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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 ConocoPhillips Open
July 2 - 6, 2003

(19, Q1) Dain Blanton/Jeff Nygaard, United States

Dain Blanton
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

187 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$207,485.00

Jeff Nygaard
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Height:

204 cm (6'8")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rhodes 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$64,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	17	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	1	2	1	US$129,000.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th	Did not play
2001	Eric Fonoimoana - 13th	Did not play
2002	Carl Henkel - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	11	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	24	1st	300	US$22,000.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/2/2003	Country Quota	Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings, United States	Won 21-18, 20-22, 15-8	1:01
Wed, 7/2/2003	Qualifier 2	Kaarel Kais / Jaanus Nommsalu, Estonia (Q33)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:34
Thu, 7/3/2003	Qualifier 3	Jarle Huseby / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (Q17)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:36
Fri, 7/4/2003	Pool C	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (3)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 10-15	0:47
Fri, 7/4/2003	Pool C	Espen Goranson / Kjell Goranson, Norway (30)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:46
Sat, 7/5/2003	Pool C	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (14)	Won 21-15, 24-22	0:43
Sat, 7/5/2003	Winner 1	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Juca Dultra, Brazil (4, Q6)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	0:42

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	$62,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	$52,000.00
Total	17	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	4	2	0	$129,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Jeff Nygaard
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	$31,000.00
48	1	1	1	2	7	20	9	3	0	$119,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	$26,000.00
68	2	1	3	4	11	24	14	5	0	$207,485.00	Total	17	1	0	1	1	4	3	4	2	0	$64,500.00

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
2003	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$29,500.00	12	6	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$29,500.00	12	6	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Jeff Nygaard
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2001	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00	2002	FIVB
4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$14,750.00	2003	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$14,750.00
50	2	1	2	3	6	22	6	4	4	$140,785.00	Total	Total	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$14,750.00

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	23	62.2%	9	24.3%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	13	31.7%	9	22.0%	19	46.3%	13-28	31.7%	23-19	54.8%	22-14	61.1%	0	1	45-34	57.0%
2002-2003	18	72.0%	5	20.0%	2	8.0%	23-2	92.0%	6	33.3%	4	22.2%	8	44.4%	6-12	33.3%	18-8	69.2%	11-6	64.7%	0	1	29-15	65.9%
Against the Field	19	65.5%	5	17.2%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	11	35.5%	8	25.8%	12	38.7%	11-20	35.5%	38-22	63.3%	32-26	55.2%	0	1	35-25	58.3%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	7	5	0	0	6	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	19	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	6	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	16
Total	1	1	4	0	13	11	0	0	14	11	1	2	1	1	1	0	45	34

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Nygaard lead the series against the field 12-5 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-0
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Gold Medal	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Araujo/Insfran	1	22-20, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 2 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Baracetti/Conde	6	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 4, Q6 Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Dultra	4, Q6	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	21-13, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 Marques/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8, Q1	Blanton/Nygaard	24	21-13, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-0
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Berger/Doppler	14	23-21, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Alvarez/Rossell	7	21-13, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	Schacht/Slack	14	21-15, 24-22	0:43
Trail the series against # 17 Fonoimoana/Holdren, United States 0-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Fonoimoana/Holdren	22	Blanton/Nygaard	11	21-18, 12-21, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 18 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Egger/Heyer	18	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q2	21-18, 21-23, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against # 30 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	Goranson/Goranson	30	21-17, 21-16	0:46
Series tied with Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 1-1
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Country Quota	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	Fuerbringer/Jennings		21-18, 20-22, 15-8	1:01
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q29	Blanton/Nygaard		21-19, 13-21, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # Q17 Huseby/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	Huseby/Skarlund	Q17	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # Q23 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	9	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q33 Kais/Nommsalu, Estonia 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	Kais/Nommsalu	Q33	21-17, 21-17	0:34