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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Hyundai Open Barcelona
May 27 - June 1, 2008

(Q25) Ronny Berntsen/Kim Hellum, Norway

Ronny Berntsen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 4, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tjelta

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2001)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (Fortaleza 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$1,500.00

Kim Hellum
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 28, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vikersund

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (Montréal 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$2,700.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	US$0.00

Previous Barcelona Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	Q29	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q40	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Barcelona Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/27/2008	Country Quota	Lars Engebretsen / Hakon Kronstad, Norway (Q29)	Lost 21-19, 12-21, 12-15	0:50
Wed, 5/28/2008	Qualifier 1	Tijmen Companjen / Stan van Laanen, Netherlands (Q40)	Won 13-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:50
Wed, 5/28/2008	Qualifier 2	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (Q8)	Lost 10-21, 21-23	0:38

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ronny Berntsen												Kim Hellum
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$800.00	Challenger	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	$1,425.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$700.00	Satellite	8	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$1,275.00
41	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	$1,500.00	Total	37	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	1	0	$2,700.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2	5	28.6 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2	5	28.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ronny Berntsen													Kim Hellum
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	1999	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2000	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$425.00	2001	FIVB C&S
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$400.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$275.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
27	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	25	$700.00	Total	Total	30	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	1	18	$2,700.00

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	0-5	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-7	22.2%
2007-2008	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	0-5	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-7	22.2%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-6	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-4	20.0%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Total	1	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7

Head to Head Results
Berntsen/Hellum trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q8 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 2	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q8	Berntsen/Hellum	Q25	21-10, 23-21	0:38
Trail the series against # Q29 Engebretsen/Kronstad, Norway 0-1
5/27/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Country Quota	Engebretsen/Kronstad	Q29	Berntsen/Hellum	Q25	19-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # Q30 Goldschmidt/Rorich, South Africa 0-1
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 1	Goldschmidt/Rorich	Q36	Berntsen/Hellum	Q29	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q40 Companjen/van Laanen, Netherlands 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Hellum	Q25	Companjen/van Laanen	Q40	13-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:50