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

(45) Andreas Gilbertsson/Robert Svensson, Sweden

Andreas Gilbertsson
Sweden

Photo: Simon Dahl

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ronneby

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

19th (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,187.50

Robert Svensson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 26, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Huddinge

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Geroskipou 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$25,312.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	9	1	US$5,875.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	9	1	US$6,375.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q24	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	Q21	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	8	19th	12	US$500.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q25	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	31	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q36	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q31	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q31	41st	10	US$0.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/14/2003	Pool D	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (21)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:45
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool D	Javier Bosma / Pablo Herrera, Spain (28)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:38
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool D	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)	Won 21-15, 10-21, 15-12	0:59

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Mattias Magnusson - 57th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Robert Svensson - 37th	Andreas Gilbertsson - 37th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Bjorn Berg - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	45	37th	80	US$1,875.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$6,375.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andreas Gilbertsson												Robert Svensson
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	$937.50	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,812.50
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,075.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	0	$15,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Challenger	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	$2,300.00
											Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$500.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,187.50	Total	54	0	0	0	1	2	3	7	6	0	$25,312.50

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
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	5	3	62.5 %
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$3,875.00	10	11	47.6 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$3,875.00	15	14	51.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andreas Gilbertsson													Robert Svensson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,937.50	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,937.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	$2,187.50	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	13	$2,337.50

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	12	63.2%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	2	9.1%	2	9.1%	18	81.8%	2-20	9.1%	12-18	40.0%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	18-23	43.9%
2002-2003	10	62.5%	3	18.8%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	2	15.4%	2	15.4%	9	69.2%	2-11	15.4%	10-9	52.6%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	15-14	51.7%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	11	84.6%	1-12	7.7%	8-22	26.7%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	6-14	30.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	8	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	6	0	11	16	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	26

Head to Head Results
Gilbertsson/Svensson trail the series against the field 5-11 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool D	Gilbertsson/Svensson	45	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	21-15, 10-21, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 5 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Gilbertsson/Svensson	31	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 9 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Gilbertsson/Svensson	31	21-13, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	31	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 21 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	21	Gilbertsson/Svensson	45	21-19, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 26 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Prosser/Williams	28, Q8	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q25	21-12, 21-11	0:26
Series tied with # 27 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q36	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q4	21-18, 22-20	0:46
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q31	16-21, 21-16, 22-20	1:06
Trail the series against # 28 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool D	Bosma/Herrera	28	Gilbertsson/Svensson	45	21-15, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 33 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q45	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q13	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 35 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Klemperer/Rademacher	29, Q13	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q36	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 39 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q24	21-12, 15-21, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # 40 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Kogel/Mulder	23, Q2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q31	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 41 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q5	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q21	21-16, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 43 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q21	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q12	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 44 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q31	Asahi/Nishimura	Q34	23-21, 21-13	0:44