European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 CEV European Championship Final powered by Otera Open
August 10 - 14, 2011
(30) Geir Eithun/Vegard Hoidalen, 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: 9
Tournaments: 81
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 (53 yrs old)
Home Town: Skien
Height: 193 cm (6'4")
Weight: 92 kg (202 lb)
Seasons: 18
Tournaments: 226
Career Wins: 2
Career CEV Wins: 1 (Rome 1997)
Career Winnings: US$371,182.10
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172541Money
CEV200000010100 US$3,547.65
CEV C&S100000010000 US$429.09
FIVB600000010023 US$12,000.00
Overall900000030123 US$15,976.74
Previous Kristiansand Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - 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 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
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
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
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
Head to Head Results
Eithun/Hoidalen trail the series against the field 3-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 3 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
8/10/11CEVCEV 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
8/12/11CEVCEV 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
7/2/11FIVBStavanger 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
8/11/11CEVCEV 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
6/17/11CEV C&SCEV 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
8/11/11CEVCEV 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
6/30/11FIVBStavanger 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
6/17/11CEV C&SCEV 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
7/16/11CEVCEV Serbian Masters Contender 3 Coucke/van Walle 20, Q12 Eithun/Hoidalen 2 17-21, 21-16, 15-5 0:48