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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 7 - 12, 2003

(15) Vasiliki Arvaniti/Efthalia Koutroumanidou, 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:

184

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$510,556.00

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:

102

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Espinho 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$202,200.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	8	0	5	2	US$94,750.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	26	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	0	8	1	5	2	US$94,750.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	22	5th	360	US$13,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	18	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	7	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	17	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	28, Q9	9th	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	27, Q10	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	25, Q11	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q11	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	30	5th	180	US$6,000.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2003	Pool K	Katerina Nikolaidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (39)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-0 Retired	0:49
Tue, 10/7/2003	Pool K	Susanne Lahme / Danja Musch, Germany (10)	Lost 21-18, 10-21, 10-15	0:51
Wed, 10/8/2003	Pool K	Anouk Boileau / Julie Morin, Canada (34)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:34
Thu, 10/9/2003	Winner 1	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:32

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Maria Tsiartsiani - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th	Eydoxia Argiropoulou - 37th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Maria Tsiartsiani - 17th	Did not play
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Penny Karagkouni - 33rd	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	15	17th	160	US$5,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	$40,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	6	3	0	$49,500.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	26	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	0	9	5	0	$94,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vasiliki Arvaniti												Efthalia Koutroumanidou
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$26,150.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,450.00
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	24	0	0	0	0	1	7	5	8	0	$58,975.00
97	0	1	0	5	27	25	19	12	0	$231,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	0	1	1	1	5	13	25	14	0	$127,575.00
4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
184	3	3	0	7	37	50	38	21	0	$510,087.50	Total	102	0	1	1	2	7	24	33	22	0	$202,200.00

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
2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	2	$47,500.00	26	21	55.3 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	2	$47,500.00	26	21	55.3 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vasiliki Arvaniti													Efthalia Koutroumanidou
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,500.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	$2,650.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	$23,750.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	$23,750.00
15	0	0	0	1	2	4	4	1	3	$23,750.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	8	9	$31,100.00

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	27	58.7%	9	19.6%	10	21.7%	36-10	78.3%	5	12.2%	5	12.2%	31	75.6%	5-36	12.2%	27-31	46.6%	14-15	48.3%	2	2	43-48	47.3%
2002-2003	16	64.0%	6	24.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	3	14.3%	3	14.3%	15	71.4%	3-18	14.3%	16-15	51.6%	9-6	60.0%	1	0	26-21	55.3%
Against the Field	16	61.5%	4	15.4%	6	23.1%	20-6	76.9%	3	7.7%	4	10.3%	32	82.1%	3-36	7.7%	32-56	36.4%	14-20	41.2%	2	2	25-40	38.5%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	1	4	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	1	8	7	0	0	6	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	29
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	4
Total	0	0	12	2	16	17	0	0	9	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	46	52

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou trail the series against the field 11-20 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
10/9/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	21-17, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 2 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-2
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	17	21-12, 21-17	0:38
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	21-9, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool B	Bede/Behar	2	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	18	21-12, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Tian/Wang	8	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	21-16, 27-29, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 5 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-4
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	22	21-10, 21-16	0:34
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	17	21-17, 21-19	0:42
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	11	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28, Q9	21-16, 23-21	0:47
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	11	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool F	McPeak/Youngs	6	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	22	21-11, 18-21, 15-7	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool E	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28, Q9	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # 8 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-1
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	22	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	13	21-17, 21-19	0:44
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool G	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	7	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-2
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Lahme/Musch	10	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	18-21, 21-10, 15-10	0:51
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	7	21-17, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	9	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 18 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-2
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool F	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	22	Kadijk/Leenstra	11	21-19, 23-21	0:43
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	21-23, 21-16, 15-12	0:51
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Kadijk/Leenstra	3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	21-18, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Fonseca/Minello, Brazil 1-0
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	Fonseca/Minello	4	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 20 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool B	Garcia/Gaxiola	15	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	18	21-17, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # 21 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool E	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28, Q9	Ahmann/Vollmer	21, Q5	12-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:51
Series tied with # 24 Wang/You, China 1-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Wang/You	24, Q5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	22-20, 21-19	0:41
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	Wang/You	19	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 28 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	28-26, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 34 Boileau/Morin, Canada 1-0
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	Boileau/Morin	34	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 37 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 39 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, 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 # 40 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 1-0
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool G	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	7	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	21-19, 16-21, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 45 Seike/Yamakawa, Japan 1-0
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	Q7	Seike/Yamakawa	Q26	21-18, 21-15	0:34