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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Paf Open
August 16 - 21, 2011

(Q18) Geir Eithun/Vegard Hoidalen, 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

Vegard Hoidalen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 10, 1971 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Skien

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

225

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Berlin 1998)

Career Winnings:

US$370,961.82

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	US$3,547.65
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	US$12,000.00
Overall	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	US$15,547.65

Previous Åland Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Kjell Goranson - 25th
2009	Did not play	Jorre Kjemperud - 33rd
2010	Ronny Berntsen - 41st	Jorre Kjemperud - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/10-14/2011	CEV European Championship Final	30	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	3	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	2	9th	240	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	Q28	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00

Åland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/17/2011	Qualifier 1	Alberto Galindo / Daniel Lucas, Spain (Q47)	Won 29-27, 21-13	0:45
Wed, 8/17/2011	Qualifier 2	Oivind Hordvik / Iver Horrem, Norway (29, Q15)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$8,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$4,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	$13,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Geir Eithun												Vegard Hoidalen
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	World Championships	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	$27,575.00
38	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	13	16	$55,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	0	0	1	0	4	6	4	4	22	$65,275.00
26	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	4	11	$13,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	136	1	3	1	3	10	28	37	25	28	$216,367.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	Challenger	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,387.50
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	$4,000.00	Confederation Championship	11	0	0	3	0	0	4	3	1	0	$20,712.50
72	0	0	0	0	2	7	16	19	28	$74,275.00	Total	203	1	5	6	4	15	43	47	31	51	$338,817.50

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
2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	$10,000.00	3	7	30.0 %
2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2	5	28.6 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	$10,000.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2	5	28.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Geir Eithun													Vegard Hoidalen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	$1,250.00
											1996	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	$4,000.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$937.50
											1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	0	$14,000.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											1997	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	$29,950.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											1998	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	$21,500.00
											1999	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,643.75
											2000	FIVB	15	0	1	0	3	3	6	0	2	0	$46,000.00
											2000	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
											2001	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	$44,000.00
											2001	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,750.00
											2002	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	$25,367.50
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,362.50
											2003	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	2	0	$38,125.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											2003	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	14	0	1	1	0	0	3	9	0	0	$36,625.00
											2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
											2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	$9,750.00
											2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$3,537.50
											2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$2,700.00
											2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$3,750.00
											2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	$14,300.00
											2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	$5,800.00
											2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	6	$9,700.00
											2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	$3,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	2010	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	$5,000.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	$5,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,250.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	12	$6,550.00	Total	Total	219	2	6	7	4	19	51	51	29	50	$352,473.75

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	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	3-9	25.0%
2010-2011	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	3-9	25.0%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	2-10	16.7%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	2-8	20.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12

Head to Head Results
Eithun/Hoidalen trail the series against the field 3-8 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 12 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool L	Klemperer/Koreng	14	Eithun/Hoidalen	30	27-25, 21-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool L	Eithun/Hoidalen	30	Lupo/Nicolai	19	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 16 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 0-1
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Eithun/Hoidalen	10	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 19 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
8/12/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	5	Eithun/Hoidalen	30	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 22, Q10 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q8	Eithun/Hoidalen	10	21-17, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Horst/Mullner, Austria 1-0
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Eithun/Hoidalen	10	Horst/Mullner	26, Q12	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 29, Q15 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 0-1
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 2	Hordvik/Horrem	29, Q15	Eithun/Hoidalen	Q18	21-15, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # Q7 Ces/Ces, France 0-2
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	19, Q1	Eithun/Hoidalen	3	21-7, 25-23	0:43
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ces/Ces	Q5	Eithun/Hoidalen	Q28	21-11, 26-24	0:49
Trail the series against # Q21 Gooding/Weaver, England 0-1
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 1	Gooding/Weaver	30, Q9	Eithun/Hoidalen	3	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # Q47 Galindo/Lucas, Spain 1-0
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 1	Eithun/Hoidalen	Q18	Galindo/Lucas	Q47	29-27, 21-13	0:45