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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 South African Open
March 23 - 28, 2004

(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 Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	15	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	21	9th	320	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	16	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	17	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	20	9th	208	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	15	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	14	17th	108	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	12	9th	120	US$4,000.00
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

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/25/2004	Winner 1	Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong, United States (17, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 11-21	0:48
Thu, 3/25/2004	Contender 1	Dominic Goliath / Andile Masinga, South Africa (32)	Won 21-12, 21-13	0:36
Fri, 3/26/2004	Contender 2	Javier Bosma / Pablo Herrera, Spain (18)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:42

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 %
2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	3	0	0	$34,695.00	18	18	50.0 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	4	0	0	$50,500.00	17	20	45.9 %
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,000.00	1	4	20.0 %
Total	FIVB	58	0	0	0	0	3	3	14	4	17	10	7	$188,945.00	53	65	44.9 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	$17,347.50	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	$17,347.50
10	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	$25,250.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	$25,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00
72	0	0	0	0	8	18	17	11	18	$96,047.50	Total	Total	69	0	0	0	0	8	18	17	10	16	$95,547.50

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%
2003-2004	16	53.3%	6	20.0%	8	26.7%	22-8	73.3%	4	11.1%	9	25.0%	23	63.9%	4-32	11.1%	16-23	41.0%	10-17	37.0%	1	0	27-40	40.3%
Against the Field	16	47.1%	9	26.5%	9	26.5%	25-9	73.5%	6	15.4%	7	17.9%	26	66.7%	6-33	15.4%	32-52	38.1%	30-32	48.4%	0	0	31-42	42.5%

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 24-27 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-4
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Berg/Dahl	16	21-16, 18-21, 18-16	1:08
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Berg/Dahl	17	21-16, 21-18	1:17
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Rego/Santos	3	Berg/Dahl	14	20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
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
Lead the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-3
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Berg/Dahl	20	21-19, 21-17	0:46
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 # 6 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-2
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 2	Holdren/Metzger	15	Berg/Dahl	21	21-19, 21-12	0:45
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool A	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Berg/Dahl	16	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 9 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	20	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	13	21-17, 22-20	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-2
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Rogers/Scott	19	Berg/Dahl	14	21-18, 21-11	0:44
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 # 13 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 2-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	18	Berg/Dahl	15	21-19, 22-20	0:48
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	21	Alvarez/Rossell	18	21-14, 21-16	0:43
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Berg/Dahl	23	Alvarez/Rossell	7, Q16	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Series tied with # 14 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 # 15 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	18	Berg/Dahl	17	19-21, 27-25, 15-11	1:14
Trail the series against # 17, Q1 Fonoimoana/Wong, United States 0-1
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Fonoimoana/Wong	17, Q1	Berg/Dahl	16	21-18, 21-11	0:48
Series tied with # 18 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 1-1
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 2	Bosma/Herrera	18	Berg/Dahl	16	21-16, 21-16	0:42
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	21	Bosma/Herrera	28	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	0:52
Series tied with # 19 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
Lead the series against # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 3-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Berg/Dahl	17	Canet/Hamel	16	21-17, 21-11	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 24, Q15 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Berg/Dahl	15	22-20, 31-29	0:57
Lead the series against # 26, 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 # 28, Q10 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 1-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Berg/Dahl	14	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 30, Q13 Ces/Salvetti, France 0-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Ces/Salvetti	31, Q14	Berg/Dahl	15	21-17, 23-25, 15-13	1:09
Lead the series against # 32 Goliath/Masinga, South Africa 1-0
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 1	Berg/Dahl	16	Goliath/Masinga	32	21-12, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q7 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	13	Arkaev/Barsuk	29, Q21	21-17, 18-21, 19-17	1:07
Lead the series against # Q16 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Berg/Dahl	15	Asahi/Nishimura	31	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # Q17 Silva/Xisto, Angola 1-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Berg/Dahl	15	Silva/Xisto	31	21-10, 21-12	0:30