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US$190,000 Foro Italico Open presented by Skipper
May 12 - 17, 2009

(29) 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 Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/11-15/2008	Sanya Open	18	25th	60	US$1,800.00
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

Rome Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2009	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:53
Thu, 5/14/2009	Contender 1	Ahren Cadieux / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (20)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-6	0:59
Fri, 5/15/2009	Contender 2	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (14)	Lost 21-16, 17-21, 12-15	0:58

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 %
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,800.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	69	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	9	27	12	11	$223,260.00	92	127	42.0 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00
115	0	1	0	1	9	24	34	22	24	$186,890.00	Total	Total	163	7	2	9	9	26	42	43	14	11	$504,005.00

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%
2008-2009	4	28.6%	5	35.7%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	2	7.7%	3	11.5%	21	80.8%	2-24	7.7%	4-21	16.0%	7-8	46.7%	0	0	11-29	27.5%
Against the Field	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1	4.8%	4	19.0%	16	76.2%	1-20	4.8%	2-32	5.9%	4-14	22.2%	0	0	3-23	11.5%

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 3-19 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-4
8/11/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	1	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-9, 21-18	0:40
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Horrem/Maaseide	17	21-16, 21-15	0:36
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 # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	4	Horrem/Maaseide	29	22-20, 21-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Klemperer/Koreng	24	Horrem/Maaseide	25, Q4	21-19, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-3
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	2	Horrem/Maaseide	15	21-16, 21-18	0:36
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	7	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-18, 21-19	0:48
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	17	Horrem/Maaseide	24	21-11, 24-22	0:49
Trail the series against # 12 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Horrem/Maaseide	27	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	1:05
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Horrem/Maaseide	24	21-17, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 13 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-2
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Horrem/Maaseide	9	23-21, 21-16	0:45
5/23/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q5	Horrem/Maaseide	25	24-22, 21-18	0:45
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	24	Lochhead/Pitman	23	21-17, 21-18	0:57
Trail the series against # 14 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-3
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	14	Horrem/Maaseide	29	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:58
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Gosch/Horst	11	Horrem/Maaseide	16	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:57
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	11	Horrem/Maaseide	22	21-19, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 18 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
Lead the series against # 20 Cadieux/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 1	Horrem/Maaseide	29	Cadieux/VanHuizen	20	18-21, 21-14, 15-6	0:59
Trail the series against # 22 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 # 23 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	6	Horrem/Maaseide	22	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-14, 11-21, 15-6	0:55