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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open Kristiansand 2010
August 10 - 15, 2010

(21, Q5) Hannes Brinkborg/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden

Hannes Brinkborg
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 9, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

A Engelbrekt

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$81,150.00

Stefan Gunnarsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Urshult

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Brno 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Québec 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$57,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	52	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	7	11	16	2	9	1	US$99,500.00

Previous Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Bjorn Berg - 17th	Did not play
2008	Bjorn Berg - 33rd	Daniel Andersson - 25th
2009	Stefan Gunnarsson - 33rd	Hannes Brinkborg - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q14	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	Q6	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	30	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	Q14	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	Q17	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	Q13	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	Q17	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	24, Q7	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	28	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/11/2010	Qualifier 2	Bjorn Huitfeldt / Petter Jonsson, Sweden (Q28)	Won 21-9, 21-17	0:36
Wed, 8/11/2010	Qualifier 3	Josh Binstock / Matt Zbyszewski, Canada (Q21)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:55
Thu, 8/12/2010	Winner 1	Karl Jaani / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (12)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 14-16	0:55
Thu, 8/12/2010	Contender 1	Konstantin Mitev / Neven Neshev, Bulgaria (28, Q14)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:59
Fri, 8/13/2010	Contender 2	Christian Redmann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (22)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:53
Fri, 8/13/2010	Contender 3	Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:41

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	$41,350.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	5	2	0	$51,350.00
Total	52	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	7	11	0	$99,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hannes Brinkborg												Stefan Gunnarsson
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	$22,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	$22,375.00
57	0	0	0	0	2	8	11	7	0	$51,175.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	4	0	$29,075.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$2,900.00	Challenger	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,200.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Satellite
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
111	1	0	1	0	2	10	15	17	0	$81,150.00	Total	77	0	1	0	0	1	6	9	13	0	$57,050.00

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
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$15,850.00	13	14	48.1 %
2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	$7,750.00	9	13	40.9 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	12	$29,100.00	24	29	45.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hannes Brinkborg													Stefan Gunnarsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2002	FIVB C&S
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2005	FIVB C&S
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$4,200.00
3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	5	$15,500.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$250.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	6	$13,500.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$3,650.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$7,925.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	$7,925.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	$3,875.00	2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	$3,875.00
78	1	0	1	0	1	8	9	9	49	$45,950.00	Total	Total	44	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	5	31	$21,850.00

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	44	58.7%	16	21.3%	15	20.0%	60-15	80.0%	12	14.5%	14	16.9%	57	68.7%	12-71	14.5%	44-57	43.6%	28-29	49.1%	0	2	72-88	45.0%
2009-2010	10	45.5%	6	27.3%	6	27.3%	16-6	72.7%	6	22.2%	7	25.9%	14	51.9%	6-21	22.2%	10-14	41.7%	12-13	48.0%	0	2	22-29	43.1%
Against the Field	10	50.0%	5	25.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	6	21.4%	5	17.9%	17	60.7%	6-22	21.4%	20-32	38.5%	22-20	52.4%	0	1	21-27	43.8%

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	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	24	16	3	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	49
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	22	9	0	0	0	0	7	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	35
Total	0	0	46	25	5	34	0	0	7	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	88

Head to Head Results
Brinkborg/Gunnarsson lead the series against the field 13-12 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-2
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21, Q5	21-15, 21-15	0:41
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q17	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 8 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Benes/Kubala	19	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	30	21-18, 23-21	0:44
Series tied with # 9 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:56
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	Skarlund/Spinnangr	Q9	21-17, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # 12 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Jaani/Vesik	12	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21, Q5	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 13, Q2 Maia/Rosas, Portugal 2-0
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q17	Maia/Rosas	Q16	23-21, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q12	Maia/Rosas	Q21	21-16, 20-22, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 15 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q10	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	20-22, 21-15, 15-11	1:04
Series tied with # 16 Belov/Daianov, Russia 1-1
7/20/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Belov/Daianov	14, Q11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q6	9-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:53
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q12	Belov/Daianov	Q21	21-14, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 19 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-3
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q5	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q12	21-13, 15-21, 15-7	0:50
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	27	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	28	21-17, 21-19	0:45
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	25	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	40, Q13	21-13, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 20 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q22	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21, Q5	Redmann/VanHuizen	22	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against # 28, Q14 Mitev/Neshev, Bulgaria 1-0
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21, Q5	Mitev/Neshev	28, Q14	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:59
Series tied with # 30 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 1-1
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hordvik/Horrem	Q19	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q14	15-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:55
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	Hordvik/Horrem	Q10	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q13 Gaspar/Pedrosa, Portugal 2-0
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	40, Q13	Gaspar/Pedrosa	Q20	21-12, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	Gaspar/Pedrosa	Q25	21-16, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # Q16 Kotsilianos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q13	Kotsilianos/Xenakis	Q52	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # Q21 Binstock/Zbyszewski, Canada 1-0
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21, Q5	Binstock/Zbyszewski	Q21	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q28 Huitfeldt/Jonsson, Sweden 1-0
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21, Q5	Huitfeldt/Jonsson	Q28	21-9, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q35 Gooding/Lord, England 1-0
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24	Gooding/Lord	25, Q9	21-15, 21-10	0:50