Team Preview

European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Spanish Masters
April 17 - 20, 2008

(Q29) 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:

147

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Timmendorfer Strand 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$172,673.32

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:

120

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2006)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Novi Sad 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$84,041.11

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	US$1,591.40
FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	5	0	6	5	US$52,500.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,000.00
Overall	29	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	7	5	1	6	5	US$57,091.40

Previous Gran Canaria Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	19, Q7	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	19	13th	180	US$4,500.00
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

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/17/2008	Qualifier 1	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (12, Q4)	Lost 21-17, 15-21, 11-15	0:59

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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	28	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	7	5	0	$56,500.00

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
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$7,850.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,250.00
142	0	0	1	0	11	28	33	24	0	$165,847.50	Total	114	1	0	1	0	2	10	17	18	0	$82,400.00

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 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	5	$33,500.00	22	23	48.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1998	CEV
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,143.75	1999	CEV
15	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	3	$19,000.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2000	CEV
											2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	$21,625.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,550.00	2001	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2002	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	CEV
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2004	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
129	0	0	1	0	13	28	28	22	37	$156,991.25	Total	Total	49	1	0	1	0	1	4	5	5	32	$21,900.00

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	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%
2007-2008	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	16	11	0	3	0	0	7	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	39	46

Head to Head Results
Berg/Brinkborg trail the series against the field 7-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	14	Berg/Brinkborg	19, Q7	21-19, 21-16	0:48
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 8 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
Trail the series against # 12, Q4 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Lione/Varnier	12, Q4	Berg/Brinkborg	Q29	17-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:59
Trail the series against # 13 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-2
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	8	Berg/Brinkborg	24	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:59
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Berg/Brinkborg	28, Q4	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:08
Series tied with # Q6 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
Lead the series against # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q14 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 # Q16 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-0
3/26/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 3	Berg/Brinkborg	19, Q7	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q10	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	1:03
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Berg/Brinkborg	24	Hoyer/Soderberg	25, Q6	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	1:01