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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam
July 27 - 31, 2005

(29, 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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q8	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	23	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q8	33rd	30	US$0.00
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

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2005	Qualifier 1	Dmitriy Vorobyev / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (Q25)	Won 21-16, 22-24, 15-11	1:02
Wed, 7/27/2005	Qualifier 2	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (Q9)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:49
Thu, 7/28/2005	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (4)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 21-23	1:17
Thu, 7/28/2005	Contender 1	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (20, Q3)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:52

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	$16,000.00	12	12	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	$18,000.00	12	14	46.2 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	$8,000.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	$8,000.00
89	0	0	0	0	8	22	19	17	23	$117,172.50	Total	Total	34	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	24	$12,837.50

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	5	45.5%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	13	72.2%	3-15	16.7%	10-26	27.8%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	11-18	37.9%

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 6-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	4	Berg/Svensson	29, Q8	19-21, 21-17, 23-21	1:17
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 7 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 # 17 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Berg/Svensson	23	Horrem/Pettersen	10	21-18, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 18 Conde/Salema, Argentina 0-2
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Conde/Salema	7	Berg/Svensson	23	21-17, 21-19	0:41
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 # 20, Q3 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Schacht/Slack	20, Q3	Berg/Svensson	29, Q8	21-16, 21-16	0:52
Trail the series against # 23 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 # Q1 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Neto/Ramos	5	Berg/Svensson	23	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # Q6 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 # Q7 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Berg/Svensson	23	Xu/Xu	17, Q5	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # Q9 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Berg/Svensson	29, Q8	Lochhead/Pitman	Q9	22-20, 21-19	0:49
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Berg/Svensson	23	Lochhead/Pitman	25, Q2	22-20, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # Q20 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
Lead the series against # Q25 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Berg/Svensson	29, Q8	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	Q25	21-16, 22-24, 15-11	1:02