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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Agadir Open
October 4 - 9, 2011

(19) Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway

Tarjei Viken Skarlund
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 6, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alesund

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

148

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porto Santo 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Stavanger 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$286,217.50

Martin Spinnangr
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 5, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Farsund

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Stavanger 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$122,875.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	45	0	1	0	1	2	2	9	4	13	8	2	1	2	US$241,050.00

Previous Agadir Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	17	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	16	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	21	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	21	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	4	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	9	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	19	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	17	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	14	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	15	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Agadir Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/6/2011	Winner 1	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (14)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 9-15	0:50
Thu, 10/6/2011	Contender 1	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (3)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 14-16	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	5	4	0	$150,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	7	4	0	$80,250.00
Total	45	0	1	0	1	2	2	9	4	13	8	0	$241,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tarjei Skarlund												Martin Spinnangr
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,650.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00
44	0	1	0	1	1	11	13	8	0	$120,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	1	0	1	1	6	5	5	0	$76,950.00
90	0	0	0	1	11	24	21	9	0	$149,325.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	3	6	7	4	0	$40,125.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,242.50	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00	Satellite
148	1	1	0	2	18	36	37	17	0	$286,217.50	Total	50	0	1	0	1	4	14	13	9	0	$122,875.00

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
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,400.00	3	4	42.9 %
2009	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	$35,750.00	16	15	51.6 %
2010	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	3	0	$81,600.00	20	28	41.7 %
2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	3	1	$69,050.00	19	27	41.3 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	1	0	1	2	2	5	3	10	6	5	$192,800.00	58	74	43.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tarjei Skarlund													Martin Spinnangr
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	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$425.00	2001	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$825.00	2002	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,142.50	2002	FIVB C&S
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	2003	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	5	$13,625.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2004	FIVB C&S
15	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	1	0	$33,500.00	2005	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2005	FIVB C&S
14	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	2	0	$38,025.00	2006	FIVB
16	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	4	1	$38,850.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	3	6	6	0	0	$38,750.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$4,950.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	4	$17,875.00	2009	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	4	$17,875.00
12	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	$40,800.00	2010	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	$40,800.00
12	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	3	1	$34,525.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	3	1	$34,525.00
138	1	1	0	2	18	31	34	15	36	$262,092.50	Total	Total	40	0	1	0	1	4	9	10	7	8	$98,750.00

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	40	54.8%	13	17.8%	20	27.4%	53-20	72.6%	16	17.6%	14	15.4%	61	67.0%	16-75	17.6%	40-61	39.6%	29-34	46.0%	3	4	72-99	42.1%
2010-2011	21	48.8%	8	18.6%	14	32.6%	29-14	67.4%	10	19.6%	10	19.6%	31	60.8%	10-41	19.6%	21-31	40.4%	18-24	42.9%	0	0	39-55	41.5%
Against the Field	14	50.0%	5	17.9%	9	32.1%	19-9	67.9%	4	11.4%	5	14.3%	26	74.3%	4-31	11.4%	28-46	37.8%	18-28	39.1%	1	2	24-39	38.1%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	2	22	32	0	0	13	13	1	1	0	1	0	1	36	50
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	17	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	41
Total	0	0	3	3	25	38	0	0	30	35	1	1	0	1	0	1	72	99

Head to Head Results
Skarlund/Spinnangr trail the series against the field 18-27 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 12 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-4
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
7/3/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:54
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-17, 21-13	0:42
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-14, 21-8	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 1	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53
Series tied with # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-1
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Insfran	5	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	21-15, 23-21	0:40
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Araujo/Insfran	5	21-18, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-3
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	10	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	21-18, 21-19	0:35
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Gavira/Herrera	8	Skarlund/Spinnangr	24	24-22, 21-16	0:38
7/4/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Gavira/Herrera	3	16-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:00
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	22-20, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 6 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Erdmann/Matysik	11	21-15, 21-23, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 7 Wu/Xu, China 1-2
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Wu/Xu	8	24-22, 15-21, 15-10	0:52
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Wu/Xu	6	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	9	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	Benes/Kubala	12	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 10 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 0-1
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Gogtepe/Sekerci	31, Q16	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 11 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
8/28/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-15, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Koshkarev/Semenov	12	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:46
Series tied with # 14 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	0:50
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-3
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	17	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:52
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Nummerdor/Schuil	16	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	21-15, 21-17	0:38
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	Nummerdor/Schuil	9	24-22, 22-20	0:43
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-14, 17-9 Retired	0:31
Lead the series against # 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15	21-13, 21-19	0:40
Series tied with # 18 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-1
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	21-13, 17-21, 15-10	0:47
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Dollinger/Windscheif	3, Q1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	14	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Chevallier/Heyer	24	22-20, 27-25	0:50
Series tied with # 21, Q2 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:56
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	Skarlund/Spinnangr	Q9	21-17, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 22, Q3 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Skarlund/Spinnangr	27	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22	21-17, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 23 Jennings/Wong, United States 0-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Jennings/Wong	21, Q1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 24, Q1 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 0-1
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Laciga/Weingart	25, Q7	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 25 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Boersma/Spijkers	26	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 26, Q5 Ces/Ces, France 0-2
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	18, Q3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-14, 21-23, 15-13	0:55
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool N	Ces/Ces	28, Q2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	21-15, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	24	Lochhead/Pitman	25	21-18, 28-26	0:46
Series tied with # 29, Q8 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	9	Skarlund/Spinnangr	24	21-12, 16-21, 15-12	0:55
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	31, Q11	16-21, 27-25, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	Bogatov/Prokopiev	20	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q9 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 2-1
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	15	21-18, 21-16	0:38
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	24, Q7	21-17, 21-17	0:43
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool J	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	32, Q31	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # Q20 Abreu/Silva, Angola 1-0
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	Abreu/Silva	29	21-8, 21-7	0:36