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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 ConocoPhillips Open
June 30 - July 4, 2004

(Q27) Espen Goranson/Jon Grydeland, 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

Jon Grydeland
Norway

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Asker

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (Fortaleza 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$1,450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	49	57	Money
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	5	US$0.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Jon Grydeland - 57th	Espen Goranson - 57th
2000	Jon Grydeland - 49th	Espen Goranson - 49th
2001	Kjell Goranson - 25th	Ronny Berntsen - 49th
2002	Kjell Goranson - 25th	Magne Kobbevik - 57th
2003	Kjell Goranson - 25th	Magne Kobbevik - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	Q28	41st	12	US$0.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/30/2004	Country Quota	Kim Hellum / Ragnar Wisloff, Norway	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:34
Wed, 6/30/2004	Qualifier 1	Mikkel Herslov / Jeppe Nielsen, Denmark (Q38)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:40
Wed, 6/30/2004	Qualifier 2	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (18, Q6)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:34

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Espen Goranson												Jon Grydeland
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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	$7,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$825.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,650.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
											Satellite	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$375.00
46	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	0	$9,300.00	Total	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$1,450.00

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
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Espen Goranson													Jon Grydeland
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	1999	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2000	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$2,500.00	2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,650.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$825.00
											2002	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$375.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	29	$6,600.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	23	$1,450.00

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	3-3	50.0%	0-0	0	0	3-3	50.0%
2003-2004	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	0-0	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-0	0	0	2-1	66.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3

Head to Head Results
Goranson/Grydeland lead the series against the field 2-1 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 18, Q6 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	18, Q6	Goranson/Grydeland	Q27	21-15, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against Hellum/Wisloff, Norway 1-0
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Country Quota	Goranson/Grydeland	Q27	Hellum/Wisloff		21-17, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # Q38 Herslov/Nielsen, Denmark 1-0
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Grydeland	Q27	Herslov/Nielsen	Q38	21-16, 22-20	0:40