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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 29 - July 3, 2005

(Q8) Bjorn Berg/Robert Svensson, Sweden

Bjorn Berg
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 24, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Umea

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

135

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$157,997.50

Robert Svensson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 26, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Huddinge

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Geroskipou 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$25,312.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	3	5	7	US$39,150.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Simon Dahl - 13th	Mattias Magnusson - 57th
2000	Simon Dahl - 17th	Did not play
2001	Simon Dahl - 7th	Did not play
2002	Simon Dahl - 9th	Andreas Gilbertsson - 33rd
2003	Simon Dahl - 9th	Andreas Gilbertsson - 25th
2004	Simon Dahl - 25th	Andreas Gilbertsson - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	40	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q10	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q7	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	31, Q10	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	27	25th	36	US$2,000.00

Norway Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/29/2005	Qualifier 1	Shinpei Aoki / Shinya Hata, Japan (Q25)	Won 23-21, 21-18	0:41
Wed, 6/29/2005	Qualifier 2	Javier Bosma / Alex Ortiz, Spain (23, Q9)	Lost 21-23, 18-21	0:44

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	0	$3,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,150.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	0	$27,250.00
Total	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	3	0	$39,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bjorn Berg												Robert Svensson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$8,250.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,812.50
27	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	0	$28,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,075.00
98	0	0	0	0	7	21	21	20	0	$116,472.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	0	$15,625.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	$2,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Goodwill Games
135	0	0	1	0	9	26	30	24	0	$157,997.50	Total	54	0	0	0	1	2	3	7	6	0	$25,312.50

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
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$6,750.00	6	7	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$8,750.00	6	9	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bjorn Berg													Robert Svensson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1995	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	1996	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1997	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1998	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	$8,750.00	1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	3	$19,000.00	2000	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	$21,625.00	2001	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	$17,347.50	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	$25,250.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,937.50
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$15,625.00	2004	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$2,000.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$3,375.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$3,375.00
86	0	0	0	0	8	21	19	16	22	$112,547.50	Total	Total	31	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	23	$8,212.50

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	20	58.8%	5	14.7%	9	26.5%	25-9	73.5%	5	16.7%	7	23.3%	18	60.0%	5-25	16.7%	20-18	52.6%	10-16	38.5%	0	0	30-34	46.9%
2004-2005	11	64.7%	2	11.8%	4	23.5%	13-4	76.5%	3	16.7%	4	22.2%	11	61.1%	3-15	16.7%	11-11	50.0%	5-8	38.5%	0	0	16-19	45.7%
Against the Field	7	53.8%	2	15.4%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	13	72.2%	3-15	16.7%	14-26	35.0%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	12-19	38.7%

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	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	12	6	2	1	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	22
Total	0	0	18	11	3	3	0	0	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	34

Head to Head Results
Berg/Svensson trail the series against the field 2-5 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Heyer/Laciga	8	Berg/Svensson	40	21-17, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Berg/Svensson	31, Q10	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Conde/Salema, Argentina 0-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Conde/Salema	15	Berg/Svensson	31, Q10	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # 22 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	16	Berg/Svensson	31, Q10	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 23, Q9 Bosma/Ortiz, Spain 0-1
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bosma/Ortiz	23, Q9	Berg/Svensson	Q8	23-21, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 28 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny	27	Berg/Svensson	40	21-15, 22-20	0:43
Lead the series against # Q25 Aoki/Hata, Japan 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Berg/Svensson	Q8	Aoki/Hata	Q25	23-21, 21-18	0:41