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(45) 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Kjell Goranson - 25th	Jan Kvalheim - 9th
2000	Kjell Goranson - 25th	Jan Kvalheim - 17th
2001	Bjorn Maaseide - 13th	Iver Horrem - 13th
2002	Bjorn Maaseide - 17th	Iver Horrem - 17th
2003	Bjorn Maaseide - 17th	Iver Horrem - 17th
2004	Bjorn Maaseide - 25th	Iver Horrem - 25th
2005	Bard-Inge Pettersen - 7th	Did not play
2006	Bard-Inge Pettersen - 9th	Did not play
2007	Bjorn Maaseide - 17th	Iver Horrem - 17th
2008	Bjorn Maaseide - 17th	Iver Horrem - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	Q10	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	29	17th	120	US$2,800.00
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

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool D

Pedro Cunha / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)

Lost 13-21, 14-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Iver Horrem	Total	20	10	5	0.250	1	3	0	5
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	3	0	3
	2	9	5	3	0.222	1	0	0	2
Bjorn Maaseide	Total	22	8	5	0.136	1	1	0	0
	1	14	6	4	0.143	0	0	0	0
	2	8	2	1	0.125	1	1	0	0

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool D

Brad Keenan / Nick Lucena, United States (21)

Lost 10-21, 19-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Iver Horrem	Total	14	5	5	0.000	1	4	0	5
	1	3	1	2	-0.333	0	2	0	1
	2	11	4	3	0.091	1	2	0	4
Bjorn Maaseide	Total	31	15	6	0.290	1	0	0	2
	1	17	5	5	0.000	1	0	0	1
	2	14	10	1	0.643	0	0	0	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool D

Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (28)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Iver Horrem	Total	25	10	2	0.320	1	10	1	5
	1	17	6	1	0.294	1	9	1	2
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	1	0	3
Bjorn Maaseide	Total	23	12	3	0.391	2	1	1	2
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	0	1	1
	2	11	5	2	0.273	2	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Iver Horrem	59	25	12	0.220	3	17	1	15
Bjorn Maaseide	76	35	14	0.276	4	2	1	4
Total	135	60	26	0.252	7	19	2	19
Opponents	110	70	17	0.482	12	34	4	12

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Did not play	Jan Kvalheim - 17th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Kjell Goranson - 57th	Jan Kvalheim - 25th
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
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Geir Eithun - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	31	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	23	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	39	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	45	37th	40	US$3,400.00

Head to Head Results
Horrem/Maaseide trail the series against the field 6-29 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 15 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Cunha/Solberg	4	Horrem/Maaseide	45	21-13, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 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 # 9 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 # 10 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
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-2
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	21	Horrem/Maaseide	22	21-18, 21-12	0:40
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	14	Kais/Vesik	4	22-20, 21-19	0:41
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	15	Horrem/Maaseide	17	21-12, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 17 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-16, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 20 Wu/Yin, China 1-0
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Horrem/Maaseide	16	Wu/Yin	32	24-22, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 21 Keenan/Lucena, United States 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Keenan/Lucena	21	Horrem/Maaseide	45	21-10, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 24 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
Trail the series against # 26 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 # 28 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-3
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	28	Horrem/Maaseide	45	21-19, 21-17	0:47
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 # 33 "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
Lead the series against # 34 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 # 39 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 0-1
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	Horrem/Maaseide	15	21-15, 21-17	0:40