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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Phillips Norway Open
July 4 - 8, 2001

(17) Jorg Ahmann/Axel Hager, Germany

Jörg Ahmann
Germany

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 12, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grevenbroich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$190,230.00

Axel Hager
Germany

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Burg auf Fehmarn

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$192,130.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	11	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	104	0	2	2	1	8	4	23	1	10	36	13	2	1	1	US$367,760.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Axel Hager - 25th	Jorg Ahmann - 25th
2000	Axel Hager - 17th	Jorg Ahmann - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	10	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	22	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	18	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/16-26/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	15	3rd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	17	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	24	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	22	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	18	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	23	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	24	17th	68	US$2,000.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/6/2001	Winner 1	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (16)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:35
Fri, 7/6/2001	Contender 1	Roger Jonsson / Ola Olofsson, Sweden (32)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:32
Fri, 7/6/2001	Contender 2	Jody Holden / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (18)	Won 22-24, 21-16, 15-11	0:55
Sat, 7/7/2001	Contender 3	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (23)	Won 23-21, 15-21, 16-14	1:14
Sat, 7/7/2001	Contender 4	Carl Henkel / Sinjin Smith, United States (12)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:40
Sat, 7/7/2001	Contender 5	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (8)	Lost 11-21, 18-21	0:40

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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$17,150.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	3	0	$43,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	0	2	1	1	8	4	19	8	28	10	0	$303,110.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	104	0	2	2	1	8	4	24	10	36	13	0	$367,760.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jorg Ahmann												Axel Hager
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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,575.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,575.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3	0	$21,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	3	0	$24,250.00
84	0	2	1	1	12	28	28	10	0	$153,155.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	2	1	1	12	27	28	11	0	$152,555.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
105	0	2	2	1	12	35	36	13	0	$185,480.00	Total	107	0	2	2	1	12	34	37	14	0	$187,380.00

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
1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	4	0	0	$31,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
1997	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	$45,000.00	0	1	0.0 %
1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	4	0	$38,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	6	2	0	$32,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	$18,500.00	9	8	52.9 %
Total	FIVB	52	0	1	1	0	0	2	16	5	20	7	0	$165,000.00	17	14	54.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jorg Ahmann													Axel Hager
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	1	0	2	0	0	0	$7,125.00	1994	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$7,125.00
17	0	0	0	0	6	6	4	1	0	$24,750.00	1995	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	6	6	4	1	0	$24,750.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	8	4	0	0	$15,750.00	1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	8	4	0	0	$15,750.00
10	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$22,500.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$22,500.00
10	0	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$36,450.00	1998	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$34,850.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	0	$19,000.00	1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	0	$19,000.00
13	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	$16,000.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	$16,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$9,250.00	2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$9,250.00
82	0	2	2	1	10	32	27	8	0	$150,825.00	Total	Total	81	0	2	2	1	10	31	27	8	0	$149,225.00

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	23	56.1%	10	24.4%	8	19.5%	33-8	80.5%	11	20.4%	8	14.8%	35	64.8%	11-43	20.4%	23-35	39.7%	21-16	56.8%	0	2	51-58	46.8%
2000-2001	10	58.8%	5	29.4%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	1	5.9%	2	11.8%	14	82.4%	1-16	5.9%	10-14	41.7%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	19-19	50.0%
Against the Field	12	54.5%	7	31.8%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	3	9.7%	4	12.9%	24	77.4%	3-28	9.7%	24-42	36.4%	20-12	62.5%	0	2	23-30	43.4%

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	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	1	2	1	5	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	4	2	8	13	0	0	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	31
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	2	1	6	3	15	20	0	0	13	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	51	58

Head to Head Results
Ahmann/Hager lead the series against the field 10-8 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 3	Child/Heese	8	Ahmann/Hager	11	15-7	0:42
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 4	Baracetti/Conde	13	Ahmann/Hager	10	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 6 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	6	Ahmann/Hager	22	21-16, 16-21, 18-16	0:59
Trail the series against # 7 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Ahmann/Hager	10	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 0-2
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 5	Ferreira/de Melo	8	Ahmann/Hager	17	21-11, 21-18	0:40
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Ferreira/de Melo	12	Ahmann/Hager	22	21-17, 15-21, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # 12 Henkel/Smith, United States 2-0
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Ahmann/Hager	17	Henkel/Smith	12	21-12, 21-18	0:40
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 3	Ahmann/Hager	10	Henkel/Smith	17	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	1:10
Lead the series against # 14 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 2-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 2	Ahmann/Hager	10	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	9	21-15, 21-17	0:35
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	22	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	11	24-22, 21-8	0:42
Series tied with # 16 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	16	Ahmann/Hager	17	21-15, 21-18	0:35
9/26/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Ahmann/Hager	15	Brenha/Maia	12	12-9, 12-6	1:10
Lead the series against # 18 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 2-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Ahmann/Hager	17	Holden/Leinemann	18	22-24, 21-16, 15-11	0:55
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Holden/Leinemann	15	Ahmann/Hager	18	15-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:54
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Ahmann/Hager	15	Holden/Leinemann	18	15-6	0:38
Lead the series against # 23 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Ahmann/Hager	17	Horrem/Maaseide	23	23-21, 15-21, 16-14	1:14
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	10	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-17, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 32 Jonsson/Olofsson, Sweden 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Ahmann/Hager	17	Jonsson/Olofsson	32	21-13, 21-15	0:32