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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Phillips Norway Open
July 4 - 8, 2001

(22) Bjorn Berg/Simon Dahl, Sweden

Bjorn Berg
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 24, 1972 (54 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 FIVB WT Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$172,673.32

Simon Dahl
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 6, 1975 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Skövde

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Brno 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$129,264.07

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	10	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	49	57	Money
CEV	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$20,136.74
FIVB	76	0	0	0	0	3	3	14	1	6	18	1	14	2	3	8	1	2	US$216,195.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,150.00
Overall	87	0	0	0	0	6	6	15	1	8	20	1	14	2	3	8	1	2	US$238,481.74

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Simon Dahl - 13th	Bjorn Berg - 13th
2000	Simon Dahl - 17th	Bjorn Berg - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	20	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	16	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	11	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/28-12/3/2000	Brazil Open	10	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/16-26/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	22	19th	0	US$0.00
CEV	8/25-27/2000	European Championships	4	7th	90	€ 2,700.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	16	7th	170	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	18	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	17	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	17	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	19	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	21	17th	68	US$2,000.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/6/2001	Winner 1	Jose Loiola / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (11)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 7/6/2001	Winner 2	Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (6)	Won 21-15, 12-21, 20-18	0:58
Sat, 7/7/2001	Winner 3	Oliver Oetke / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (14)	Lost 26-28, 19-21	0:50
Sat, 7/7/2001	Contender 4	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (16)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:49
Sat, 7/7/2001	Contender 5	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (7)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:53

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$12,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	2	1	$44,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	59	0	0	0	0	3	3	11	5	11	12	14	$153,695.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	$14,700.00
Total	84	0	0	0	0	6	4	15	8	21	14	16	$233,045.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bjorn Berg												Simon Dahl
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$8,250.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$6,375.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	14	$28,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	5	$24,075.00
98	0	0	0	0	7	21	21	20	29	$116,472.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	6	16	12	13	17	$79,347.50
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$7,850.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$7,350.00
142	0	0	1	0	11	28	33	24	45	$165,847.50	Total	94	0	1	0	0	10	23	22	15	23	$122,672.50

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
1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	$17,500.00	1	1	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	5	0	3	$38,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	3	2	60.0 %
2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	$14,000.00	4	8	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	7	8	7	$69,500.00	5	11	31.3 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bjorn Berg													Simon Dahl
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	1998	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
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	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1998	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	$8,750.00	1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	$8,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,143.75	1999	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,143.75
15	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	3	$19,000.00	2000	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	3	$19,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$7,000.00	2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$7,000.00
49	0	0	0	0	8	6	8	9	18	$39,818.75	Total	Total	46	0	0	0	0	8	6	8	8	16	$39,318.75

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	40	57.1%	13	18.6%	17	24.3%	53-17	75.7%	10	13.7%	15	20.5%	48	65.8%	10-63	13.7%	40-48	45.5%	23-32	41.8%	1	0	65-83	43.9%
2000-2001	12	63.2%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	15-4	78.9%	1	5.9%	1	5.9%	15	88.2%	1-16	5.9%	12-15	44.4%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	16-22	42.1%
Against the Field	18	60.0%	6	20.0%	6	20.0%	24-6	80.0%	4	10.0%	6	15.0%	30	75.0%	4-36	10.0%	36-58	38.3%	20-24	45.5%	1	0	29-41	41.4%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
World Championships	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	9	9	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	20
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	22	14	0	0	9	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	52
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	11
Total	0	0	5	1	38	30	0	0	15	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	94

Head to Head Results
Berg/Dahl trail the series against the field 5-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	1	Berg/Dahl	16	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	13	Berg/Dahl	20	21-13, 21-16	0:36
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	22	Berg/Dahl	11	21-15, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 6 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Berg/Dahl	22	Blanton/Fonoimoana	6	21-15, 12-21, 20-18	0:58
Trail the series against # 7 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 5	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Berg/Dahl	22	21-19, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	22	Loiola/Santos	11	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Henkel/Smith, United States 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	16	Henkel/Smith	17	21-13, 27-25	0:49
Trail the series against # 14 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 3	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	14	Berg/Dahl	22	28-26, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	22	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 17 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	4	Ahmann/Hager	7	15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 20 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 0-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Berg/Dahl	16	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # Q7 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	27, Q3	Berg/Dahl	11	24-22, 17-21, 17-15	1:12