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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 28 - July 2, 2006

(Q28) 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 (55 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
2003	Kjell Goranson - 25th	Espen Goranson - 25th
2004	Jon Grydeland - 41st	Tarjei Skarlund - 9th
2005	Jon Grydeland - 41st	Martin Engvik - 41st

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Norway Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/28/2006	Qualifier 2	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (28, Q5)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:35

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 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	19	$12,300.00	30	41	42.3 %
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	4	$13,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	$8,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB C&S
42	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	32	$9,300.00	Total	Total	67	0	1	0	1	1	4	6	13	41	$33,735.00

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%
2005-2006	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0		0	0	0-1	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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
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 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Goranson	30, Q16	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q17	21-15, 20-22, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 28, Q5 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	Goranson/Goranson	Q28	21-15, 21-16	0:35