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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Norway Open
July 3 - 7, 2002

(25, Q3) 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
2001	Axel Hager - 7th	Jorg Ahmann - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	31	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	9	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	15	11th	0	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	15	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	19	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	17	17th	90	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	18	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	17	7th	180	US$7,000.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/4/2002	Qualifier 2	Shengwei Han / Qiang Xu, China (Q35)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:39
Thu, 7/4/2002	Qualifier 3	John Hyden / Chip McCaw, United States (Q14)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:53
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool H	Julien Prosser / Lee Zahner, Australia (9)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:51
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool H	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (24)	Lost 21-17, 23-25, 15-17	0:56
Sat, 7/6/2002	Pool H	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Harley Marques, Brazil (8)	Won 13-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Sat, 7/6/2002	Winner 1	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (23)	Won 22-20, 22-24, 15-11	1:08
Sat, 7/6/2002	Winner 2	Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)	Lost 12-21, 19-21	0:31

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	0	0	$34,750.00	15	18	45.5 %
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$11,715.00	8	5	61.5 %
Total	FIVB	60	0	1	1	0	1	2	17	5	26	7	0	$192,965.00	31	29	51.7 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	$17,375.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	$17,375.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$5,857.50	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$5,857.50
90	0	2	2	1	11	33	33	8	0	$164,807.50	Total	Total	89	0	2	2	1	11	32	33	8	0	$163,207.50

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%
2001-2002	17	58.6%	8	27.6%	4	13.8%	25-4	86.2%	8	21.6%	4	10.8%	25	67.6%	8-29	21.6%	17-25	40.5%	16-8	66.7%	0	1	33-34	49.3%
Against the Field	12	54.5%	6	27.3%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	9	20.9%	4	9.3%	30	69.8%	9-34	20.9%	24-54	30.8%	30-14	68.2%	0	2	28-37	43.1%

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	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
Series tied against the field 17-17 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-2
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	1	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	21-12, 21-19	0:31
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	1	Ahmann/Hager	17	21-16, 21-17	0:29
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 0-2
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Loiola/Santos	2	Ahmann/Hager	31	21-16, 21-19	0:42
8/30/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Loiola/Santos	2	Ahmann/Hager	15	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 2	Lopes/Neto	16, Q4	Ahmann/Hager	15	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	2	Ahmann/Hager	15	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Ferreira/Marques, Brazil 1-0
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	Ferreira/Marques	8	13-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Series tied with # 9 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	Prosser/Zahner	9	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:51
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	15	Ahmann/Hager	19	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Ahmann/Hager	9	21-14, 21-13	0:36
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Ahmann/Hager	18	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 20 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 2-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Ahmann/Hager	31	Brenha/Maia	15	22-20, 28-26	0:50
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 # 21 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 3-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	17	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	16	21-14, 15-21, 15-9	0:44
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 # 23 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	Berg/Dahl	23	22-20, 22-24, 15-11	1:08
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Berg/Dahl	14	Ahmann/Hager	15	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 24 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	24	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	17-21, 25-23, 17-15	0:56
Series tied with # Q1 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Bosma/Cotrino	18, Q1	Ahmann/Hager	31	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:58
9/2/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 3	Ahmann/Hager	15	Bosma/Cotrino	12	21-17, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # Q7 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	9	Klemperer/Rademacher	25	22-20, 22-24, 15-8	1:01
Lead the series against # Q9 Maderbock/Stamm, Austria 1-0
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	9	Maderbock/Stamm	24, Q3	19-21, 21-17, 22-20	1:00
Lead the series against # Q14 Hyden/McCaw, United States 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	Hyden/McCaw	Q14	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # Q35 Han/Xu, China 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	Han/Xu	Q35	21-19, 21-18	0:39