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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 25, 2004

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	30, Q5	13th	162	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	30, Q3	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	25	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	27	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	23	25th	60	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	19	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	21	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	16	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/14/2004

Pool D

Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (9)

Won 21-13, 21-18

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bjorn Berg	Total	21	15	0	0.714	2	1	0	0
	1	21	15	0	0.714	2	1	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Simon Dahl	Total	16	8	0	0.500	0	10	0	0
	1	16	8	0	0.500	0	10	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/16/2004

Pool D

Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)

Lost 16-21, 15-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bjorn Berg	Total	35	10	0	0.286	1	13	0	1
	1	35	10	0	0.286	1	13	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Simon Dahl	Total	26	11	0	0.423	1	11	0	0
	1	26	11	0	0.423	1	11	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/18/2004

Pool D

Ramon Hernandez / Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico (21)

Won 19-21, 21-16, 18-16

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bjorn Berg	Total	32	21	0	0.656	2	8	1	0
	1	32	21	0	0.656	2	8	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Simon Dahl	Total	36	23	0	0.639	0	17	0	1
	1	36	23	0	0.639	0	17	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/20/2004

Winner 1

Javier Bosma / Pablo Herrera, Spain (15)

Lost 16-21, 17-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bjorn Berg	Total	12	8	0	0.667	3	5	0	2
	1	12	8	0	0.667	3	5	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Simon Dahl	Total	38	17	0	0.447	0	7	0	1
	1	38	17	0	0.447	0	7	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bjorn Berg	100	54	0	0.540	8	27	1	3
Simon Dahl	116	59	0	0.509	1	45	0	2
Total	216	113	0	0.523	9	72	1	5
Opponents	224	116	0	0.518	14	60	8	14

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Simon Dahl - 41st	Bjorn Berg - 41st
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Simon Dahl - 19th	Bjorn Berg - 19th
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

Head to Head Results
Berg/Dahl trail the series against the field 27-38 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 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
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-3
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	3	Berg/Dahl	19	21-7, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Berg/Dahl	15	21-17, 21-19	0:48
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Berg/Dahl	18	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 2-5
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	30, Q5	Laciga/Laciga	3	21-19, 21-16	0:43
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Laciga/Laciga	4	Berg/Dahl	19	21-14, 21-14	0:37
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	5	Berg/Dahl	21	21-18, 21-13	0:39
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 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-4
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool D	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Berg/Dahl	16	21-16, 21-15	0:45
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool D	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Berg/Dahl	21	21-18, 21-19	0:46
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 # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 3-2
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Berg/Dahl	30, Q3	21-17, 21-13	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 6 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Berg/Dahl	17	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	32	21-12, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-4
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 3	Baracetti/Conde	6	Berg/Dahl	30, Q5	18-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:55
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
Lead the series against # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-1
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	16	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	21-13, 21-18	0:44
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 # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 2-0
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 2	Berg/Dahl	21	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	6	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:54
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 # 12 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 # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-2
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	6	Berg/Dahl	27	21-18, 15-21, 15-10	1:01
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	18	Berg/Dahl	17	19-21, 27-25, 15-11	1:14
Lead the series against # 14 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 3-2
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Alvarez/Rossell	19	Berg/Dahl	30, Q5	21-16, 17-21, 18-16	0:58
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	19	Alvarez/Rossell	14	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:52
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
Trail the series against # 15 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 2-4
8/20/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bosma/Herrera	15	Berg/Dahl	16	21-16, 21-17	0:44
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Bosma/Herrera	9	Berg/Dahl	25	21-12, 21-16	0:35
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Bosma/Herrera	11	Berg/Dahl	27	21-17, 20-22, 20-18	1:06
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	21	Bosma/Herrera	12	21-15, 21-10	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 18 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 3-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	13	Brenha/Maia	20	21-13, 21-0 Retired	0:22
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
Trail the series against # 20 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Child/Heese	4	Berg/Dahl	20	22-20, 19-21, 16-14	1:15
Lead the series against # 21 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
8/18/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	16	Hernandez/Papaleo	21	19-21, 21-16, 18-16	1:07
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 23 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
Trail the series against # 24 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-2
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Berg/Dahl	30, Q5	Horrem/Maaseide	20, Q1	24-22, 27-25	1:02
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