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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 25, 2004

(24) 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 Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	20, Q1	17th	108	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	26	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	26	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	10	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	24	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	21	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	20	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	18	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	16	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	22	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	23	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q2	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	21	17th	60	US$2,500.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/15/2004

Pool A

Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)

Lost 15-21, 21-19, 10-15

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Iver Horrem	Total	35	15	0	0.429	0	12	1	6
	1	35	15	0	0.429	0	12	1	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Bjorn Maaseide	Total	30	16	0	0.533	2	6	0	2
	1	30	16	0	0.533	2	6	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/17/2004

Pool A

Dax Holdren / Stein Metzger, United States (12)

Won 14-21, 21-15, 16-14

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Iver Horrem	Total	25	17	0	0.680	0	10	2	4
	1	25	17	0	0.680	0	10	2	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Bjorn Maaseide	Total	34	16	0	0.471	4	5	0	0
	1	34	16	0	0.471	4	5	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/19/2004

Pool A

Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (13)

Lost 18-21, 17-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Iver Horrem	Total	9	6	0	0.667	1	2	0	5
	1	9	6	0	0.667	1	2	0	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Bjorn Maaseide	Total	35	21	0	0.600	0	5	0	4
	1	35	21	0	0.600	0	5	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Iver Horrem	69	38	0	0.551	1	24	3	15
Bjorn Maaseide	99	53	0	0.535	6	16	0	6
Total	168	91	0	0.542	7	40	3	21
Opponents	149	92	0	0.617	12	44	3	12

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Did not play	Jan Kvalheim - 7th
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Did not play	Jan Kvalheim - 17th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Kjell Goranson - 57th	Jan Kvalheim - 25th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Did not play	Jan Kvalheim - 19th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Bjorn Maaseide - 17th	Iver Horrem - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Bjorn Maaseide - 17th	Iver Horrem - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Bard-Inge Pettersen - 13th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Bjorn Maaseide - 17th	Iver Horrem - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Bjorn Maaseide - 37th	Iver Horrem - 37th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Geir Eithun - 37th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Horrem/Maaseide trail the series against the field 16-38 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
8/15/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Horrem/Maaseide	24	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	1:02
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 0-4
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	2	Horrem/Maaseide	18	21-16, 21-17	0:51
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-14, 16-21, 15-12	1:03
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-14, 21-15	0:42
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 0-6
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 4	Laciga/Laciga	3	Horrem/Maaseide	26	24-22, 13-21, 15-12	0:56
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Laciga/Laciga	4	Horrem/Maaseide	20	22-20, 21-11	0:45
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
Lead the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 2-0
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Horrem/Maaseide	26	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	21-16, 21-19	0:37
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Horrem/Maaseide	28	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	21-13, 22-20	0:41
Series tied with # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-2
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Horrem/Maaseide	13	21-15, 21-11	0:32
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	30	Heuscher/Kobel	14	20-22, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
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
Lead the series against # 6 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Horrem/Maaseide	23	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	47	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-3
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	11	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-19, 22-20	0:56
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	11	Horrem/Maaseide	22	21-13, 25-23	0:53
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 # 8 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Horrem/Maaseide	26	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-4
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Horrem/Maaseide	26	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:48
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 # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-3
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Horrem/Maaseide	26	21-15, 21-13	0:32
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	24	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	21-18, 21-17	0:48
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-15, 21-18	0:45
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	24	Horrem/Maaseide	9	21-19, 18-21, 28-26	1:15
Lead the series against # 12 Holdren/Metzger, United States 2-0
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	Horrem/Maaseide	24	Holdren/Metzger	12	14-21, 21-15, 16-14	1:01
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Horrem/Maaseide	22	Holdren/Metzger	13	14-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:06
Trail the series against # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-2
8/19/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	13	Horrem/Maaseide	24	21-18, 21-17	0:45
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	12	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-23, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
Trail the series against # 14 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-2
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	18	Alvarez/Rossell	15	21-15, 20-22, 15-11	1:03
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
Lead the series against # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 2-1
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Berg/Dahl	30, Q5	Horrem/Maaseide	20, Q1	24-22, 27-25	1:02
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
Trail the series against # 17 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-3
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Prosser/Williams	7	Horrem/Maaseide	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Prosser/Williams	26	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-13, 21-16	0:38
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Prosser/Williams	26	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	1:00
Trail the series against # 18 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
Lead the series against # 20 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	22	Child/Heese	28	21-17, 21-14	0:41
Trail the series against # 22 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-2
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Horrem/Maaseide	26	Gartmayer/Nowotny	10	18-21, 21-18, 22-20	1:04
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
Trail the series against # 23 Canet/Hamel, France 1-2
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-17, 21-18	0:47
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Horrem/Maaseide	26	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	1:00
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	9	Horrem/Maaseide	25	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:43