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European Championship Tour
€ 87,000 Spanish Open
September 9 - 12, 2004

Espen Goranson/Vegard Hoidalen, 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:

5th (CEV Valencia 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$10,952.06

Vegard Hoidalen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 10, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Skien

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

226

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Rome 1997)

Career Winnings:

US$371,182.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,756.48
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$3,000.00
Overall	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	US$5,756.48

Previous Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool C	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia	Won 21-18, 23-25, 15-12	1:09
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool C	Fabio Galli / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:48
Sat, 9/11/2004	Pool C	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain	Lost 20-22, 12-21	0:40
Sat, 9/11/2004	Winner 1	Josef Benes / Petr Benes, Czech Republic	Lost 12-21, 21-13, 8-15	0:53

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Espen Goranson												Vegard Hoidalen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Championships	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	$27,575.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	0	0	1	0	4	6	4	4	0	$65,275.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	$7,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	136	1	3	1	3	10	28	37	25	0	$216,367.50
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,650.00	Challenger	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,387.50
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											Confederation Championship	11	0	0	3	0	0	4	3	1	0	$20,712.50
46	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	0	$9,300.00	Total	203	1	5	6	4	15	43	47	31	0	$338,817.50

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	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Espen Goranson													Vegard Hoidalen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	$1,250.00
											1996	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	$4,000.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$937.50
											1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	0	$14,000.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											1997	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	$29,950.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											1998	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	$21,500.00
											1999	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,643.75
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2000	FIVB	15	0	1	0	3	3	6	0	2	0	$46,000.00
											2000	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$2,500.00	2001	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	$44,000.00
											2001	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,650.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	$25,367.50
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,362.50
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	2	0	$38,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											2003	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,625.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	0	3	8	0	0	$35,125.00
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	$1,125.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
38	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	29	$8,325.00	Total	Total	132	2	6	7	4	18	39	29	19	8	$290,936.25

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	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2003-2004	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-2	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool C	Goranson/Hoidalen		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-18, 23-25, 15-12	1:09
Trail the series against Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 0-1
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Benes/Benes		Goranson/Hoidalen		21-12, 13-21, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool C	Goranson/Hoidalen		Galli/Raffaelli		21-18, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool C	Herrera/Mesa		Goranson/Hoidalen		22-20, 21-12	0:40