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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Austrian Masters
May 9 - 12, 2008

(Q2) 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 St. Pölten Results Neither player has played in this venue before

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
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	15, Q18	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
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

Austrian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 5/10/2008	Qualifier 2	Rodolfo Cavaliere / Fabio Galli, Italy (Q18)	Lost 21-17, 19-21, 8-15	1:03

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,950.00	1	5	16.7 %
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 %
2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,200.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	8	$33,600.00	14	30	31.8 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$4,150.00	4	8	33.3 %

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
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
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
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
											2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$600.00	2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$600.00
94	1	1	0	1	1	9	14	18	49	$53,603.75	Total	Total	178	2	6	7	4	19	48	41	25	26	$327,573.75

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%
2007-2008	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	1	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-1	66.7%

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 lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Berger/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Hoidalen	15, Q18	Berger/Nowotny	Q2	21-17, 12-21, 15-8	1:00
Lead the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 11 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
Lead the series against # 14, Q7 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 2-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Hoidalen	15, Q18	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q15	21-17, 21-16	0:42
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q19	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q14	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # Q5 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
Trail the series against # Q18 Cavaliere/Galli, Italy 0-1
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Cavaliere/Galli	Q18	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q2	17-21, 21-19, 15-8	1:03