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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Spain Open
September 12 - 16, 2001

(16) 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 Mallorca Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	14	10th	0	US$5,000.00
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

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/14/2001	Winner 1	Oliver Oetke / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (17)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:36
Fri, 9/14/2001	Winner 2	Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)	Lost 27-29, 16-21	0:48
Fri, 9/14/2001	Contender 2	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (18)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:37
Sat, 9/15/2001	Contender 3	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (26, Q9)	Won 23-21, 27-25	0:50
Sat, 9/15/2001	Contender 4	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (22)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:30
Sat, 9/15/2001	Contender 5	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (13)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:36
Sat, 9/15/2001	Contender 6	Sergey Ermishin / Mikhail Kouchnerev, Russia (5)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:33

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	3	0	$43,250.00	16	20	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	37	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	9	9	7	$98,750.00	17	23	42.5 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	$21,625.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	$21,625.00
51	0	0	0	0	7	7	9	10	18	$50,950.00	Total	Total	48	0	0	0	0	7	7	9	9	16	$50,450.00

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	15	55.6%	5	18.5%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	3	10.7%	4	14.3%	21	75.0%	3-25	10.7%	30-40	42.9%	16-22	42.1%	1	0	24-31	43.6%

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 10-13 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-2
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	1	Berg/Dahl	16	29-27, 21-16	0:48
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 # 2 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 # 4 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 # 5 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 0-2
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 6	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	5	Berg/Dahl	16	21-16, 21-18	0:33
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Berg/Dahl	16	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 12, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 13 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-2
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 5	Berg/Dahl	16	Dieckmann/Reckermann	13	21-14, 21-17	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 14 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 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
Series tied with # 17 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-1
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	16	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	17	21-16, 21-14	0:36
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 3	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	14	Berg/Dahl	22	28-26, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # 18 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 2-0
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Berg/Dahl	16	Brenha/Maia	18	21-14, 21-17	0:37
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	22	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 22 Canet/Hamel, France 2-1
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	16	Canet/Hamel	22	21-12, 21-12	0:30
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 # 26, Q9 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Berg/Dahl	16	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q9	23-21, 27-25	0:50