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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo
May 23 - 27, 2007

(Q6) Bjorn Berg/Hannes Brinkborg, 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

Hannes Brinkborg
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 9, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

A Engelbrekt

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$81,150.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	5	6	5	US$52,500.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,000.00
Overall	27	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	6	5	6	5	US$55,500.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Robert Svensson - 17th	Mattias Magnusson - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	29, Q12	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	9/1-3/2006	Cagliari Challenger	5	3rd	64	US$3,000.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/23/2007	Qualifier 2	Aldo Miramontes / Juan Virgen, Mexico (25, Q27)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	4	0	$49,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	27	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	6	5	0	$55,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bjorn Berg												Hannes Brinkborg
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	0	$28,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	$22,425.00
98	0	0	0	0	7	21	21	20	0	$116,472.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	57	0	0	0	0	2	8	11	7	0	$51,175.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$2,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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	111	1	0	1	0	2	10	15	17	0	$81,150.00

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
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bjorn Berg													Hannes Brinkborg
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	1999	FIVB C&S
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	$25,250.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$15,625.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	6	$12,125.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	6	$7,950.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2006	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
106	0	0	1	0	8	23	24	19	31	$131,747.50	Total	Total	35	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	2	27	$6,150.00

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	24	58.5%	7	17.1%	10	24.4%	31-10	75.6%	2	5.9%	9	26.5%	23	67.6%	2-32	5.9%	24-23	51.1%	9-19	32.1%	0	0	33-42	44.0%
2006-2007	15	65.2%	3	13.0%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	1	5.9%	5	29.4%	11	64.7%	1-16	5.9%	15-11	57.7%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	19-21	47.5%
Against the Field	12	57.1%	4	19.0%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	0	0.0%	7	30.4%	16	69.6%	0-23	0.0%	24-32	42.9%	8-24	25.0%	0	0	16-28	36.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	6	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	31
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2
Total	0	0	16	11	0	3	0	0	7	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	38	44

Head to Head Results
Berg/Brinkborg lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 11 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	13	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q12	21-13, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 23 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 3	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q12	Gosch/Horst	25, Q5	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 24 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
9/3/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Contender 4	Berg/Brinkborg	5	Plavins/Samoilovs	8	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 25, Q27 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q27	Berg/Brinkborg	Q6	22-20, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # Q17 Peric/Trimcevski, Croatia 1-0
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 2	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q12	Peric/Trimcevski	Q21	21-13, 21-9	0:32