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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Goodwill Games
August 29 - September 4, 2001

(14) 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 Brisbane Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	26	17th	100	US$2,750.00
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

Goodwill Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/30/2001	Winner 1	Julien Prosser / Lee Zahner, Australia (3)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:36
Fri, 8/31/2001	Contender 1	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (11)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:38
Sat, 9/1/2001	Contender 2	Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany (15)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:38
Sun, 9/2/2001	Contender 4	Vegard Hoidalen / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (8)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:38

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	0	$34,250.00	11	18	37.9 %
Total	FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	9	9	7	$89,750.00	12	21	36.4 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	0	$17,125.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	0	$17,125.00
50	0	0	0	0	6	7	9	10	18	$46,450.00	Total	Total	47	0	0	0	0	6	7	9	9	16	$45,950.00

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	5	38.5%	4	30.8%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	1	5.3%	2	10.5%	16	84.2%	1-18	5.3%	10-32	23.8%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	10-22	31.3%

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 5-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
8/30/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	3	Berg/Dahl	14	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 7 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 # 8 Hoidalen/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
9/2/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 4	Hoidalen/Maaseide	8	Berg/Dahl	14	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Berg/Dahl	14	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-14, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Berg/Dahl	14	Ahmann/Hager	15	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Series tied with # 16 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