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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013
July 2 - 7, 2013

(28) Geir Eithun/Iver Horrem, Norway

Geir Eithun
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Førde

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Long Beach 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$70,275.00

Iver Andreas Horrem
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 1, 1977 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aukra

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

183

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$256,065.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	9	12	9	1	5	US$115,550.00

Previous Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Bard-Inge Pettersen - 9th
2010	Did not play	Oivind Hordvik - 33rd
2011	Did not play	Oivind Hordvik - 33rd
2012	Iver Horrem - 9th	Geir Eithun - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	24, Q4	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	24	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	26	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	23	25th	150	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/14-19/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	23, Q4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	29, Q12	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	Q10	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	28, Q6	25th	80	US$3,500.00

Stare Jablonki World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 7/2/2013

Pool D

Yaroslav Koshkarev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (21)

Lost 23-21, 18-21, 10-15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geir Eithun	Total	28	17	5	0.429	3	1	2	5
	1	11	7	2	0.455	2	0	0	1
	2	11	6	3	0.273	0	1	2	2
	3	6	4	0	0.667	1	0	0	2
Iver Horrem	Total	30	15	8	0.233	0	4	2	5
	1	15	9	2	0.467	0	2	0	2
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	1	1	2
	3	9	2	5	-0.333	0	1	1	1

Wed, 7/3/2013

Pool D

Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (4)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geir Eithun	Total	30	17	5	0.400	0	5	2	3
	1	16	8	4	0.250	0	4	1	1
	2	14	9	1	0.571	0	1	1	2
Iver Horrem	Total	17	8	3	0.294	0	6	2	6
	1	8	3	0	0.375	0	4	1	3
	2	9	5	3	0.222	0	2	1	3

Thu, 7/4/2013

Pool D

Sergiy Popov / Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine (45)

Lost 15-21, 21-19, 13-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geir Eithun	Total	36	22	10	0.333	4	3	0	2
	1	9	7	2	0.556	0	0	0	1
	2	13	7	4	0.231	3	2	0	0
	3	14	8	4	0.286	1	1	0	1
Iver Horrem	Total	21	13	3	0.476	0	6	0	3
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	1	0	0
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	3	0	2
	3	2	2	0	1.000	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geir Eithun	94	56	20	0.383	7	9	4	10
Iver Horrem	68	36	14	0.324	0	16	4	14
Total	162	92	34	0.358	7	25	8	24
Opponents	135	88	15	0.541	16	23	6	15

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Kjell Goranson - 57th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Bjorn Maaseide - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Bjorn Maaseide - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Bard-Inge Pettersen - 13th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Bjorn Maaseide - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Bjorn Maaseide - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	28	37th	40	US$3,400.00

Head to Head Results
Eithun/Horrem trail the series against the field 4-19 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-3
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Eithun/Horrem	26	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:04
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Eithun/Horrem	23	28-26, 21-11	0:47
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q6	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool D	Gibb/Patterson	4	Eithun/Horrem	28	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool H	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Eithun/Horrem	24	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Filho/Santos	9	Eithun/Horrem	24, Q4	22-20, 21-18	0:47
Series tied with # 11 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-1
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Dollinger/Windscheif	10	Eithun/Horrem	26	21-19, 21-17	0:36
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool P	Eithun/Horrem	23, Q4	Dollinger/Windscheif	7	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 12 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-2
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool P	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	10	Eithun/Horrem	23, Q4	21-18, 21-13	0:39
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool N	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q6	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:50
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Eithun/Horrem	28	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	22	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 13 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	Eithun/Horrem	24, Q4	21-14, 21-23, 20-18	1:02
Trail the series against # 17 Doherty/Rogers, United States 0-1
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Doherty/Rogers	10	Eithun/Horrem	23	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 21 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 0-2
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool D	Koshkarev/Semenov	21	Eithun/Horrem	28	21-23, 21-18, 15-10
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Koshkarev/Semenov	26, Q7	Eithun/Horrem	23	21-18, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 30 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	Eithun/Horrem	24, Q4	21-14, 11-21, 15-9	0:43
Series tied with # 31 Gabathuler/Weingart, Switzerland 1-1
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool H	Gabathuler/Weingart	25, Q7	Eithun/Horrem	24	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:00
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Eithun/Horrem	26	Gabathuler/Weingart	23, Q7	21-15, 18-21, 16-14	0:54
Series tied with # 35 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-1
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Eithun/Horrem	Q15	Bogatov/Prokopiev	Q18	20-22, 22-20, 15-12	0:52
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bogatov/Prokopiev	27, Q20	Eithun/Horrem	Q13	21-15, 21-23, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 44 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gavira/Herrera	30, Q20	Eithun/Horrem	Q4	28-26, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	5	Eithun/Horrem	28	19-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 45 Popov/Samoday, Ukraine 0-1
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool D	Popov/Samoday	45	Eithun/Horrem	28	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:56