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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Switzerland Open
June 19 - 23, 2002

(Q13) Espen Goranson/Kjell Goranson, Norway

Espen Goranson
Norway

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 15, 1968 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Borum

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S Kiev 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$9,300.00

Kjell Arne Goranson
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 13, 1970 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Baerum

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$55,635.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	11	1	US$12,300.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$900.00
Overall	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	3	11	1	US$13,200.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Kjell Goranson - 41st	Espen Goranson - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q12	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	27, Q10	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	Q12	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	43	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	Q12	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	Q21	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	29	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q18	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q22	41st	14	US$0.00

Switzerland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/19/2002	Country Quota	Jon Grydeland / Magne Kobbevik, Norway	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:34
Wed, 6/19/2002	Qualifier 1	Bob Van Looy / Yves Verstraelen, Belgium (Q52)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:43
Thu, 6/20/2002	Qualifier 2	Paul Schroffenegger / Thomas Schroffenegger, Austria (Q20)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:47
Thu, 6/20/2002	Qualifier 3	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (12, Q4)	Lost 15-21, 24-26	0:45

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	$12,300.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Total	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	$13,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Espen Goranson												Kjell Goranson
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	0	0	0	$0.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$8,950.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,625.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	$7,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	18	0	$38,600.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,650.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											Satellite	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,010.00
46	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	0	$9,300.00	Total	93	0	1	0	1	1	6	10	19	0	$55,635.00

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$5,000.00	12	14	46.2 %
2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	$5,000.00	17	16	51.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Espen Goranson													Kjell Goranson
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	1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	1999	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,510.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2000	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	$2,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$2,500.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$2,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18	$2,500.00	Total	Total	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	22	$7,260.00

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	21	72.4%	4	13.8%	4	13.8%	25-4	86.2%	3	7.5%	7	17.5%	30	75.0%	3-37	7.5%	21-30	41.2%	7-11	38.9%	2	0	30-41	42.3%
2001-2002	15	71.4%	3	14.3%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	2	6.9%	6	20.7%	21	72.4%	2-27	6.9%	15-21	41.7%	5-9	35.7%	2	0	22-30	42.3%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	2	6.9%	4	13.8%	23	79.3%	2-27	6.9%	12-42	22.2%	6-12	33.3%	2	0	11-27	28.9%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	1	21	13	1	11	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	29
Challenger	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	5	1	23	17	3	20	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	43

Head to Head Results
Goranson/Goranson trail the series against the field 8-9 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 12, Q4 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Goranson/Goranson	Q13	21-15, 26-24	0:45
Trail the series against # 16 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	4	Goranson/Goranson	29	21-12, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with # 20 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-1
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Goranson/Goranson	27, Q10	Karasev/Zaitsev	6	By Forfeit
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Karasev/Zaitsev	22	Goranson/Goranson	43	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 22, Q6 Amore/Lione, Italy 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 9	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	Goranson/Goranson	Q12	21-19, 24-22	0:57
Trail the series against # 23 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Canet/Hamel	22	Goranson/Goranson	27, Q10	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 28, Q21 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/13/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	Q21	Goranson/Goranson	Q12	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 30 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Goranson/Goranson	Q21	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 32, Q14 Kouvitchka/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 8	Goranson/Goranson	Q12	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q11	21-17, 21-23, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against Ferreira/Marques, Brazil 0-1
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Ferreira/Marques	21	Goranson/Goranson	27, Q10	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against Grydeland/Kobbevik, Norway 1-0
6/19/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Goranson/Goranson	Q13	Grydeland/Kobbevik		21-12, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against Ingeborgrud/Loberg, Norway 2-0
6/12/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Country Quota	Goranson/Goranson	Q12	Ingeborgrud/Loberg		20-22, 21-16, 19-17	0:56
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 8	Goranson/Goranson	27, Q10	Ingeborgrud/Loberg	Q24	21-16, 21-13	0:30
Trail the series against # Q8 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
9/12/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	Goranson/Goranson	27, Q10	23-21, 18-21, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # Q20 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Goranson	Q13	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	Q20	18-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:47
Lead the series against # Q52 Van Looy/Verstraelen, Belgium 1-0
6/19/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Goranson	Q13	Van Looy/Verstraelen	Q52	22-20, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # Q54 Esko/Tuominen, Finland 1-0
6/12/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Goranson	Q12	Esko/Tuominen	Q53	21-19, 22-20	0:35