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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 ConocoPhillips Open
July 2 - 6, 2003

(12) Bjorn Berg/Simon Dahl, Sweden

Bjorn Berg
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 24, 1972 (52 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 (49 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Simon Dahl - 13th	Bjorn Berg - 13th
2000	Simon Dahl - 17th	Bjorn Berg - 17th
2001	Simon Dahl - 7th	Bjorn Berg - 7th
2002	Simon Dahl - 9th	Bjorn Berg - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	15	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	14	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	13	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/1-6/2002	Brazil Open	12	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	16	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	18	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	16	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	20	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	21	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	23	9th	120	US$3,900.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/4/2003	Pool E	David Klemperer / Niklas Rademacher, Germany (28, Q2)	Won 25-23, 19-21, 16-14	1:02
Fri, 7/4/2003	Pool E	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (5)	Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:04
Sat, 7/5/2003	Pool E	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (21)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:45
Sat, 7/5/2003	Winner 1	Harley Marques / Franco Neto, Brazil (6)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 14-16	0:58

Head to Head Results
Berg/Dahl trail the series against the field 17-26 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 12 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Berg/Dahl	18	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-2
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Berg/Dahl	14	Baracetti/Conde	3	19-21, 25-23, 15-12	1:02
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 # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-3
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Laciga/Laciga	2	Berg/Dahl	15	21-13, 16-21, 17-15	0:49
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Berg/Dahl	14	Laciga/Laciga	3	22-20, 21-15	0:36
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Berg/Dahl	13	21-18, 21-15	0:39
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	7	Berg/Dahl	16	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 4, Q6 Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 0-1
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Dultra	22, Q2	Berg/Dahl	12	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	0:58
Series tied with # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Berg/Dahl	12	Rego/Santos	5	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:04
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Berg/Dahl	16	21-12, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 Marques/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Marques/Neto	6	Berg/Dahl	12	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 7 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-3
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	5	Berg/Dahl	12	21-15, 21-18	0:39
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	11	Berg/Dahl	21	23-21, 21-11	0:41
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 # 8 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	14	Berg/Dahl	13	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:13
Series tied with # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-1
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	16	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	15	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:03
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 5	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Berg/Dahl	22	21-19, 21-19	0:53
Trail the series against # 10 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-2
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	16	Berg/Dahl	18	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Horrem/Maaseide	10	Berg/Dahl	23	21-17, 14-21, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 11 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Berg/Dahl	23	Alvarez/Rossell	7, Q16	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Rogers/Scott	18	Berg/Dahl	15	14-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:54
Lead the series against # 16 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 3-1
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Berg/Dahl	14	19-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:48
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool J	Berg/Dahl	16	Heuscher/Kobel	9	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	20	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-17, 13-21, 15-13	0:51
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Berg/Dahl	14	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-14, 21-19	0:38
Series tied with # 18 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-2
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	23	Berg/Dahl	16	21-15, 21-14	0:42
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	21	Egger/Heyer	28	21-19, 21-15	0:43
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Egger/Heyer	30	Berg/Dahl	14	21-16, 21-17	0:41
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	13	Egger/Heyer	20	13-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 20 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-2
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Holden/Leinemann	19	Berg/Dahl	14	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:52
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Berg/Dahl	18	Holden/Leinemann	15	21-16, 21-17	0:40
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 5	Holden/Leinemann	23	Berg/Dahl	22	21-19, 21-15	0:44
Series tied with # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 2-2
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Canet/Hamel	21	Berg/Dahl	12	21-17, 21-17	0:45
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
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 # 28, Q2 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Berg/Dahl	12	Klemperer/Rademacher	28, Q2	25-23, 19-21, 16-14	1:02
Trail the series against # Q7 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	Berg/Dahl	13	18-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # Q11 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
Lead the series against # Q14 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Berg/Dahl	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # Q31 Grydeland/Kobbevik, Norway 1-0
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool E	Berg/Dahl	12	Grydeland/Kobbevik	28, Q6	21-12, 21-11	0:31