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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Nissan Grand Slam
September 18 - 21, 2003

(Q26) 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 Carson Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	7	9th	24	US$900.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	30, Q16	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	30	25th	30	US$2,000.00
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

United States Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/18/2003	Qualifier 1	Antonio Cotrino / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (Q7)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 10-15	0:56

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$4,000.00	8	10	44.4 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	18	$12,300.00	30	40	42.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	27	$6,600.00	Total	Total	44	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	9	31	$11,360.00

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	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	5.3%	3	15.8%	15	78.9%	1-18	5.3%	4-30	11.8%	2-10	16.7%	0	0	3-20	13.0%

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
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 3-20 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 14 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Series tied with # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Goranson/Goranson	30, Q16	21-19, 21-17	0:36
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Goranson/Goranson	30	Laciga/Laciga	3	21-19, 21-18	0:51
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 9 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool C	Rogers/Scott	14	Goranson/Goranson	30, Q16	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 12 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 # 14 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 # 15 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 # 19 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
Trail the series against # 21, Q5 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
Trail the series against # 27 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
Trail the series against 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 # Q2 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool C	Horrem/Maaseide	19	Goranson/Goranson	30, Q16	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Series tied with # Q7 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q7	Goranson/Goranson	Q26	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:56
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Goranson/Goranson	30, Q16	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q1	21-14, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # Q12 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 # Q17 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
Trail the series against # Q22 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