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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVII Olympic Games
September 16 - 26, 2000

(22) Bjorn Berg/Simon Dahl, Sweden

Bjorn Berg
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 24, 1972 (54 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 FIVB WT Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$172,673.32

Simon Dahl
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 6, 1975 (51 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$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 Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/25-27/2000	European Championships	4	7th	90	€ 2,700.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	16	7th	170	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	18	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	17	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	17	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	19	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	21	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	Q5	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Spain Open	22	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2000	Canada Open	Q5	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	Q6	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2000	Macau Open	23	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	1/18-23/2000	Brazil Open	31	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	1/12-16/2000	Argentina Open	30	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/5/1999	Brazil Open	30	25th	34	US$2,000.00

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 9/17/2000	Winner 1	Ricardo Santos / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (3)	Lost 5-15	0:38
Tue, 9/19/2000	Contender 1	Javier Bosma / Fabio Diez, Spain (10)	Lost 11-15	0:48

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
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Simon Dahl - 9th	Bjorn Berg - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Robert Svensson - 33rd	Did not play

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	1	$12,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	2	1	$44,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	59	0	0	0	0	3	3	11	5	11	12	14	$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	16	$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	2	$8,250.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$6,375.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	14	$28,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	5	$24,075.00
98	0	0	0	0	7	21	21	20	29	$116,472.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	6	16	12	13	17	$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	45	$165,847.50	Total	94	0	1	0	0	10	23	22	15	23	$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	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	5	0	3	$31,000.00	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 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	6	6	7	$48,500.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	3	2	60.0 %

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
14	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	0	3	$15,500.00	2000	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	0	3	$15,500.00
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
44	0	0	0	0	6	6	7	7	18	$29,318.75	Total	Total	41	0	0	0	0	6	6	7	6	16	$28,818.75

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%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	1-3	25.0%
Against the Field	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	5.3%	4	21.1%	14	73.7%	1-18	5.3%	16-22	42.1%	4-10	28.6%	1	0	11-18	37.9%

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 trail the series against the field 1-4 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 de Melo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
9/17/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Santos/de Melo	3	Berg/Dahl	22	15-5	0:38
Trail the series against # 10 Bosma/Diez, Spain 0-1
9/19/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 1	Bosma/Diez	10	Berg/Dahl	22	15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 13 Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 5	Kvalheim/Maaseide	3	Berg/Dahl	4	15-9	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	4	Ahmann/Hager	7	15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 21 Lebl/Palinek, Czechia 0-1
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Lebl/Palinek	5	Berg/Dahl	4	17-15	1:08