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August 10 - 14, 2011

(30) 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 Wins:

1 (CEV C&S Vaduz 2010)

Career CEV Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$80,444.36

Vegard Hoidalen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 10, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Skien

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

226

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Rome 1997)

Career Winnings:

US$371,182.10

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
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$429.09
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	US$12,000.00
Overall	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	3	US$15,976.74

Previous Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2007	Did not play	Kjell Goranson - 25th
FIVB 2009	Kjell Goranson - 41st	Jorre Kjemperud - 17th
FIVB 2010	Magnus Borge Johansen - 33rd	Jorre Kjemperud - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV C&S	6/16-19/2011	CEV Satellite Lausanne	14, Q15	9th	40	€ 300.00
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

CEV European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/10/2011	Pool L	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (3)	Lost 10-21, 12-21	0:31
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool L	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (14)	Lost 25-27, 9-21	0:44
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool L	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (19)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:37
Fri, 8/12/2011	Winner 1	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (5)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:36

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	0	$8,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$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	0	$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	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	$27,575.00
38	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	13	0	$55,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	0	0	1	0	4	6	4	4	0	$65,275.00
26	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	4	0	$13,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	136	1	3	1	3	10	28	37	25	0	$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	0	$74,275.00	Total	203	1	5	6	4	15	43	47	31	0	$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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$10,000.00	2	6	25.0 %
2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2	5	28.6 %
2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$10,000.00	2	6	25.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2	5	28.6 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2	2	50.0 %

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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$550.00	2010	CEV C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$5,000.00	2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
18	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	11	$7,250.00	Total	Total	219	2	6	7	4	19	52	51	29	49	$352,623.75

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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	1-4	20.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%
2010-2011	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	1-4	20.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-4	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 3-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool L	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	3	Eithun/Hoidalen	30	21-10, 21-12	0:31
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 13 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 # 14 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
Trail the series against # 16 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
6/17/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11, Q9	Eithun/Hoidalen	14, Q15	22-20, 16-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 25 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
Lead the series against # 26 Caics/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
6/17/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Winner 1	Eithun/Hoidalen	14, Q15	Caics/Smedins	3	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 28 Coucke/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 3	Coucke/van Walle	20, Q12	Eithun/Hoidalen	2	17-21, 21-16, 15-5	0:48