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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 le World Series 13
July 5 - 9, 2006

(18, Q2) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Emil Norberg - 57th	Did not play
1998	Simon Dahl - 57th	Did not play
1999	Simon Dahl - 41st	Mattias Magnusson - 57th
2000	Simon Dahl - 13th	Did not play
2001	Simon Dahl - 17th	Did not play
2002	Simon Dahl - 17th	Did not play
2003	Simon Dahl - 17th	Did not play
2004	Simon Dahl - 25th	Andreas Gilbertsson - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	30, Q10	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	Q4	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	20, Q10	17th	120	US$3,000.00
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

France Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 2	Olivier Conte / Denis Damez, France (Q31)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:42
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 3	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (Q18)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
Thu, 7/6/2006	Winner 1	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (15)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:50
Thu, 7/6/2006	Contender 1	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (31, Q28)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:44
Fri, 7/7/2006	Contender 2	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (32, Q36)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	$10,900.00	14	11	56.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	10	$37,150.00	30	30	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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	$5,450.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	$5,450.00
99	0	0	0	0	8	23	23	17	28	$126,747.50	Total	Total	44	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	5	29	$22,412.50

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	5	41.7%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3-11	21.4%	10-16	38.5%	14-12	53.8%	0	0	12-14	46.2%

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 12-10 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 10 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 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Berg/Svensson	30, Q10	21-11, 19-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 14 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
Trail the series against # 15 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 0-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Strauss	15	Berg/Svensson	18, Q2	21-19, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 21 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool C	Brenha/Maia	14	Berg/Svensson	30, Q10	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 23 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool C	Berg/Svensson	30, Q10	Arkaev/Barsuk	19	22-20, 15-21, 17-15	1:01
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool A	Berg/Svensson	17	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	13-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 25 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q28 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	Berg/Svensson	18, Q2	Hoyer/Soderberg	31, Q28	21-19, 21-14	0:44
Trail the series against # 32, Q36 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	32, Q36	Berg/Svensson	18, Q2	21-18, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against 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
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q11 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Berg/Svensson	Q12	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	Q21	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	1:06
Lead the series against # Q14 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Berg/Svensson	30, Q10	Li/Zhou	Q23	21-13, 25-23	0:45
Lead the series against # Q18 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 3	Berg/Svensson	18, Q2	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q18	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q23 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 # Q26 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 # Q31 Conte/Damez, France 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 2	Berg/Svensson	18, Q2	Conte/Damez	Q31	21-13, 21-13	0:42