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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Portugal Open
June 2 - 6, 2004

(20) 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
2003	Bjorn Maaseide - 17th	Iver Horrem - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	26	9th	208	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	19	17th	60	US$2,500.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/4/2004	Winner 1	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (13)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:42
Fri, 6/4/2004	Contender 1	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (4)	Lost 20-22, 11-21	0:45

Head to Head Results
Horrem/Maaseide trail the series against the field 15-32 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 13 Series, 3 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
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 3 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 # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-5
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 # 5 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 1-0
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	16	Neto/Ramos	2	21-14, 24-22	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-2
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
Series tied with # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
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 # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	13	Horrem/Maaseide	20	21-15, 21-17	0:42
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
Trail the series against # 15 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-2
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 # 16 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12	Horrem/Maaseide	21	16-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:05
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 # 19 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
Trail the series against # 22 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
Series tied with # 23 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
Series tied with # 27 Canet/Hamel, France 1-1
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
Lead the series against # 29, Q2 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 Brazao/Souza, Brazil 0-1
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Brazao/Souza	7	Horrem/Maaseide	22	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q8 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 0-2
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	Horrem/Maaseide	Q2	21-17, 35-33	0:58
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 # Q11 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Horrem/Maaseide	22	Leinemann/VanHuizen	27, Q8	23-21, 21-14	0:49
Lead the series against # Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q17 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