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August 1 - 5, 2001

(26) Bjorn Berg/Simon Dahl, 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

Simon Dahl
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 6, 1975 (50 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$115,322.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	10	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	49	57	Money
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	78	0	0	0	0	5	3	14	1	6	18	1	14	2	3	8	1	2	US$218,345.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Simon Dahl - 33rd	Bjorn Berg - 33rd
2000	Simon Dahl - 17th	Bjorn Berg - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	20	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	24	17th	90	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	22	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	22	7th	180	US$7,000.00
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
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

Klagenfurt World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool G	Fosco Cicola / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (39)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:33
Thu, 8/2/2001	Pool G	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (7)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:39
Fri, 8/3/2001	Winner 1	Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong, United States (5)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:39

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Simon Dahl - 41st	Bjorn Berg - 41st
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Simon Dahl - 17th	Bjorn Berg - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Simon Dahl - 9th	Bjorn Berg - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Robert Svensson - 33rd	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	Q10	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	26	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	21	9th	320	US$10,000.00

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	0	$12,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	2	0	$44,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	59	0	0	0	0	3	3	11	5	11	12	0	$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
Total	78	0	0	0	0	5	3	15	6	19	14	0	$218,345.00

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	0	$8,250.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,375.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	0	$28,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	$24,075.00
98	0	0	0	0	7	21	21	20	0	$116,472.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	6	16	12	13	0	$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
135	0	0	1	0	9	26	30	24	0	$157,997.50	Total	88	0	1	0	0	8	21	20	15	0	$115,322.50

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 %
2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	$29,250.00	9	16	36.0 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	4	9	9	7	$84,750.00	10	19	34.5 %

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
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
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
8	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	$14,625.00	2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	$14,625.00
49	0	0	0	0	6	6	9	10	18	$43,950.00	Total	Total	46	0	0	0	0	6	6	9	9	16	$43,450.00

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	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	20	58.8%	6	17.6%	8	23.5%	26-8	76.5%	4	10.0%	6	15.0%	30	75.0%	4-36	10.0%	40-58	40.8%	20-28	41.7%	1	0	31-43	41.9%

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
Total	0	0	5	1	36	26	0	0	12	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	83

Head to Head Results
Berg/Dahl trail the series against the field 9-16 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	5	Berg/Dahl	26	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool G	Ferreira/de Melo	7	Berg/Dahl	26	21-13, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 1-2
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Loiola/Santos	13	Berg/Dahl	20	21-16, 21-16	0:35
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Loiola/Santos	14	Berg/Dahl	22	21-18, 22-20	0:44
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	22	Loiola/Santos	11	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 11 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 1-1
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	8	Berg/Dahl	24	21-16, 22-20	0:44
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 # 12 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 5	Holden/Leinemann	23	Berg/Dahl	22	21-19, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 16 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Berg/Dahl	22	Bellaguarda/Moreira	6	21-13, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 17 Novosel/Slack, Australia 1-0
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	22	Novosel/Slack	16, Q2	21-16, 18-21, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 20 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	26, Q6	Berg/Dahl	24	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:58
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	27, Q3	Berg/Dahl	11	24-22, 17-21, 17-15	1:12
Trail the series against # 21 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
Trail the series against # 22 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 1	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	Berg/Dahl	20	12-21, 21-18, 23-21	1:06
Lead the series against # 25 Henkel/Smith, United States 2-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	22	Henkel/Smith	11	12-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:57
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	16	Henkel/Smith	17	21-13, 27-25	0:49
Lead the series against # 27 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
Series tied with # 35 Canet/Hamel, France 1-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	29, Q6	Berg/Dahl	20	17-21, 21-12, 15-13	1:05
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	24	Canet/Hamel	9	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 39 Cicola/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool G	Berg/Dahl	26	Cicola/Raffaelli	39	21-13, 21-15	0:33