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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
July 10 - 15, 2007

(Q16) Kjell Goranson/Vegard Hoidalen, 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

Vegard Hoidalen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 10, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Skien

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

192

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 1998)

Career Winnings:

US$318,105.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	6	8	4	US$43,400.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Did not play	Jarle Huseby - 37th
1997	Did not play	Jorre Kjemperud - 9th
1998	Iver Horrem - 41st	Jorre Kjemperud - 1st
1999	Did not play	Jorre Kjemperud - 17th
2001	Espen Goranson - 41st	Jorre Kjemperud - 7th
2002	Espen Goranson - 41st	Jorre Kjemperud - 9th
2003	Espen Goranson - 41st	Jorre Kjemperud - 5th
2004	Tarjei Skarlund - 33rd	Jorre Kjemperud - 13th
2005	Martin Engvik - 17th	Terje Oevergaard - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	32	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q12	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	Q19	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	31, Q15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	31, Q15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q29	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q24	33rd	40	US$0.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2007	Qualifier 1	Jackson Henriquez / Igor Hernandez, Venezuela (Q17)	Lost 20-22, 13-21	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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	0	$28,400.00
Total	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	6	0	$43,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kjell Goranson												Vegard Hoidalen
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	2	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$8,950.00	World Championships	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	$27,575.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	0	0	1	0	4	6	4	4	0	$65,275.00
65	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	18	0	$38,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	136	1	3	1	3	10	28	37	25	0	$216,367.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,387.50
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,010.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
93	0	1	0	1	1	6	10	19	0	$55,635.00	Total	192	1	5	3	4	15	39	44	30	0	$318,105.00

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
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	$10,000.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	$15,000.00	10	15	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kjell Goranson													Vegard Hoidalen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	$1,250.00
											1996	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	$4,000.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$937.50
											1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	0	$14,000.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	1998	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	$29,950.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	$21,500.00
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	15	0	1	0	3	3	6	0	2	0	$46,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$2,500.00	2001	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	$44,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,650.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	$25,367.50
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	2	0	$38,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	4	$13,625.00	2004	FIVB	14	0	1	1	0	0	3	9	0	0	$36,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2004	FIVB C&S
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	$8,250.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	$9,750.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$2,700.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	$5,000.00	2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	$5,000.00
76	0	1	0	1	1	5	6	15	47	$39,735.00	Total	Total	145	1	5	3	4	15	37	34	22	24	$284,155.00

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	16	64.0%	5	20.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	4	9.5%	7	16.7%	31	73.8%	4-38	9.5%	16-31	34.0%	9-11	45.0%	1	0	26-42	38.2%
2006-2007	4	50.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	4	13.8%	5	17.2%	20	69.0%	4-25	13.8%	4-20	16.7%	7-6	53.8%	1	0	12-26	31.6%
Against the Field	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	3	9.7%	5	16.1%	23	74.2%	3-28	9.7%	10-46	17.9%	10-14	41.7%	0	0	10-30	25.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	11	7	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	29
Total	1	0	15	14	2	4	0	0	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	42

Head to Head Results
Goranson/Hoidalen trail the series against the field 3-10 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Goranson/Hoidalen	32	Rego/Santos	1	10-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:51
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	2	Goranson/Hoidalen	31, Q15	21-14, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	7	Goranson/Hoidalen	32	21-18, 21-14	0:43
Trail the series against # 9 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Goranson/Hoidalen	31, Q15	21-14, 14-21, 15-8	0:54
Trail the series against # 10 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17, Q1	Goranson/Hoidalen	32	21-14, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Herrera/Mesa	16	Goranson/Hoidalen	32	21-19, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Cadieux/Heese	15	Goranson/Hoidalen	31, Q15	21-14, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # 20 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q19	21-13, 15-21, 15-11	1:08
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q24	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q9	21-16, 20-22, 15-11	1:07
Lead the series against # 23 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Goranson/Hoidalen	32	Kjemperud/Skarlund	9	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 29, Q5 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q8	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q24	21-16, 21-16	0:47
Trail the series against # Q13 Nishimura/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
10/24/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 2	Nishimura/Watanabe	27, Q6	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q11	21-15, 26-28, 16-14	1:31
Trail the series against # Q17 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 0-1
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Henriquez/Hernandez	Q17	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q16	22-20, 21-13	0:41