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August 10 - 14, 2011

(24) 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:

120

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2006)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Novi Sad 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$84,041.11

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 CEV Best:

9th (Novi Sad 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$59,206.86

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	US$3,723.65
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$242.29
FIVB	52	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	7	0	11	16	2	9	1	US$99,500.00
Overall	58	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	8	1	12	16	2	9	1	US$103,465.94

Previous Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2007	Bjorn Berg - 17th	Did not play
FIVB 2008	Bjorn Berg - 33rd	Daniel Andersson - 25th
FIVB 2009	Stefan Gunnarsson - 33rd	Hannes Brinkborg - 33rd
FIVB 2010	Stefan Gunnarsson - 13th	Hannes Brinkborg - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q11	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q8	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	21	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q11	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	27	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	35	37th	40	US$3,400.00
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

CEV European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/10/2011	Pool Q	Thomas Kaczmarek / Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany (9)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:36
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool Q	Sebastian Chevallier / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (8)	Lost 15-21, 21-19, 11-15	0:45
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool Q	Alexander Horst / Daniel Mullner, Austria (25)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:38
Fri, 8/12/2011	Winner 1	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (6)	Lost 21-13, 15-21, 8-15	0:42

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
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00
Total	54	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	12	0	$101,000.00

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,250.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00
114	1	0	1	0	2	10	17	18	0	$82,400.00	Total	79	0	1	0	0	1	6	10	14	0	$57,800.00

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 %
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	$9,750.00	9	15	37.5 %
2011	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	5	$29,350.00	20	20	50.0 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	6	17	$60,450.00	44	51	46.3 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,000.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hannes Brinkborg													Stefan Gunnarsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV Under Age
											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
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
											2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$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
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00	2008	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	$4,875.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	$4,875.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	$14,675.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	$14,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
95	1	0	1	0	2	9	15	12	55	$62,625.00	Total	Total	61	0	1	0	0	1	5	9	8	37	$38,025.00

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	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	5-7	41.7%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	7-10	41.2%
2010-2011	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Total	0	0	46	25	7	38	0	0	7	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	93

Head to Head Results
Brinkborg/Gunnarsson trail the series against the field 9-19 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 13 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-2
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Contender 4	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21	Erdmann/Matysik	2	21-19, 21-17	0:36
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Erdmann/Matysik	20	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	21-19, 21-19	0:44
9/10/09	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 2	Erdmann/Matysik	11, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q17	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 5 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-2
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Plavins/Smedins	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27	21-14, 21-13	0:29
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
Trail the series against # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
8/12/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24	13-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:42
Series tied with # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool Q	Chevallier/Heyer	8	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24	21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 9 Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool Q	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	9	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 11 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Boersma/Spijkers	22	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27	22-20, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 13 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 # 14 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 # 15 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 # 16 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	26, Q10	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q42	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 0-1
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gogtepe/Sekerci	Q22	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q11	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	23-21, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 21 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q14	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q30	21-17, 18-21, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 22 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
7/23/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Contender 5	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	22-20, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 23 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
Trail the series against # 25 Horst/Mullner, Austria 0-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool Q	Horst/Mullner	25	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 29 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 # 32 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