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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 8,500 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite
August 20 - 23, 2015

(7) Lars Retterholt/Bjarte Usken, Norway

Lars Tveit Retterholt
Norway

Photo: Pedja Milosavljevic

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 8, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Arendal

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV C&S Best:

2nd (Mersin 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$6,349.77

Bjarte Usken
Norway

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stavanger

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV C&S Baden 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$16,053.02

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	41	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	US$0.00
CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	US$797.47
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	US$4,000.00
Overall	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	US$4,797.47

Previous Skopje Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/5-9/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Q7	21st	96	€ 0.00
CEV C&S	7/9-12/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Vaduz Satellite	11, Q6	13th	126	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	31	25th	160	US$4,000.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Q6	25th	48	€ 0.00

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/21/2015	Winner 1	Stefan Basta / Lazar Kolaric, Serbia (10, Q2)	Lost 19-21, 21-15, 12-15	0:51
Sat, 8/22/2015	Contender 1	Dimitrios Niopas / Thodoris Papadimitriou, Greece (15, Q9)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:32
Sat, 8/22/2015	Contender 2	Hasan Mermer / Safa Urlu, Türkiye (13, Q6)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:35
Sat, 8/22/2015	Contender 3	Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (1)	Lost 16-21, 12-21	0:29

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lars Retterholt												Bjarte Usken
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$9,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	$4,087.50
8	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	$1,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
22	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	3	0	$4,300.00	Total	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	9	0	$14,037.50

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
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$75.00	0	2	0.0 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2015	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$620.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$695.00	3	6	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lars Retterholt													Bjarte Usken
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$100.00	2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2014	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$312.50
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$112.50	2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$37.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$310.00	2015	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$310.00
23	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	5	8	$2,522.50	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	3	$3,110.00

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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%
2014-2015	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

Head to Head Results
Retterholt/Usken trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 0-1
8/22/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite	Contender 3	Kosiak/Rudol	1	Retterholt/Usken	7	21-16, 21-12	0:29
Trail the series against # 5 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 0-1
7/10/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Vaduz Satellite	Contender 1	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	3	Retterholt/Usken	11, Q6	15-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 10, Q2 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 0-1
8/21/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite	Winner 1	Basta/Kolaric	10, Q2	Retterholt/Usken	7	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 13, Q6 Mermer/Urlu, Türkiye 1-0
8/22/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite	Contender 2	Retterholt/Usken	7	Mermer/Urlu	13, Q6	21-13, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 15, Q9 Niopas/Papadimitriou, Greece 1-0
8/22/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Skopje Satellite	Contender 1	Retterholt/Usken	7	Niopas/Papadimitriou	15, Q9	21-15, 21-18	0:32