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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 25 - 29, 2001

(27) Iver Horrem/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway

Iver Andreas Horrem
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 1, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aukra

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

183

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$256,065.00

Björn Maaseide
Norway

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 7, 1968 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stavanger

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

165

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$622,355.00

Awards

Best Server 2006

Awards

Tour Champion 1994 (with Jan Kvalheim)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	71	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	9	26	1	12	8	1	4	US$226,660.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Did not play	Jan Kvalheim - 5th
1996	Did not play	Jan Kvalheim - 4th
1997	Did not play	Jan Kvalheim - 1st
1998	Did not play	Jan Kvalheim - 9th
1999	Did not play	Jan Kvalheim - 17th
2000	Kjell Goranson - 25th	Jan Kvalheim - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	25	25th	46	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	25	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	23	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	23	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	23	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	20	13th	108	US$4,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/27/2001	Winner 1	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (6)	Lost 18-21, 21-17, 11-15	0:53
Fri, 7/27/2001	Contender 1	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (11)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:36

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$18,150.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5	4	0	$66,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	9	18	8	0	$141,710.00
Total	71	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	9	27	12	0	$226,660.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Iver Horrem												Bjorn Maaseide
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$16,025.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	$12,275.00
65	0	0	0	0	4	6	14	17	0	$108,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	1	0	1	3	1	6	6	5	0	$129,225.00
108	0	0	0	0	6	23	27	22	0	$130,080.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	124	5	2	8	6	23	35	31	8	0	$342,205.00
2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,510.00	Satellite
											Goodwill Games	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$22,000.00
183	0	1	0	1	10	30	45	39	0	$256,065.00	Total	165	7	2	9	9	26	42	43	14	0	$505,705.00

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
2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	$21,500.00	7	14	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	$21,500.00	7	14	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Iver Horrem													Bjorn Maaseide
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1991	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
											1992	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$8,650.00
											1993	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											1994	FIVB	7	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$55,625.00
											1995	FIVB	16	1	1	2	2	3	4	2	1	0	$49,750.00
											1996	FIVB	16	1	0	3	3	3	5	1	0	0	$103,250.00
											1997	FIVB	11	2	0	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	$73,600.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	1998	FIVB	13	0	0	1	2	4	4	2	0	0	$46,950.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	1	0	$24,750.00
2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,510.00	1999	FIVB C&S
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	$3,000.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	0	0	$24,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	$10,750.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	$10,750.00
28	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	9	13	$17,260.00	Total	Total	100	7	2	9	9	21	30	17	5	0	$400,125.00

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	54	52.9%	21	20.6%	27	26.5%	75-27	73.5%	17	14.0%	22	18.2%	82	67.8%	17-104	14.0%	54-82	39.7%	38-49	43.7%	0	0	92-131	41.3%
2000-2001	7	46.7%	3	20.0%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	2	11.8%	5	29.4%	10	58.8%	2-15	11.8%	7-10	41.2%	5-10	33.3%	0	0	12-20	37.5%
Against the Field	12	50.0%	7	29.2%	5	20.8%	19-5	79.2%	5	13.5%	8	21.6%	24	64.9%	5-32	13.5%	24-48	33.3%	24-26	48.0%	0	0	24-37	39.3%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	6	13	14	0	0	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	33
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	6	15	15	0	0	19	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	85
Total	0	0	12	12	32	39	0	0	24	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	131

Head to Head Results
Horrem/Maaseide trail the series against the field 5-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	4	Horrem/Maaseide	20	21-14, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-2
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Horrem/Maaseide	27	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:53
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-12, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-1
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	8	Horrem/Maaseide	25	26-24, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against # 9 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	10	Horrem/Maaseide	23	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:02
Series tied with # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Horrem/Maaseide	27	21-12, 21-17	0:36
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	25	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Novosel/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 3	Novosel/Slack	16, Q2	Horrem/Maaseide	25	21-14, 14-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 15 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Prosser/Zahner	12	Horrem/Maaseide	20	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 17, Q2 Holdren/Rogers, United States 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	20	Holdren/Rogers	13	19-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:09
Lead the series against # 18 Henkel/Smith, United States 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	20	Henkel/Smith	14	25-23, 19-21, 15-13	1:11
Lead the series against # 26, Q13 Amore/Lione, Italy 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	25	Amore/Lione	10	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 29, Q6 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	9	Horrem/Maaseide	25	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:43
Series tied with # Q4 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 1-1
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Horrem/Maaseide	25	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:59
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	23	Lopes/Neto	24, Q11	21-19, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # Q5 Heidger/McCaw, United States 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 2	Heidger/McCaw	24, Q5	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-14, 27-25	0:51