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US$175,000 Italian Open presented by Abruzzo
May 13 - 18, 2008

(29, Q10) 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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Terje Oevergaard - 57th
2007	Vegard Hoidalen - 41st	Kjell Goranson - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q6	33rd	30	US$0.00
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

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 1	Andres Araujo / Adriano Pasqualini, Argentina (Q55)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:34
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 2	Jason Kruger / Chris Simek, Canada (Q23)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:48
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 3	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (Q7)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:35
Thu, 5/15/2008	Winner 1	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (4)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:44
Thu, 5/15/2008	Contender 1	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (13, Q1)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 12-15	1:05

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,800.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	8	$35,400.00	17	32	34.7 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$900.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$900.00
85	0	1	0	1	1	5	9	19	49	$49,935.00	Total	Total	154	1	5	3	4	15	37	37	26	26	$294,355.00

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	9	60.0%	4	26.7%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	3	10.0%	4	13.3%	23	76.7%	3-27	10.0%	18-46	28.1%	14-12	53.8%	0	0	16-29	35.6%

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 9-20 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 15 Series, 1 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 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	4	Goranson/Hoidalen	29, Q10	21-17, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 7 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 # 8 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 # 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, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Cunha/Neto	13, Q1	Goranson/Hoidalen	29, Q10	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 14 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 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
Lead the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 24, Q2 "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
Trail the series against # 31, Q18 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
Trail the series against # Q3 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 # Q4 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 # Q7 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-1
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Goranson/Hoidalen	29, Q10	Lochhead/Pitman	Q7	21-13, 21-17	0:35
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q8	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q24	21-16, 21-16	0:47
Lead the series against # Q23 Kruger/Simek, Canada 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Hoidalen	29, Q10	Kruger/Simek	Q23	21-14, 21-14	0:48
Lead the series against # Q24 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 # Q26 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 # Q36 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
Lead the series against # Q55 Araujo/Pasqualini, Argentina 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Hoidalen	29, Q10	Araujo/Pasqualini	Q55	21-16, 21-12	0:34