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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2006

(11) 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:

104

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Xylokastro 1999)

Career Winnings:

US$62,344.21

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:

226

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Rome 1997)

Career Winnings:

US$371,182.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	US$5,646.97
FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	6	8	4	US$43,400.00
Overall	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	2	6	8	4	US$49,046.97

Previous The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	31, Q15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
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
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	12	9th	240	€ 1,950.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/24/2006	Winner 1	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (22)	Lost 20-22, 21-18, 11-15	1:00
Thu, 8/24/2006	Contender 1	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (5)	Lost 21-23, 13-21	0:50

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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	6	0	$44,400.00

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,150.00	Confederation Championship	11	0	0	3	0	0	4	3	1	0	$20,712.50
96	0	1	0	1	1	7	12	19	0	$57,785.00	Total	203	1	5	6	4	15	43	47	31	0	$338,817.50

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
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,950.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$5,000.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,950.00	1	5	16.7 %

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
											1997	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
											1998	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
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
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$918.75	1999	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,643.75
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,575.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
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
											2001	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,750.00
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
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,362.50
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
											2003	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,625.00
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
											2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
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
											2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$3,537.50
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$2,700.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,475.00	2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$3,750.00
78	1	1	0	1	1	7	10	14	43	$38,703.75	Total	Total	161	2	6	7	4	19	46	36	21	20	$312,173.75

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	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	2-5	28.6%	2-2	50.0%	0	1	4-8	33.3%
2005-2006	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	1-4	20.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	0	1	1-4	20.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	1	0	15	14	2	4	0	0	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	44

Head to Head Results
Goranson/Hoidalen trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	5	Goranson/Hoidalen	11	23-21, 21-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 20 Luna/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Goranson/Hoidalen	12	Luna/Rodriguez Herrera	5	21-12, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 21 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 0-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Benes/Benes	7	Goranson/Hoidalen	12	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 22 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	22	Goranson/Hoidalen	11	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	1:00