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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
August 29 - September 2, 2007

(24) 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 St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Robert Svensson - 9th	Mattias Magnusson - 41st
2006	Robert Svensson - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	22	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	24	17th	100	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	29, Q8	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q20	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	28, Q4	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q16	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q20	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	28, Q15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q6	41st	18	US$0.00
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

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/30/2007	Winner 1	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (9, Q12)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:43
Thu, 8/30/2007	Contender 1	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (25, Q6)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-13	1:01
Fri, 8/31/2007	Contender 2	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (10)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 8/31/2007	Contender 3	Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan (32, Q34)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 16-14	1:07
Fri, 8/31/2007	Contender 4	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (5)	Lost 21-16, 15-21, 13-15	0:56

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	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	5	$26,500.00	17	19	47.2 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	5	$26,500.00	17	19	47.2 %
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
12	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	5	$13,250.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	5	$13,250.00
116	0	0	1	0	9	24	25	22	35	$143,997.50	Total	Total	45	1	0	1	0	1	3	3	5	31	$18,400.00

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	10	52.6%	5	26.3%	4	21.1%	15-4	78.9%	1	4.5%	5	22.7%	16	72.7%	1-21	4.5%	20-32	38.5%	12-18	40.0%	0	0	16-25	39.0%

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 trail the series against the field 10-13 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	Berg/Brinkborg	28, Q15	21-18, 13-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 4, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q8	Marques/Solberg	4	23-21, 18-21, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-3
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Baracetti/Conde	5	Berg/Brinkborg	24	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:56
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	7	Berg/Brinkborg	24	21-13, 21-15	0:45
7/21/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Baracetti/Conde	6	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q8	21-12, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Neto	1	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q8	21-16, 21-11	0:42
Trail the series against # 9, Q12 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 0-2
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	9, Q12	Berg/Brinkborg	24	21-18, 21-15	0:43
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q17	Berg/Brinkborg	Q16	17-21, 21-12, 18-16	0:54
Series tied with # 10 Gosch/Horst, Austria 2-2
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Berg/Brinkborg	24	Gosch/Horst	10	21-15, 21-18	0:39
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	11	Berg/Brinkborg	22	21-17, 21-13	0:49
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Horst	12	Berg/Brinkborg	28, Q4	21-19, 13-21, 15-12	1:04
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 3	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q12	Gosch/Horst	25, Q5	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 12 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	Berg/Brinkborg	28, Q15	21-19, 19-21, 15-6	0:52
Series tied with # 13 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Boersma/Ronnes	20, Q5	Berg/Brinkborg	Q12	21-16, 21-23, 15-13	1:04
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q8	Boersma/Ronnes	20	21-14, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Horrem/Maaseide	25, Q4	Berg/Brinkborg	Q20	21-17, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Berg/Brinkborg	28, Q15	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Berg/Brinkborg	24	Hoyer/Soderberg	25, Q6	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Berg/Brinkborg	Q12	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	Q21	21-17, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 32, Q34 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Berg/Brinkborg	24	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	19-21, 23-21, 16-14	1:07
Lead the series against # Q2 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 # Q3 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	27	Berg/Brinkborg	22	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # Q18 Freidenfelds/Laizans, Latvia 1-0
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q8	Freidenfelds/Laizans	Q25	21-15, 21-13	0:34