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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Sanya Open presented by Olympic Gardens
November 11 - 15, 2008

(18) 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 Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2008	Manama Open	11	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	9	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	22	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	Q10	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	10	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	25	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	22	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	21	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	15	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 1	Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (15)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 12-15	0:59
Wed, 11/12/2008	Contender 1	Jian Bao / Weizai Jin, China (31, Q13)	Lost 21-17, 26-28, 12-15	1:01

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	0	$32,250.00	12	20	37.5 %
2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	2	$34,410.00	23	11	67.6 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	2	$29,000.00	10	19	34.5 %
2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	5	2	0	$46,600.00	16	22	42.1 %
2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	3	$52,100.00	20	30	40.0 %
2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	3	$26,100.00	10	22	31.3 %
Total	FIVB	67	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	9	26	12	10	$220,460.00	91	124	42.3 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	0	$16,125.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	3	0	$19,125.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	2	$17,205.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	2	$17,205.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	2	$14,500.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	2	$14,500.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	2	0	$25,300.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	2	0	$23,300.00
12	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	3	0	$34,375.00	2005	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	1	0	$32,375.00	2006	FIVB
15	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	3	$26,050.00	2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	3	$26,050.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	3	$13,050.00	2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	3	$13,050.00
113	0	1	0	1	9	24	33	22	23	$185,490.00	Total	Total	161	7	2	9	9	26	42	42	14	10	$502,605.00

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%
2007-2008	16	48.5%	10	30.3%	7	21.2%	26-7	78.8%	4	8.2%	7	14.3%	38	77.6%	4-45	8.2%	16-38	29.6%	14-14	50.0%	0	0	30-52	36.6%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2-6	25.0%	0-6	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	4-8	33.3%

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 3-8 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 7 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	11	Gabathuler/Wenger	5	21-19, 10-21, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 13 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q9	Horrem/Maaseide	10	13-21, 21-19, 15-5	0:55
Trail the series against # 15 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Hernandez/Villafane	15	Horrem/Maaseide	18	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 17, Q3 Bizzotto/Casadei, Italy 0-1
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 1	Bizzotto/Casadei	22, Q2	Horrem/Maaseide	11	33-31, 21-13	1:03
Trail the series against # 31, Q13 Bao/Jin, China 0-1
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Bao/Jin	31, Q13	Horrem/Maaseide	18	17-21, 28-26, 15-12	1:01