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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(35) Hannes Brinkborg/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden

Hannes Brinkborg
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 9, 1978 (46 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 (42 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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Bjorn Berg - 41st
2010	Stefan Gunnarsson - 41st	Hannes Brinkborg - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	27, Q14	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	26, Q10	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	27, Q9	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	27, Q9	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	9	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	21, Q5	13th	180	US$4,250.00
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

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool K

Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (11)

Lost 19-21, 22-20, 13-15

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Hannes Brinkborg	Total	42	26	6	0.476	0	8	2	3
	1	9	7	1	0.667	0	2	0	2
	2	19	12	3	0.474	0	4	1	1
	3	14	7	2	0.357	0	2	1	0
Stefan Gunnarsson	Total	21	11	4	0.333	3	1	0	1
	1	9	5	3	0.222	2	1	0	0
	2	8	3	0	0.375	1	0	0	1
	3	4	3	1	0.500	0	0	0	0

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool K

Matteo Martino / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (14)

Won 17-21, 23-21, 15-13

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Hannes Brinkborg	Total	23	15	4	0.478	0	6	0	2
	1	8	5	2	0.375	0	3	0	1
	2	7	6	1	0.714	0	2	0	1
	3	8	4	1	0.375	0	1	0	0
Stefan Gunnarsson	Total	46	21	12	0.196	3	2	2	1
	1	16	5	6	-0.063	2	0	0	0
	2	16	8	4	0.250	0	1	1	1
	3	14	8	2	0.429	1	1	1	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool K

Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (38)

Lost 16-21, 21-23

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Hannes Brinkborg	Total	32	21	4	0.531	0	8	0	2
	1	15	11	2	0.600	0	3	0	1
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	5	0	1
Stefan Gunnarsson	Total	14	7	4	0.214	3	2	0	3
	1	5	2	2	0.000	0	1	0	3
	2	9	5	2	0.333	3	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Hannes Brinkborg	97	62	14	0.495	0	22	2	7
Stefan Gunnarsson	81	39	20	0.235	9	5	2	5
Total	178	101	34	0.376	9	27	4	12
Opponents	168	100	24	0.452	17	29	4	16

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Stefan Gunnarsson - 37th	Hannes Brinkborg - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	35	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	42	37th	40	US$3,400.00

Head to Head Results
Brinkborg/Gunnarsson trail the series against the field 7-26 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 14 Series, 4 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 # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool F	Wu/Xu	6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q14	21-9, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-3
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	7	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	26, Q10	21-19, 21-11	0:33
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Gavira/Herrera	3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	30	21-17, 21-12	0:35
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	21-12, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 10 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-2
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q14	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:53
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	21-19, 9-21, 15-9	0:49
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	30	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-2
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	35	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	0:47
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Benes/Kubala	19	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	30	21-18, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Martino/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	35	Martino/Nicolai	14	17-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:53
Series tied with # 15 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	8	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	26, Q10	21-10, 21-16	0:31
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q15	Plavins/Smedins	Q18	21-16, 22-20	0:39
Series tied with # 19 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 # 20 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Erdmann/Matysik	20	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 24 Jennings/Wong, United States 1-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	Jennings/Wong	21, Q2	21-19, 16-21, 15-8	0:50
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Jennings/Wong	24, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	9	13-21, 21-18, 6-3 Retired	0:52
Trail the series against # 26 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 # 27 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 # 28 Likholetov/Pastukhov, Russia 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q14	Likholetov/Pastukhov	Q19	13-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 32 Lario/Mesa, Spain 0-2
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Lario/Mesa	26, Q2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q15	21-16, 21-8	0:35
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Lario/Mesa	20, Q2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	29, Q20	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 34 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
Trail the series against # 38 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	35	21-16, 23-21	0:40
Series tied with # 44 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	Doppler/Mellitzer	22	21-10, 16-21, 15-11	0:51
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Doppler/Mellitzer	30, Q16	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q17	21-19, 21-13	0:41