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European Championship Tour
€ 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 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Resides:

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 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thessaloniki

Resides:

Athens

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	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	17	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Q10	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	Q15	41	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	Q11	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q7	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2015	Prague Open	14	25	120	US$800.00
FIVB	5/11-17/2015	Lucerne Open	13	25	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2015	Fuzhou Open	17	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	6	5	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/28-11/1/2014	Paraná Open	10	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/8-12/2014	Xiamen Open	20	4	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q16	41	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q18	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Q16	41	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	Q15	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	32, Q14	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q16	33	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 Gruszczynska, 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

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani lead the series against the field 20-17

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/Gruszczynska, Poland 1-0
7/30/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32	Baran/Gruszczynska	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