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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Spain Open
July 7 - 11, 2004

(Q9) Kjell Goranson/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway

Kjell Arne Goranson
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 13, 1970 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Baerum

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$55,635.00

Tarjei Viken Skarlund
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 6, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alesund

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

148

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porto Santo 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Stavanger 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$286,217.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	3	1	US$27,250.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,000.00
Overall	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	1	3	1	US$28,250.00

Previous Mallorca Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Espen Goranson - 17th	Ronny Berntsen - 37th
2002	Espen Goranson - 41st	Jarle Huseby - 25th
2003	Espen Goranson - Country Quota	Jarle Huseby - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	25	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	Q12	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	16, Q2	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	26, Q15	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	31, Q17	13th	108	US$4,000.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/7/2004	Qualifier 1	Daniele Desiderio / Giuseppe Patriarca, Italy (Q24)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:35
Thu, 7/8/2004	Qualifier 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (28, Q8)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 18-20	1:08

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$24,000.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	1	0	$28,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kjell Goranson												Tarjei Skarlund
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$8,950.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,650.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	0	1	0	1	1	11	13	8	0	$120,925.00
65	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	18	0	$38,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	90	0	0	0	1	11	24	21	9	0	$149,325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,242.50
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,010.00	Satellite	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00
93	0	1	0	1	1	6	10	19	0	$55,635.00	Total	148	1	1	0	2	18	36	37	17	0	$286,217.50

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
2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	$15,500.00	13	11	54.2 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	$15,500.00	13	11	54.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kjell Goranson													Tarjei Skarlund
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,510.00	1999	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	$2,250.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$2,500.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$425.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,650.00	2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$825.00
											2002	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,142.50
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	$7,750.00	2004	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	$7,750.00
51	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	9	34	$19,110.00	Total	Total	39	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	1	29	$10,892.50

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	11	57.9%	7	36.8%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	1	5.6%	10	55.6%	7	38.9%	1-17	5.6%	11-7	61.1%	8-11	42.1%	0	0	19-18	51.4%
2003-2004	11	57.9%	7	36.8%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	1	5.6%	10	55.6%	7	38.9%	1-17	5.6%	11-7	61.1%	8-11	42.1%	0	0	19-18	51.4%
Against the Field	4	40.0%	5	50.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	8.3%	5	41.7%	6	50.0%	1-11	8.3%	8-12	40.0%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	10-12	45.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	14
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	8	4	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	20

Head to Head Results
Goranson/Skarlund lead the series against the field 8-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Rogers/Scott	5	Goranson/Skarlund	25	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Goranson/Skarlund	26, Q15	Klemperer/Rademacher	23	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 15 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	24, Q1	Goranson/Skarlund	26, Q15	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 16 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 3	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	31-29, 21-23, 15-12	1:23
Series tied with # 18 Child/Heese, Canada 1-1
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	17	Goranson/Skarlund	16, Q2	21-18, 21-15	0:45
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Goranson/Skarlund	26, Q15	Child/Heese	29, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 19, Q1 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 1	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	Alvarez/Rossell	15	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Goranson/Skarlund	25	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	31-29, 16-21, 28-26	1:21
Series tied with # 22, Q3 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-1
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Goranson/Skarlund	25	Shiratori/Watanabe	24, Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:41
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	18	Goranson/Skarlund	16, Q2	24-22, 21-17	0:43
Series tied with # 23 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-1
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Berger/Doppler	21, Q1	Goranson/Skarlund	Q16	26-24, 21-19	0:52
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 2	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	Berger/Doppler	17	21-19, 23-25, 16-14	1:10
Trail the series against # 28, Q8 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	28, Q8	Goranson/Skarlund	Q9	21-18, 18-21, 20-18	1:08
Lead the series against # 30 Luna/Mesa, Spain 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Skarlund	26, Q15	Luna/Mesa	Q18	21-19, 22-24, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # Q24 Desiderio/Patriarca, Italy 1-0
7/7/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Skarlund	Q9	Desiderio/Patriarca	Q24	21-14, 21-18	0:35