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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Easy Living Italian Open
June 7 - 11, 2006

(20, Q10) 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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q8	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	Q8	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	17	9th	140	US$5,250.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	18	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q8	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	29, Q8	25th	56	US$3,250.00
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

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 2	Trygve Leite / Vegard Lyng, Norway (Q55)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:39
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 3	Toni Ivkovic / Pero Krizanovic, Croatia (Q23)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:29
Thu, 6/8/2006	Qualifier 4	Jochem De Gruijter / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (28, Q7)	Won 28-26, 21-23, 15-11	1:10
Thu, 6/8/2006	Winner 1	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (13)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:42
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 1	Raul Mesa / Francisco Rodriguez Herrera, Spain (29)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:44
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 2	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:46

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	6	$24,250.00	16	17	48.5 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$3,000.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	8	$29,250.00	23	23	50.0 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	6	$12,125.00	2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	6	$12,125.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,500.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,500.00
95	0	0	0	0	8	23	21	17	26	$122,797.50	Total	Total	40	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	27	$18,462.50

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%
2005-2006	20	58.8%	5	14.7%	9	26.5%	25-9	73.5%	5	17.9%	6	21.4%	17	60.7%	5-23	17.9%	20-17	54.1%	10-15	40.0%	0	0	30-32	48.4%
Against the Field	11	57.9%	5	26.3%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	22-20	52.4%	14-12	53.8%	0	0	18-16	52.9%

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 lead the series against the field 13-9 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Berg/Svensson	17	21-14, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Berg/Svensson	18	18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Marques	3	Berg/Svensson	20, Q10	21-17, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	6	Berg/Svensson	17	21-15, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 10 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-0
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Berg/Svensson	17	Amore/Fenili	13	21-15, 22-24, 18-16	1:09
Trail the series against # 13 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	Berg/Svensson	20, Q10	21-14, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 26, Q3 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	16	Berg/Svensson	18	21-14, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 4	Berg/Svensson	20, Q10	De Gruijter/Ronnes	28, Q7	28-26, 21-23, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # 29 Mesa/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Berg/Svensson	20, Q10	Mesa/Rodriguez Herrera	29	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q4 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 # Q9 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 0-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	25, Q9	Berg/Svensson	Q8	21-17, 11-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # Q12 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
Lead the series against # Q23 Ivkovic/Krizanovic, Croatia 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Berg/Svensson	20, Q10	Ivkovic/Krizanovic	Q23	21-13, 21-12	0:29
Trail the series against # Q29 Ellingson/Montgomery, Canada 0-1
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Ellingson/Montgomery	Q40	Berg/Svensson	Q8	22-20, 15-21, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # Q30 Caravano/Damez, France 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Berg/Svensson	Q8	Caravano/Damez	Q25	21-15, 24-22	0:39
Trail the series against # Q38 Ardiansyam/Darkuncoro, Indonesia 0-1
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Ardiansyam/Darkuncoro	30, Q24	Berg/Svensson	Q8	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # Q53 Saulko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Berg/Svensson	31, Q10	Saulko/Sidorenko	Q23	19-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:57
Lead the series against # Q54 Thomas/Wardrop, Australia 1-0
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Berg/Svensson	Q8	Thomas/Wardrop	Q25	21-10, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q55 Leite/Lyng, Norway 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Berg/Svensson	20, Q10	Leite/Lyng	Q55	21-13, 21-14	0:39