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US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 14 - 19, 2003

(39) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Axel Hager - 17th	Jorg Ahmann - 17th
1996	Axel Hager - 17th	Jorg Ahmann - 17th
1997	Axel Hager - 17th	Jorg Ahmann - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	25	25th	52	US$2,750.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	21	25th	30	US$2,000.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/14/2003	Pool K	Dax Holdren / Stein Metzger, United States (15)	Lost 33-31, 17-21, 12-15	1:06
Tue, 10/14/2003	Pool K	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (34)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:34
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool K	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (10)	Lost 15-21, 24-22, 12-15	1:08
Thu, 10/16/2003	Winner 1	David Klemperer / Niklas Rademacher, Germany (35)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 11-15	0:56

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Axel Hager - 17th	Jorg Ahmann - 17th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Axel Hager - 13th	Jorg Ahmann - 13th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Axel Hager - 17th	Jorg Ahmann - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Axel Hager - 17th	Jorg Ahmann - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	24	17th	90	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	21	13th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	19	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	39	17th	160	US$5,000.00

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	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	0	$30,560.00	18	16	52.9 %
2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$9,750.00	4	9	30.8 %
Total	FIVB	69	0	1	1	0	2	2	18	5	29	10	1	$221,560.00	45	49	47.9 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	$15,280.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	$15,280.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$4,875.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	$8,375.00
99	0	2	2	1	12	34	36	11	1	$179,105.00	Total	Total	101	0	2	2	1	12	33	37	12	2	$181,005.00

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%
2002-2003	9	50.0%	5	27.8%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	8	29.6%	5	18.5%	14	51.9%	8-19	29.6%	9-14	39.1%	13-9	59.1%	0	2	22-25	46.8%
Against the Field	7	41.2%	4	23.5%	6	35.3%	11-6	64.7%	3	10.0%	4	13.3%	23	76.7%	3-27	10.0%	14-40	25.9%	14-18	43.8%	0	2	15-32	31.9%

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 trail the series against the field 11-26 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-2
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	2	Ahmann/Hager	32	21-14, 21-13	0:31
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Ahmann/Hager	21, Q1	21-14, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Laciga/Laciga	8	Ahmann/Hager	24	21-17, 25-23	0:39
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	2	Ahmann/Hager	15	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-3
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-14, 21-13	0:30
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 # 8 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-3
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	9	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-16, 21-14	0:40
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	10	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-13, 21-15	0:44
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	24	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	17-21, 25-23, 17-15	0:56
Trail the series against # 10 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-3
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Baracetti/Conde	10	Ahmann/Hager	39	21-15, 22-24, 15-12	1:08
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Ahmann/Hager	13	21-17, 21-13	0:38
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 4	Baracetti/Conde	13	Ahmann/Hager	10	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	13	Rogers/Scott	14	21-16, 21-7	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 15 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Holdren/Metzger	15	Ahmann/Hager	39	31-33, 21-17, 15-12	1:06
Trail the series against # 16 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-2
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	12	Ahmann/Hager	21	By Forfeit
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Ahmann/Hager	10	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 17 Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 0-1
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Dultra	22, Q2	Ahmann/Hager	13	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	1:08
Series tied with # 21 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
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
Series tied with # 24 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 2-2
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Holden/Leinemann	12	Ahmann/Hager	21, Q1	By Forfeit
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
Trail the series against # 34 Child/Heese, Canada 1-2
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Ahmann/Hager	39	Child/Heese	34	21-13, 21-14	0:34
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Ahmann/Hager	21	21-13, 21-16	0:38
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 3	Child/Heese	8	Ahmann/Hager	11	15-7	0:42
Series tied with # 35 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-1
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Klemperer/Rademacher	35	Ahmann/Hager	39	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	0:56
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	9	Klemperer/Rademacher	25	22-20, 22-24, 15-8	1:01
Trail the series against # 40 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Kogel/Mulder	25, Q13	Ahmann/Hager	24	11-21, 27-25, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 43 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Shiratori/Watanabe	41	Ahmann/Hager	32	27-25, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 45 Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q24	21-12, 15-21, 15-9	0:50