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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 24 - 29, 2008

(Q23) Espen Goranson/Bjorn Ingeborgrud, 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

Bjørn F. Ingeborgrud
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 28, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Akershus

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$6,165.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$1,200.00
Overall	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	US$1,200.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Jon Grydeland - 57th	Did not play
2000	Jon Grydeland - 49th	Did not play
2001	Kjell Goranson - 25th	Alexander Loberg - 57th
2002	Kjell Goranson - 25th	Alexander Loberg - 41st
2003	Kjell Goranson - 25th	Lars Jacob Boe - 57th
2004	Jon Grydeland - 41st	Magne Kobbevik - 57th
2005	Jon Grydeland - 41st	Did not play
2006	Kjell Goranson - 41st	Did not play
2007	Bjorn Ingeborgrud - 33rd	Espen Goranson - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	Q24	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q29	33rd	40	US$0.00

Stavanger Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/25/2008	Qualifier 1	Kjell Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (Q10)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:37

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Espen Goranson												Bjorn Ingeborgrud
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	2	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	3	0	$2,800.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,650.00	Challenger	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$1,915.00
											Satellite	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,450.00
46	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	0	$9,300.00	Total	32	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	3	0	$6,165.00

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 C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	3	2	60.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$1,200.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Espen Goranson													Bjorn Ingeborgrud
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	1999	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2000	FIVB
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
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$275.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,650.00	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2002	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$665.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
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	$225.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
46	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	36	$9,300.00	Total	Total	30	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	1	22	$4,365.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	1-4	20.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	0	3-4	42.9%
2007-2008	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	1-4	20.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0		1	0	1-1	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Challenger	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 31, Q18 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Ingeborgrud	Q29	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q4	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # Q10 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 0-1
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q10	Goranson/Ingeborgrud	Q23	21-15, 21-19	0:37