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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Prague Open
May 6 - 11, 2008

(Q6) 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 Prague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	26	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	21	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	19	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	21	25th	50	US$1,600.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	38	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	27	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q16	41st	24	US$0.00
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

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/7/2008	Qualifier 2	Oliver Indra / Matthias Wachter, Liechtenstein (Q27)	Won 21-14, 21-11	0:32
Wed, 5/7/2008	Qualifier 3	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (32, Q43)	Lost 21-16, 22-24, 12-15	0:58

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	3	$28,600.00	8	21	27.6 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	8	$33,600.00	14	30	31.8 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	$14,300.00	2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	$14,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
84	0	1	0	1	1	5	9	18	49	$49,035.00	Total	Total	153	1	5	3	4	15	37	37	25	26	$293,455.00

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%
2007-2008	14	73.7%	2	10.5%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	4	11.1%	4	11.1%	28	77.8%	4-32	11.1%	14-28	33.3%	6-7	46.2%	1	0	21-35	37.5%
Against the Field	8	57.1%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	2	6.9%	4	13.8%	23	79.3%	2-27	6.9%	16-46	25.8%	10-14	41.7%	0	0	13-30	30.2%

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
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 6-20 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 15 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-2
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Goranson/Hoidalen	38	21-13, 21-17	0:41
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 # 4 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 # 7 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	Goranson/Hoidalen	21	21-15, 21-14	0:36
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool X	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	Goranson/Hoidalen	38	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 8 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-2
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	Goranson/Hoidalen	19	24-22, 21-17	0:52
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 # 11 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 # 12 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	Goranson/Hoidalen	21	21-11, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 13 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool X	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Goranson/Hoidalen	38	21-13, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 15 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q6	Goranson/Hoidalen	21	21-11, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 18 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-3
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	12	Goranson/Hoidalen	21	21-19, 21-12	0:51
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	12	Goranson/Hoidalen	27	21-19, 21-19	0:48
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 # 19 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Goranson/Hoidalen	31, Q15	Gosch/Horst	Q2	21-12, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 21 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Goranson/Hoidalen	27	Horrem/Maaseide	22	14-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:03
Trail the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	14	Goranson/Hoidalen	19	21-11, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 32, Q43 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q6	16-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # Q4 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 # Q9 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
Lead the series against # Q20 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/9/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Hoidalen	31, Q15	Smedins/Smedins	Q18	21-14, 21-23, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # Q21 Mussa/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
4/29/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Mussa/Villafane	31, Q14	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q3	21-16, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # Q27 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q6	Indra/Wachter	Q27	21-14, 21-11	0:32