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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championship Final
June 9 - 13, 2004

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:

147

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Timmendorfer Strand 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$172,673.32

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 CEV Best:

5th (Timmendorfer Strand 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$129,264.07

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	10	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	49	57	Money
CEV	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$20,136.74
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	87	0	0	0	0	6	6	15	1	8	20	1	14	2	3	8	1	2	US$238,481.74

Previous Timmendorfer Strand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		9th	40	€ 1,500.00
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
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		17th	40	€ 2,000.00
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

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/11/2004	Pool C	Javier Bosma / Pablo Herrera, Spain	Lost 21-16, 17-21, 10-15	1:07
Fri, 6/11/2004	Pool C	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria	Lost 17-21, 24-22, 13-15	1:10
Sat, 6/12/2004	Pool C	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands	Won 23-21, 21-18	0:50
Sat, 6/12/2004	Winner 1	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:00
Sat, 6/12/2004	Winner 2	David Klemperer / Niklas Rademacher, Germany	Lost 19-21, 12-21	0:43

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
Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	$14,700.00
Total	84	0	0	0	0	6	4	15	8	21	14	0	$233,045.00

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
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$7,850.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$7,350.00
142	0	0	1	0	11	28	33	24	0	$165,847.50	Total	94	0	1	0	0	10	23	22	15	0	$122,672.50

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 %
2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	3	2	60.0 %
2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	3	0	$43,250.00	16	20	44.4 %
2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	1	2	33.3 %
2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	3	0	0	$34,695.00	18	18	50.0 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	0	2	0.0 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	4	0	0	$50,500.00	17	20	45.9 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$12,000.00	4	8	33.3 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	60	0	0	0	0	3	3	14	5	18	10	7	$195,945.00	56	69	44.8 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$14,700.00	9	13	40.9 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1998	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,143.75	1999	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,143.75
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,550.00	2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,550.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$6,000.00	2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$6,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
83	0	0	0	0	12	22	20	11	18	$109,041.25	Total	Total	80	0	0	0	0	12	22	20	10	16	$108,541.25

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	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	9.1%	5	45.5%	5	45.5%	1-10	9.1%	5-5	50.0%	1-6	14.3%	0	0	9-13	40.9%
2003-2004	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	3	42.9%	1-6	14.3%	4-3	57.1%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	5-7	41.7%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	3	42.9%	1-6	14.3%	8-6	57.1%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	6-7	46.2%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	11
Total	0	0	5	1	38	30	0	0	15	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	94

Head to Head Results
Berg/Dahl lead the series against the field 25-23 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 2-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	Berg/Dahl	23	22-20, 22-24, 15-11	1:08
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Berg/Dahl	14	Ahmann/Hager	15	21-18, 21-17	0:38
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	4	Ahmann/Hager	7	15-12	0:56
Series tied with Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-1
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk		Berg/Dahl		21-17, 15-21, 15-12
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 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 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-2
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Berger/Doppler		Berg/Dahl		21-17, 22-24, 15-13	1:10
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 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 2-2
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Bosma/Herrera		Berg/Dahl		16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:07
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
Trail the series against Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-2
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool E	Brink/Schneider		Berg/Dahl		21-15, 21-17	0:51
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Berg/Dahl	15	22-20, 31-29	0:57
Series tied with Canet/Hamel, France 3-3
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Berg/Dahl	17	Canet/Hamel	16	21-17, 21-11	0:42
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Canet/Hamel		Berg/Dahl		21-12, 15-21, 15-11	1:07
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 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 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Berg/Dahl		Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		22-20, 21-13	0:50
Lead the series against De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Berg/Dahl		De Gruijter/Ronnes		23-21, 21-18	0:50
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool E	Berg/Dahl		De Gruijter/Ronnes		21-16, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against 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 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-3
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
Trail the series against Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-3
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Egger/Heyer		Berg/Dahl		23-21, 26-24	0:55
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
Lead the series against Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl		Grinbergs/Stals		18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-1
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool E	Berg/Dahl		Hoidalen/Kjemperud		21-17, 21-18	0:46
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 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 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
Series tied with Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-1
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Klemperer/Rademacher		Berg/Dahl		21-19, 21-12	0:43
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Berg/Dahl	12	Klemperer/Rademacher	28, Q2	25-23, 19-21, 16-14	1:02