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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
June 1 - 5, 2016

(17) Vasiliki Arvaniti/Penny Karagkouni, 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

Panagiota Karagkouni
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Klagenfurt 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$65,972.03

Awards

Most Improved Player 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	US$11,155.90
FIVB	40	2	0	0	0	5	0	6	0	7	7	10	3	US$113,298.40
Overall	45	2	0	0	0	6	0	7	1	9	7	10	3	US$124,454.30

Previous Biel Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/10-14/2016	Antalya Open	21	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	24, Q2	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/20-24/2016	Fuzhou Open	Q8	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-17/2016	Xiamen Open	28, Q5	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	32, Q20	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	Q16	41st	30	US$0.00

CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/1/2016	Pool A	Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (16)	Lost 14-21, 23-25	0:35
Wed, 6/1/2016	Pool A	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (1)	Won 12-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:43
Thu, 6/2/2016	Pool A	Ieva Dumbauskaite / Monika Paulikiene, Lithuania (32)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:33
Fri, 6/3/2016	Winner 1	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (10)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:36

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	$4,800.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	$56,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	5	4	0	$42,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$8,500.00
Total	44	2	0	0	0	6	0	7	0	9	7	0	$121,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vasiliki Arvaniti												Penny Karagkouni
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$26,150.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
70	1	2	0	1	8	20	14	9	0	$247,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	$28,250.00
97	0	1	0	5	27	25	19	12	0	$231,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	4	0	$21,375.00
4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	2	0	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	$6,800.00
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
14	2	1	0	0	4	3	4	0	0	$41,750.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$4,250.00
198	5	4	0	7	41	53	42	21	0	$551,837.50	Total	53	2	0	1	0	8	8	11	7	0	$63,075.00

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
2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	$18,900.00	7	17	29.2 %
2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00	3	4	42.9 %
2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,200.00	2	3	40.0 %
2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	$18,950.00	17	9	65.4 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	2	6	$39,050.00	26	29	47.3 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,500.00	5	6	45.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vasiliki Arvaniti													Penny Karagkouni
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	CEV
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	$23,625.00	2004	FIVB
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,750.00	2004	CEV
13	1	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	0	$83,250.00	2005	FIVB
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,600.00	2005	CEV
12	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	2	0	$48,425.00	2006	FIVB
5	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$18,625.00	2006	CEV
13	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	0	$56,700.00	2007	FIVB
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,525.00	2007	CEV
11	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$44,800.00	2008	FIVB
5	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$17,450.00	2008	CEV
14	0	1	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	$58,900.00	2009	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,150.00	2009	CEV
14	0	0	0	0	1	10	3	0	0	$40,650.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2010	CEV
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	0	$29,900.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2011	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$28,725.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2012	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$9,450.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$9,450.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
11	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	$7,537.50	2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$600.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	$7,900.00	2015	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	$9,475.00	2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	$9,475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
192	10	7	2	8	42	50	38	17	18	$570,687.50	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	2	6	$22,275.00

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	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	7	70.0%	1-9	10.0%	5-7	41.7%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	8-11	42.1%
2015-2016	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	4-12	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-7	30.0%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	5	8	16	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	26
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	16	7	19	18	0	0	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	36
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	0	7	1	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	19	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	9
Total	0	0	27	13	41	42	0	0	14	22	2	0	0	0	2	0	86	77

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Karagkouni lead the series against the field 16-14 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-3
6/1/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	17	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	12-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:43
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	21	21-18, 21-19	0:35
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32, Q20	21-16, 21-13	0:32
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	17	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32	21-16, 21-11	0:29
Trail the series against # 3 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-2
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	17	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	41	21-15, 21-17	0:36
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Borger/Buthe	16	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32	21-10, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-2
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Forrer/Verge-Depre	5	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	28, Q5	21-16, 21-17	0:33
5/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Winner 1	Forrer/Verge-Depre	4	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	13	21-19, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-2
5/7/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 3	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	3	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	21-9, 23-21	0:32
10/30/13	FIVB	Phuket Open	Pool G	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	7	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	23	21-13, 21-23, 15-12	0:56
Series tied with # 7 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-1
5/11/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool E	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	21	Mader/Zumkehr	5	27-25, 21-15	0:36
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Mader/Zumkehr	9	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24	21-13, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-2
6/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	10	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	17	21-17, 21-17	0:36
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Holtwick/Semmler	9	21-19, 27-29, 15-13	0:51
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24	21-19, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 van der Vlist/van Gestel, Netherlands 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32, Q20	van Gestel/van der Vlist	Q4	12-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:44
Series tied with # 12 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-1
5/11/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool E	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	21	Laboureur/Sude	12, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:35
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 2	Laboureur/Sude	13	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	15	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 13 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	21	Birlova/Ukolova	13	21-17, 22-20	0:38
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Birlova/Ukolova	8	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 14 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32, Q20	Hansel/Schwaiger	Q13	21-17, 21-23, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 15 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 2-0
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32, Q20	Nestarcova/Pridalova	28, Q6	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:48
7/30/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24	Nestarcova/Pridalova	8	25-23, 25-23	0:45
Trail the series against # 16 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/1/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Hermannova/Slukova	16	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	17	21-14, 25-23	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Lundqvist/Rininsland, Sweden 1-0
5/3/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Lundqvist/Rininsland	Q18	21-14, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 19 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
5/6/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Brunner/Huberli	21	21-16, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 23 Braakman/Sinnema, Netherlands 1-0
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Braakman/Sinnema	25, Q3	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 25 Frank/Kolocova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool E	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	21	Frank/Kolocova	28, Q11	21-17, 13-21, 15-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 29 Eiholzer/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	28, Q5	Eiholzer/Gerson	Q12	21-17, 21-15	0:28
Lead the series against # 32 Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene, Lithuania 1-0
6/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	17	Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene	32	21-17, 21-19	0:33