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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$75,000 Qatar Open
April 4 - 8, 2016

(Q1) Geir Eithun/Iver Horrem, Norway

Geir Eithun
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Førde

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Long Beach 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$78,672.98

Iver Andreas Horrem
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 1, 1977 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aukra

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

210

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$293,364.90

Awards

Best Server 2006

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	US$11,307.35
FIVB	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	9	12	9	1	5	US$115,550.00
Overall	50	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	1	11	14	9	1	5	US$126,857.35

Previous Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Oivind Hordvik - 25th	Did not play
2016	Lars Fredrik Tvinde - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	21	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Q11	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	7/29-8/2/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	22	25th	120	€ 500.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	30	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	28, Q5	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	8	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	30, Q13	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	27, Q13	25th	160	US$4,000.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	9	5th	96	€ 1,187.50
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	18	17th	180	US$1,200.00

Qatar Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 4/4/2016	Qualifier 2	Oscar Brandao / Andre Loyola, Brazil (29, Q16)	Lost 14-21, 11-21	0:30

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	1	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	11	13	$94,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	1	$18,150.00
Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	$7,000.00
Total	48	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	11	14	15	$122,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Geir Eithun												Iver Horrem
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	$16,025.00
38	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	13	16	$55,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	65	0	0	0	0	4	6	14	17	24	$108,450.00
26	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	4	11	$13,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	108	0	0	0	0	6	23	27	22	30	$130,080.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	Challenger
											Satellite	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,510.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	$4,000.00	Confederation Championship	13	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	1	$11,125.00
72	0	0	0	0	2	7	16	19	28	$74,275.00	Total	196	0	1	0	1	12	34	49	41	58	$267,190.00

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
2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	$23,650.00	16	16	50.0 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	3	$33,300.00	7	28	20.0 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2014	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	$18,200.00	7	19	26.9 %
2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,750.00	2	5	28.6 %
2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	$31,200.00	13	17	43.3 %
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,687.50	3	4	42.9 %
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$2,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	40	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	8	11	15	$108,350.00	46	83	35.7 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	$7,937.50	9	14	39.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Geir Eithun													Iver Horrem
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,510.00
											1999	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$918.75
											2000	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	$3,000.00
											2000	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,575.00
											2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	0	$16,125.00
											2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,550.00
											2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	2	$17,205.00
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00
											2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	2	$14,500.00
											2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	2	0	$25,300.00
											2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00
											2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	3	0	$34,375.00
											2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$3,362.50
											2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	1	0	$32,375.00
											2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,225.00
											2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	3	$26,050.00
											2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	3	$13,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$4,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$3,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	2010	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$6,000.00	2011	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	$4,550.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2011	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	$11,825.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	$11,825.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	3	$16,650.00	2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	3	$16,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	5	$9,500.00	2014	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	$9,100.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$875.00	2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$875.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	$16,200.00	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$15,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$843.75	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$843.75
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$2,200.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,000.00
68	0	0	0	0	3	8	14	16	27	$67,893.75	Total	Total	206	2	1	0	2	16	38	49	40	58	$277,365.00

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	28	52.8%	14	26.4%	11	20.8%	42-11	79.2%	11	12.4%	22	24.7%	56	62.9%	11-78	12.4%	28-56	33.3%	25-33	43.1%	2	1	55-90	37.9%
2015-2016	12	66.7%	6	33.3%	0	0.0%	18-0	100.0%	6	18.8%	5	15.6%	21	65.6%	6-26	18.8%	12-21	36.4%	12-5	70.6%	1	1	25-27	48.1%
Against the Field	9	50.0%	5	27.8%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	4	11.1%	7	19.4%	25	69.4%	4-32	11.1%	18-48	27.3%	18-22	45.0%	0	1	18-36	33.3%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	19	13	13	44	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	65
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	9	11	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	22
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	10	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	13
Total	0	0	23	14	27	68	0	0	9	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	103

Head to Head Results
Eithun/Horrem trail the series against the field 15-36 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 16 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-5
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Patterson	11	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q13	By Forfeit
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Gibb/Patterson	8	Eithun/Horrem	9	21-17, 23-21	0:41
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Gibb/Patterson	10	Eithun/Horrem	26	21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:48
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gibb/Patterson	1	Eithun/Horrem	18	21-13, 21-17	0:36
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 # 2 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 1	Doppler/Horst	10	Eithun/Horrem	8	21-15, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-2
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	24	Eithun/Horrem	9	19-21, 21-14, 23-21	1:05
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	12	Eithun/Horrem	21	21-15, 21-9	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-4
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Eithun/Horrem	30	Fijalek/Prudel	14	21-18, 33-31	0:51
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool C	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Eithun/Horrem	30, Q13	21-13, 21-15	0:36
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 # 5 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Bourne/Hyden	6	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q13	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 6 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-5
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	7	Eithun/Horrem	21	21-15, 21-15	0:34
7/29/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Eithun/Horrem	22	Kantor/Losiak	11	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Kantor/Losiak	19	Eithun/Horrem	30	22-20, 21-13	0:41
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	25, Q3	Eithun/Horrem	8	21-14, 22-20	0:37
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Qualifier 2	Eithun/Horrem	30, Q13	Kantor/Losiak	Q4	21-16, 21-19	0:38
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	25	Eithun/Horrem	9	21-19, 21-14	0:39
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	23	Eithun/Horrem	26	21-19, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 9 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool E	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q5	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-18, 23-21	0:52
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Eithun/Horrem	26, Q6	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:51
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Eithun/Horrem	22	25-23, 21-8	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool E	Bockermann/Fluggen	21	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q5	21-17, 20-22, 16-14	1:08
Lead the series against # 11 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 2-0
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 1	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q5	Binstock/Schachter	9	17-21, 25-23, 15-10	1:06
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool H	Eithun/Horrem	8	Binstock/Schachter	9	21-17, 17-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 13 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	19	Eithun/Horrem	30, Q13	21-19, 21-11	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-2
5/23/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Winner 2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	11	Eithun/Horrem	9	21-13, 21-16	0:39
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	30, Q11	Eithun/Horrem	Q6	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 15 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 2-3
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool E	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	5	Eithun/Horrem	21	21-16, 16-21, 16-14	0:50
5/23/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Winner 1	Eithun/Horrem	9	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	3	21-18 Retired	0:26
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
Lead the series against # 17 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q13	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	Q4	21-16, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 20 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool E	Eithun/Horrem	21	Henriquez/Villafane	12	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:51
Series tied with # 21 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-2
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Huber/Seidl	23, Q3	Eithun/Horrem	26, Q6	21-15, 22-20	0:33
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Huber/Seidl	13	Eithun/Horrem	20	21-17, 21-19	0:41
8/3/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Eithun/Horrem	17	Huber/Seidl	8	19-21, 22-20, 18-16	1:01
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Eithun/Horrem	18	Huber/Seidl	8	21-18, 13-21, 20-18	1:01
Trail the series against # 22 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool H	Koekelkoren/van Walle	24, Q28	Eithun/Horrem	9	21-13, 25-23	0:43
Trail the series against # 28, Q14 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 0-1
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 2	Petutschnig/Winter	12	Eithun/Horrem	10	21-18, 19-21, 18-16	0:59
Trail the series against # 29, Q16 Brandao/Loyola, Brazil 0-1
4/4/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Qualifier 2	Brandao/Loyola	29, Q16	Eithun/Horrem	Q1	21-14, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # Q3 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 0-2
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	27	Eithun/Horrem	22	25-23, 21-18	0:43
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	28, Q6	Eithun/Horrem	21	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q6 Garcia/Marco, Spain 2-1
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool H	Eithun/Horrem	9	Garcia/Marco	8	21-16, 21-18	0:42
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool F	Garcia/Marco	6	Eithun/Horrem	11	25-27, 21-14, 15-8	0:58
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Eithun/Horrem	17, Q2	Garcia/Marco	16	24-22, 23-21	0:46
Trail the series against # Q10 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 0-1
7/21/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Daguerre/Salvetti	29, Q10	Eithun/Horrem	Q7	21-19, 26-24	0:51
Lead the series against # Q12 Mermer/Urlu, Türkiye 1-0
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 1	Eithun/Horrem	21	Mermer/Urlu	24, Q4	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:50