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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 21 - 26, 2004

(11) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/5-8/2004	Switzerland Satellite	3	5th	18	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	20	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	22, Q7	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	Q9	33rd	18	US$0.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 1	Espen Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (22)	Won 21-16, 24-26, 15-8	0:57
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 2	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (6)	Lost 14-21, 21-19, 16-18	0:57
Thu, 9/23/2004	Contender 2	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (21)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:41

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	4	$27,250.00	19	18	51.4 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	4	$27,250.00	19	18	51.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	4	$13,625.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	5	$13,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
56	0	1	0	1	1	4	4	10	35	$25,485.00	Total	Total	44	0	0	0	0	6	3	3	2	30	$17,267.50

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	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1-8	11.1%	0-4	0.0%	4-14	22.2%	0	0	2-9	18.2%

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 trail the series against the field 2-9 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	2	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer	6	Goranson/Skarlund	11	21-14, 19-21, 18-16	0:57
Trail the series against # 8, Q1 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Ferreira	13	Goranson/Skarlund	20	21-19, 24-26, 16-14	1:08
Trail the series against # 13 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
Series tied with # 16 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 2	Goranson/Skarlund	20	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	22-24, 27-25, 15-12	1:23
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
Trail the series against # 19 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-3
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	27, Q8	Goranson/Skarlund	Q9	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	1:06
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 4	Brink/Schneider	24, Q2	Goranson/Skarlund	20	18-21, 26-24, 15-12	1:13
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	28, Q8	Goranson/Skarlund	Q9	21-18, 18-21, 20-18	1:08
Trail the series against # 21 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21	Goranson/Skarlund	11	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 22 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Goranson/Skarlund	11	Goranson/Hoidalen	22	21-16, 24-26, 15-8	0:57