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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2005

(3) Vasiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece

Vasiliki Arvaniti
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

176 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

218

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$656,451.48

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

Awards

Most Improved Player 2005

Awards

Best Setter 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
CEV	15	8	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$190,551.47
FIVB	49	1	2	0	5	9	9	12	3	5	1	2	US$466,350.00
Overall	64	9	4	1	6	10	11	12	3	5	1	2	US$656,901.47

Previous Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	6	1st	100	€ 11,050.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	6	5th	336	US$13,750.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	6	5th	336	US$13,750.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	4	9th	160	US$6,000.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	4	2nd	90	€ 8,150.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	5	1st	560	US$41,500.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	8	9th	400	US$13,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	8	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	11	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	11	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	20	7th	200	US$8,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/25/2005	Winner 2	Diletta Lunardi / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (14)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:49
Fri, 8/26/2005	Winner 3	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (11)	Won 21-15, 15-21, 19-17	0:58
Fri, 8/26/2005	Winner 4	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (2)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 20-18	0:58
Sat, 8/27/2005	Semi-Finals	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (4)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:44
Sat, 8/27/2005	Gold Medal	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (2)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:38

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$24,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	1	1	0	1	4	2	5	0	2	0	0	$214,950.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	1	0	4	5	7	5	3	3	2	0	$226,900.00
Confederation Championship	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$48,000.00
Total	53	3	2	0	5	9	11	12	3	6	2	0	$514,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vasiliki Arvaniti												Vasso Karadassiou
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$26,150.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$20,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
70	1	2	0	1	8	20	14	9	0	$247,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	1	1	0	1	7	6	5	5	0	$129,475.00
97	0	1	0	5	27	25	19	12	0	$231,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	81	0	1	1	5	19	21	19	12	0	$205,355.00
4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
14	2	1	0	0	4	3	4	0	0	$41,750.00	Confederation Championship	10	3	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$46,600.00
198	5	4	0	7	41	53	42	21	0	$551,837.50	Total	129	4	3	2	6	30	36	27	17	0	$406,580.00

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	9	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	$131,000.00	30	16	65.2 %
2005	CEV	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,200.00	14	1	93.3 %
Total	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	$131,000.00	30	16	65.2 %
Total	CEV	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,200.00	14	1	93.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vasiliki Arvaniti													Vasso Karadassiou
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	$7,100.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$10,500.00
											1999	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2000	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	$12,000.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
											2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00
											2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	1	0	$25,750.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
											2001	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$20,805.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	CEV Under Age
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	$23,750.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	4	0	$27,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	$23,625.00	2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	$20,250.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,750.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00
9	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$65,500.00	2005	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$65,500.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,600.00	2005	CEV	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$21,100.00
47	4	2	1	1	8	12	10	6	3	$139,725.00	Total	Total	95	5	3	2	1	18	26	21	15	4	$238,630.00

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	42	71.2%	11	18.6%	6	10.2%	53-6	89.8%	9	52.9%	0	0.0%	8	47.1%	9-8	52.9%	42-8	84.0%	20-6	76.9%	0	0	62-14	81.6%
2004-2005	11	84.6%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	11-0	100.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	14-1	93.3%
Against the Field	26	68.4%	7	18.4%	5	13.2%	33-5	86.8%	5	50.0%	0	0.0%	5	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	52-10	83.9%	24-10	70.6%	0	0	38-10	79.2%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	24	9	0	0	23	13	2	1	0	1	1	1	56	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	52	28	1	4	0	4	0	1	85	61
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	16	4
Total	0	0	2	0	29	13	0	0	88	45	5	5	0	5	3	2	162	101

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Karadassiou lead the series against the field 18-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 0 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 3-0
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Hakedal/Torlen	3	21-16, 21-15	0:36
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Hakedal/Torlen	3	21-15, 21-13	0:41
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Hakedal/Torlen	2	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 2 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 2-0
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Kadijk/Mooren	2	21-17, 21-14	0:38
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Kadijk/Mooren	2	19-21, 21-17, 20-18	0:58
Lead the series against # 4 Pohl/Rau, Germany 3-1
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Pohl/Rau	4	21-18, 21-14	0:44
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Pohl/Rau	11	21-11, 21-13	0:32
7/10/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Gold Medal	Pohl/Rau	3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	13-21, 26-24, 15-11	1:17
6/12/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Pohl/Rau	4	16-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 5 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 2-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Campisi/Lozano	5	21-11, 21-13	0:28
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Campisi/Lozano	27, Q13	17-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:48
Series tied with # 8 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 2-2
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Kuhn/Schwer	5	16-21, 27-25, 19-17	1:15
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-18, 21-18	0:41
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	9	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/28/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 5	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Baburina/Osheyko	10	21-17, 21-11	0:33
Series tied with # 11 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
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
Lead the series against # 13 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Petrova/Skalnikova	11	21-17, 21-13	0:24
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Petrova/Skalnikova	13	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 Lunardi/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
8/25/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Lunardi/Perrotta	14	23-21, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Jursone/Minusa	8	21-14, 21-14	0:33