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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 23 - 27, 2003

(19) Iver Horrem/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway

Iver Andreas Horrem
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 1, 1977 (47 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 (56 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

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
2001	Bjorn Maaseide - 25th	Iver Horrem - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q2	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	10	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	21	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	13	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	6	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/1-6/2002	Brazil Open	10	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	9	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	16	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	28	5th	240	US$8,500.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/25/2003	Pool C	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (3)	Lost 13-21, 21-15, 10-15	0:53
Fri, 7/25/2003	Pool C	Espen Goranson / Kjell Goranson, Norway (30, Q16)	Won 21-14, 21-11	0:34
Sat, 7/26/2003	Pool C	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (14)	Lost 26-24, 13-21, 13-15	1:09

Head to Head Results
Horrem/Maaseide trail the series against the field 17-25 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 13 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Rego/Santos	4	Horrem/Maaseide	13	25-23, 23-21	0:56
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	2	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-18, 21-13	0:42
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-4
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Horrem/Maaseide	19	21-13, 15-21, 15-10	0:53
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	8	Horrem/Maaseide	16	21-11, 21-10	0:33
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Horrem/Maaseide	30	21-15, 21-16	0:45
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	4	Horrem/Maaseide	20	21-14, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	4	Horrem/Maaseide	31	21-23, 21-16, 17-15	1:05
Trail the series against # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-4
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	11	Horrem/Maaseide	6	28-26, 18-21, 18-16	1:08
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	10	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	8	17-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:19
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	Horrem/Maaseide	28	21-18, 21-19	0:46
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 # 7 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	5	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-14, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Horrem/Maaseide	28	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	21-13, 22-20	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 11 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-2
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Alvarez/Rossell	12	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-19, 21-14	0:46
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Alvarez/Rossell	7, Q16	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-14, 37-35	0:54
Trail the series against # 12 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Metzger/Wong	7	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Series tied with # 14 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-1
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool C	Rogers/Scott	14	Horrem/Maaseide	19	24-26, 21-13, 15-13	1:09
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool C	Horrem/Maaseide	19, Q3	Rogers/Scott	14	21-16, 16-21, 15-10	1:16
Lead the series against # 15 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 2-0
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	16	Berg/Dahl	18	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Horrem/Maaseide	10	Berg/Dahl	23	21-17, 14-21, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 17, Q6 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Horrem/Maaseide	16	Deulofeu/Molinier	17, Q15	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 20 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Prosser/Williams	26	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	1:00
Lead the series against # 21 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 2-1
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool G	Horrem/Maaseide	10	Holden/Leinemann	7	21-16, 21-14	0:46
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Holden/Leinemann	8	Horrem/Maaseide	9	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	0:58
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Horrem/Maaseide	28	Holden/Leinemann	21	25-23, 21-17	1:18
Trail the series against # 22 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
Lead the series against # 24 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 2-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Horrem/Maaseide	10	Kogel/Mulder	23	21-13, 21-16	0:33
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Kogel/Mulder	27	Horrem/Maaseide	6	22-20, 16-21, 15-8	1:01
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Horrem/Maaseide	28	Kogel/Mulder	45	21-13, 21-15	0:35
Series tied with # 25 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool C	Horrem/Maaseide	19, Q3	Klemperer/Rademacher	30	22-24, 27-25, 15-10	1:13
11/30/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Klemperer/Rademacher	28	Horrem/Maaseide	20	21-16, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Bosma/Mesa, Spain 1-0
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Horrem/Maaseide	21	Bosma/Mesa	28, Q10	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 27, Q9 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-2
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Gartmayer/Nowotny	29, Q14	Horrem/Maaseide	13	14-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:53
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool B	Gartmayer/Nowotny	34	Horrem/Maaseide	31	13-21, 21-18, 15-13
Lead the series against # 30, Q16 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool C	Horrem/Maaseide	19	Goranson/Goranson	30, Q16	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # Q12 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 0-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	Horrem/Maaseide	Q2	14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # Q14 Huseby/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Horrem/Maaseide	9	Huseby/Skarlund	25, Q12	28-26, 21-18	0:54
Lead the series against # Q15 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Horrem/Maaseide	16	Ljubicic/Slean	32, Q8	21-18, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # Q25 Esko/Tuominen, Finland 1-0
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Horrem/Maaseide	19, Q3	Esko/Tuominen	Q19	21-18, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q34 Fenili/Galli, Italy 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Horrem/Maaseide	Q3	Fenili/Galli	Q35	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	1:04