 16-14	0:54
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q6	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	Q11	21-18, 22-20	0:48
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		21-19, 21-16	0:47