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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 26 - 30, 2007

(19) 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 Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Simon Dahl - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	24	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/27/2007	Winner 1	Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (14)	Lost 23-21, 15-21, 9-15	1:00
Thu, 9/27/2007	Contender 1	Taichi Morikawa / Koichi Nishimura, Japan (30, Q6)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:45
Fri, 9/28/2007	Contender 2	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (20)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:40
Fri, 9/28/2007	Contender 3	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (6)	Lost 21-23, 14-21	0:44

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	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	5	$31,000.00	19	21	47.5 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	5	$31,000.00	19	21	47.5 %
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
13	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	5	$15,500.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	5	$15,500.00
117	0	0	1	0	9	25	25	22	35	$146,247.50	Total	Total	46	1	0	1	0	1	4	3	5	31	$20,650.00

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	62.5%	3	18.8%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	1	5.3%	4	21.1%	14	73.7%	1-18	5.3%	20-28	41.7%	8-14	36.4%	0	0	14-21	40.0%

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
Series tied against the field 11-11 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 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 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 # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	Berg/Brinkborg	19	23-21, 21-14	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 9 "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
Trail the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-2
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Ronnes	14	Berg/Brinkborg	19	21-23, 21-15, 15-9	1:00
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
Lead the series against # 17, Q10 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 # 20 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 2-0
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Berg/Brinkborg	19	Plavins/Samoilovs	20	21-17, 21-17	0:40
9/3/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Contender 4	Berg/Brinkborg	5	Plavins/Samoilovs	8	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 21 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Berg/Brinkborg	24	Kjemperud/Skarlund	9	24-22, 24-22	0:52
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 25 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 # 30, Q6 Morikawa/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Berg/Brinkborg	19	Morikawa/Nishimura	30, Q6	21-17, 21-12	0:45
Trail the series against # Q7 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 # Q11 Castro/Mussa, Venezuela 2-0
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q8	Castro/Mussa	Q24	22-20, 21-16	0:47
7/4/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Qualifier 2	Berg/Brinkborg	28, Q4	Castro/Mussa	Q20	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q12 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