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

(30) 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Jon Grydeland - 57th	Iver Horrem - 25th
2000	Jon Grydeland - 49th	Iver Horrem - 25th
2001	Kjell Goranson - 25th	Espen Goranson - 25th
2002	Kjell Goranson - 25th	Espen Goranson - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q13	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q13	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	Q8	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	Q10	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	43	37th	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	30, Q13	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	33	37th	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	31	25th	30	US$1,650.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/4/2003	Pool C	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (14)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:36
Fri, 7/4/2003	Pool C	Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (19, Q1)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:46
Sat, 7/5/2003	Pool C	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (3)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:51

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$3,300.00	10	16	38.5 %
2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	6	5	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	16	$10,300.00	28	35	44.4 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,650.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,650.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25	$5,150.00	Total	Total	40	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	29	$9,910.00

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%
2002-2003	12	70.6%	2	11.8%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	3	11.5%	4	15.4%	19	73.1%	3-23	11.5%	12-19	38.7%	5-7	41.7%	1	0	18-26	40.9%
Against the Field	10	71.4%	1	7.1%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	1	4.3%	4	17.4%	18	78.3%	1-22	4.3%	20-34	37.0%	4-14	22.2%	1	0	13-24	35.1%

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 11-19 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 13 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-2
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Araujo/Insfran	6	Goranson/Goranson	43	21-18, 21-17	0:38
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2, Q10	Goranson/Goranson	31	21-15, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Goranson/Goranson	30	Laciga/Laciga	3	21-19, 21-18	0:51
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool C	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Goranson/Goranson	30, Q13	21-23, 21-19, 17-15	1:06
Trail the series against # 14 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Schacht/Slack	14	Goranson/Goranson	30	21-13, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 17 Fonoimoana/Holdren, United States 0-2
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool J	Fonoimoana/Holdren	16	Goranson/Goranson	33	21-18, 21-15	0:47
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Fonoimoana/Holdren	15	Goranson/Goranson	31	21-17, 17-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19, Q1 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	Goranson/Goranson	30	21-17, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 0-3
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool J	Canet/Hamel	9	Goranson/Goranson	33	21-17, 21-18	0:54
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Canet/Hamel	18	Goranson/Goranson	31	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:59
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Canet/Hamel	22	Goranson/Goranson	27, Q10	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 22 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 2-1
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Goranson/Goranson	30, Q13	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q4	21-13, 21-11	0:31
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 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q29	Goranson/Goranson	Q13	21-16, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against Helland/Storoy, Norway 1-0
9/4/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Country Quota	Goranson/Goranson	Q8	Helland/Storoy		21-16, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # Q7 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 0-2
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Pimponi/Raffaelli	19	Goranson/Goranson	43	22-20, 14-21, 15-13	0:54
9/12/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	Goranson/Goranson	27, Q10	23-21, 18-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # Q10 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 # Q11 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q15	Goranson/Goranson	Q18	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q20 Babich/Khudoley, Ukraine 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Goranson	Q13	Babich/Khudoley	Q20	9-21, 21-17, 18-16	0:56
Lead the series against # Q29 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
Lead the series against # Q31 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 # Q44 Engvik/Kleivenes, Norway 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Country Quota	Goranson/Goranson	Q13	Engvik/Kleivenes		21-15, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # Q45 Olesen/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Olesen/Soderberg	Q40	Goranson/Goranson	Q8	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # Q47 Bourne/Lyne, Australia 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Goranson	Q18	Bourne/Lyne	Q47	21-11, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # Q48 Lisiecki/Plinski, Poland 1-0
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Goranson	Q13	Lisiecki/Plinski	Q52	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q49 Binstock/Hiebert, Canada 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Goranson	Q13	Binstock/Hiebert	Q52	21-16, 22-20	0:54