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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
September 10 - 13, 1997

(24) 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 Los Angeles Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-7/1997	Spain Open	15	9th	120	US$3,500.00
FIVB	8/29-31/1997	Turkey Open	14	25th	30	US$1,400.00
FIVB	8/15-17/1997	Belgium Open	14	9th	120	US$3,500.00
FIVB	8/8-10/1997	Portugal Open	13	17th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/1-3/1997	Austria Open	12	2nd	270	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/25-27/1997	French Open	13	17th	45	US$1,700.00
FIVB	7/4-6/1997	German Open	11	17th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/20-23/1997	Brazil Open	10	17th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	12/13-15/1996	South Africa Open	9	9th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/24-27/1996	Brazil Open	13	7th	150	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/18-20/1996	Puerto Rico Open	12	13th	90	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/4-6/1996	Indonesia Open	13	9th	120	US$2,500.00

Los Angeles World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/1997		Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Guilherme Marques, Brazil (9)	Lost 11-12, 3-12	1:24

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	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	0	$42,500.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	2	9	1	0	$74,000.00	2	3	40.0 %

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
9	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	$21,250.00	1997	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	$21,250.00
42	0	1	0	1	7	18	13	2	0	$68,875.00	Total	Total	42	0	1	0	1	7	18	13	2	0	$68,875.00

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%
1996-1997	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0		0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	5	41.7%	1	8.3%	6	50.0%	6-6	50.0%	2	12.5%	0	0.0%	14	87.5%	2-14	12.5%	10-20	33.3%	6-2	75.0%	0	2	13-15	46.4%

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 trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 8 Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Ahmann/Hager	11	Kvalheim/Maaseide	6	17-16	1:07
Trail the series against # 9 Ferreira/Marques, Brazil 0-1
9/11/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Ferreira/Marques	9	Ahmann/Hager	24	12-11, 12-3	1:24
Trail the series against # 11 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