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€ 200,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 28 - August 1, 2015

(32) Vasiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, 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

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

Awards

Most Improved Player 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
CEV	7	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$41,834.74
FIVB	67	0	1	0	1	6	5	15	7	15	1	7	6	3	US$346,025.00
Overall	74	0	3	0	1	9	5	16	7	16	1	7	6	3	US$387,859.74

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2003	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 33rd	Katerina Nikolaidou - 25th
FIVB 2004	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th	Katerina Nikolaidou - 25th
FIVB 2005	Vasso Karadassiou - 5th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 9th
FIVB 2006	Vasso Karadassiou - 4th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 33rd
FIVB 2007	Vasso Karadassiou - 5th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 25th
FIVB 2008	Vasso Karadassiou - 17th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th
FIVB 2009	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 9th
FIVB 2010	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 9th
FIVB 2011	Maria Tsiartsiani - 17th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 17th
FIVB 2012	Maria Tsiartsiani - 17th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 17th
2013	Penny Karagkouni - 5th	Did not play
FIVB 2014	Maria Tsiartsiani - 33rd	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	30, Q13	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	Q15	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	Q11	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2015	Prague Open	14	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	5/11-17/2015	Lucerne Open	13	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2015	Fuzhou Open	17	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	6	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/28-11/1/2014	Paraná Open	10	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/8-12/2014	Xiamen Open	20	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q16	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	80	US$0.00

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/28/2015	Pool A	Madelein Meppelink / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (1)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 9-15	0:50
Wed, 7/29/2015	Pool A	Taru Lahti / Riikka Lehtonen, Finland (16)	Lost 17-21, 22-24	0:42
Thu, 7/30/2015	Pool A	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (17)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:37
Thu, 7/30/2015	Winner 1	Karolina Baran / Jagoda Sliwka, Poland (22)	Won 21-15, 27-25	0:42
Fri, 7/31/2015	Winner 2	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (5)	Won 16-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:55
Fri, 7/31/2015	Winner 3	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (4)	Lost 19-21, 12-21	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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	0	1	0	0	1	0	10	0	9	4	0	$184,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	1	5	5	4	7	5	3	0	$144,025.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$22,500.00
Total	71	0	2	0	1	7	5	16	7	17	7	0	$368,525.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vasiliki Arvaniti												Maria Tsiartsiani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$26,150.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,187.50
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	56	0	1	0	0	1	15	14	12	0	$137,100.00
97	0	1	0	5	27	25	19	12	0	$231,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	0	1	1	2	14	24	24	13	0	$184,262.50
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	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00
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	9	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$17,750.00
198	5	4	0	7	41	53	42	21	0	$551,837.50	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
2009	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	$117,800.00	36	30	54.5 %
2009	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,300.00	10	5	66.7 %
2010	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	3	0	0	$81,300.00	31	30	50.8 %
2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	1	0	$59,800.00	20	20	50.0 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2012	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	1	0	$57,450.00	19	25	43.2 %
2012	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	$13,875.00	16	14	53.3 %
2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	$10,600.00	11	13	45.8 %
2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	65	0	1	0	1	6	5	15	7	15	6	9	$340,825.00	133	132	50.2 %
Total	CEV	7	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	$32,800.00	23	14	62.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vasiliki Arvaniti													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
											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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$825.00
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	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
13	1	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	0	$83,250.00	2005	FIVB	15	0	1	1	0	2	5	4	2	0	$56,975.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,600.00	2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,475.00
12	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	2	0	$48,425.00	2006	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	1	1	$24,650.00
5	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$18,625.00	2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$4,425.00
13	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	0	$56,700.00	2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	4	1	$38,700.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,525.00	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50
11	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$44,800.00	2008	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	3	0	$25,450.00
5	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$17,450.00	2008	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$5,850.00
14	0	1	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	$58,900.00	2009	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	$58,900.00
3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,150.00	2009	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,150.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	10	3	0	0	$40,650.00	2010	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	10	3	0	0	$40,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	0	$29,900.00	2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	0	$29,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$28,725.00	2012	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$28,725.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2012	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$9,450.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2013	CEV
11	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	$7,537.50	2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	5	$6,937.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$5,300.00	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$5,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
183	10	7	2	8	40	49	35	16	16	$558,112.50	Total	Total	173	0	4	2	2	21	54	43	25	22	$374,212.50

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	15	75.0%	3	15.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	4	25.0%	1	6.3%	11	68.8%	4-12	25.0%	15-11	57.7%	7-3	70.0%	1	0	23-14	62.2%
2014-2015	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	6-6	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	1	0	6-4	60.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	9	32	40	0	0	14	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	57	70
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	34	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	71	62
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	9
Total	0	0	10	9	55	58	0	0	54	52	2	1	0	1	0	2	148	146

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani lead the series against the field 20-17 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
7/28/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Meppelink/Van Iersel	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32	17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # 3 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-1
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool D	Borger/Buthe	4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-14, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-1
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32	21-19, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 5 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 5-3
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32	Baquerizo/Fernandez	5	16-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:55
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	17	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-18, 21-13
6/2/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Baquerizo/Fernandez	21	21-15, 21-13	0:33
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	Baquerizo/Fernandez	7	24-22, 22-20	0:43
8/9/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool F	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Baquerizo/Fernandez	6	By Forfeit
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	13	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-13, 21-10	0:29
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	23	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	21-17, 21-13	0:36
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	14	21-13, 19-21, 15-5	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-6
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	22	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	23-21, 21-11	0:33
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Holtwick/Semmler	15	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Holtwick/Semmler	31	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-18, 21-14	0:36
5/28/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	19	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	18-21, 26-24, 15-13	0:57
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	20	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-18, 21-17	0:39
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	Holtwick/Semmler	11	21-17, 21-14	0:38
5/10/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Gold Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	21-17, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-1
5/22/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool C	Laboureur/Sude	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	22-20, 16-21, 15-6	0:48
Lead the series against # 9 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 3-1
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	30, Q13	Birlova/Ukolova	19	22-20, 19-21, 15-11	0:59
10/26/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Winner 3	Birlova/Ukolova	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	23-21, 13-21, 15-12	0:57
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	Birlova/Ukolova	17	13-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:56
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	Birlova/Ukolova	22	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 5-1
7/21/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	30, Q13	Forrer/Verge-Depre	Q4	21-18, 14-21, 20-18	0:59
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	28, Q10	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:34
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Forrer/Verge-Depre	6	13-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:48
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Forrer/Verge-Depre	30, Q7	21-19, 21-13	0:34
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Forrer/Verge-Depre	30, Q11	21-15, 22-20	0:40
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	Forrer/Verge-Depre	31	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 16 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 0-1
7/29/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32	21-17, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # 17 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 2-1
7/30/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	17	21-19, 21-15	0:37
5/21/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	19	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:52
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool D	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	20	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 21 Kjolberg/Kongshavn, Norway 1-0
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	Kjolberg/Kongshavn	7	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 22 Baran/Sliwka, Poland 1-0
7/30/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32	Baran/Sliwka	22	21-15, 27-25	0:42
Lead the series against # 24 Abalakina/Dabizha, Russia 1-0
7/29/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q18	Abalakina/Dabizha	Q15	13-21, 23-21, 22-20	0:52
Lead the series against # 30 Teufl/Zass, Austria 1-0
7/8/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32, Q14	Teufl/Zass	Q19	21-19, 21-14	0:42