Vasso Karadassiou:
Career
Locations
1997-2003
2004-08
Vasiliki "Vasso" Karantasiou
Greece
Photo: FIVB
Birth Date
January 6, 1973 (52 years old)
Home Town
Athens
Resides
Athens
Height
6'0"
Best Finish
Winnings
International
1st
$359,980
FIVB
1st
$357,080
FIVB C&S
2nd
$2,900
Europe
1st (10 times)
€ 97,925
CEV
1st (10 times)
€ 97,925
Overall
1st (11 times)
$481,925
A two-time Olympian, Karadassiou started competing on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour in 1997 and played 64 of her first 68 international events with Efi Sfyri . Karadassiou and Sfyri placed 17th at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and ninth at the 2001 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships together at Klagenfurt , Austria . The Karadassiou/Sfyri partnership ranks fifth all-time in career FIVB starts with the pair posting a 136-132 match mark together with $247,610 in earnings (20th ).
Karadassiou and Vassilliki Arvaniti ranked as Europe ’s top team on the 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour as the pair finished fifth in points. In addition, the pair captured the 54-country Confédération Européenne De Volleyball (CEV) continental championship in Moscow last August to clinch the 2005 European point’s title. While Karadassiou was named the top women’s player for the 2005 season by the CEV, Arvaniti became the youngest woman (20 years, three months, 15 days) to win a SWATCH event. She and Karadassiou upset top-ranked Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca of Brazil in the finals of the Norway Grand Slam event last July in Stavanger . Arvaniti and Karadassiou, who won two of four CEV events in 2005, combined for $166,500 in earnings.
1997
FIVB
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
$0.00
37.0
112th
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1998
FIVB
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
$7,100.00
219.5
53rd
0
1
2
0
2
0
0
1
1999
FIVB
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
$10,500.00
294.0
35th
0
2
4
0
1
0
0
0
2000
FIVB C&S
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
$1,600.00
27.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2000
FIVB
11
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
$12,000.00
353.0
52nd
0
1
4
0
5
0
0
0
2001
FIVB C&S
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
$1,300.00
24.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2001
FIVB
11
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
$25,750.00
631.0
20th
1
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
2002
FIVB
8
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
$20,805.00
530.0
27th
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
2003
FIVB
11
0
0
0
0
4
0
1
$27,500.00
743.0
31st
0
0
2
0
4
0
0
0
2004
FIVB
10
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
$20,250.00
471.0
52nd
0
2
3
0
2
0
0
0
2005
FIVB
13
1
1
0
1
4
2
2
$83,250.00
1,766.0
10th
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2006
FIVB
12
0
0
0
1
2
4
2
$48,425.00
1,740.0
17th
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
2007
FIVB
13
0
0
0
2
3
1
5
$56,700.00
2,110.0
12th
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2008
FIVB
11
0
1
0
1
0
2
3
$44,800.00
1,560.0
26th
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Total (Rank)
119 (52nd)
1 (211th)
3
2
6
17
9
23
$359,980.00 (62nd)
10,505.5
1
9
26
1
17
2
1
1
1999
CEV
4
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
€ 1,250.00
103.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2000
CEV
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
€ 900.00
27.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2001
CEV
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
€ 15,500.00
100.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2002
CEV
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
€ 450.00
15.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2003
CEV
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
€ 3,000.00
80.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2004
CEV
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
€ 4,125.00
107.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
CEV
4
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
€ 21,100.00
225.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2006
CEV
5
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
€ 18,625.00
1,250.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2007
CEV
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
€ 15,525.00
700.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2008
CEV
5
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
€ 17,450.00
1,460.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total (Rank)
28 (42nd)
10 (1st)
2
1
1
6
3
3
€ 97,925.00 (3rd)
4,067.0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Overall
Total (Rank)
147 (82nd)
11 (60th)
5
3
7
23
12
26
$481,925.41 (67th)
14,572.5
1
11
26
1
17
2
1
1
Red denotes ranked 1st
1
7/4/1999
CEV
Xylokastro
Efi Sfyri
2
9/8/2001
CEV
Jesolo
Efi Sfyri
3
€ 15,500
3
7/2/2005
FIVB
Stavanger
Vasiliki Arvaniti
5
$20,750
4
8/9/2005
CEV
Lucerne
Vasiliki Arvaniti
6
€ 5,525
5
8/28/2005
CEV
Moscow
Vasiliki Arvaniti
3
€ 10,000
6
5/21/2006
CEV
Alanya
Vasiliki Arvaniti
1
€ 5,525
7
8/8/2006
CEV
Lucerne
Vasiliki Arvaniti
2
€ 5,525
8
5/20/2007
CEV
St. Pölten
Vasiliki Arvaniti
2
€ 5,525
9
8/25/2007
CEV
Valencia
Vasiliki Arvaniti
16
€ 10,000
10
5/25/2008
CEV
Lucerne
Vasiliki Arvaniti
1
€ 5,500
11
9/14/2008
CEV
Blackpool
Vasiliki Arvaniti
2
€ 5,500
Efi Sfyri
64
0
0
1
1
8
0
11
$120,905
3,210.5
1
6
21
0
11
2
1
1
Vasiliki Arvaniti
49
1
2
0
5
9
9
12
$233,175
7,176.0
0
3
5
1
2
0
0
0
Slavroula Theodorou
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
$1,500
34.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Efthalia Koutroumanidou
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
$1,500
34.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Total
117
1
2
1
6
17
9
23
$357,080
10,454.5
1
9
26
1
17
2
1
1
Efi Sfyri
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
$2,900
51.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
$2,900
51.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vasiliki Arvaniti
15
8
2
1
1
1
2
0
€ 71,200
3,605.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Efi Sfyri
12
2
0
0
0
5
1
3
€ 25,825
435.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rodi Ordoulidou
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
€ 900
27.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
28
10
2
1
1
6
3
3
€ 97,925
4,067.0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Efi Sfyri
78
2
1
2
1
13
1
14
$149,664
3,696.5
1
7
21
0
11
2
1
1
Vasiliki Arvaniti
64
9
4
1
6
10
11
12
$328,451
10,781.0
0
3
5
1
2
0
0
0
Slavroula Theodorou
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
$1,500
34.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Efthalia Koutroumanidou
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
$1,500
34.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Rodi Ordoulidou
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
$810
27.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
147
11
5
3
7
23
12
26
$481,925
14,572.5
1
11
26
1
17
2
1
1