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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Easy Living Italian Open
June 7 - 11, 2006

(Q24) Simon Dahl/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden

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

Stefan Gunnarsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Urshult

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Brno 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Québec 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$57,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	30	33	41	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	3	US$8,400.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,900.00
Overall	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	3	US$12,300.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	29, Q36	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB C&S	5/25-28/2006	Czech Republic Challenger	24, Q32	2nd	72	US$3,900.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 2	Giorgio Domenghini / Diego Nota, Italy (Q41)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:49
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 3	Thanassis Michalopoulos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (Q9)	Lost 21-19, 21-23, 13-15	1:06

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,000.00
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00
Total	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$12,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Simon Dahl												Stefan Gunnarsson
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,375.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	$24,075.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	$22,375.00
64	0	0	0	0	6	16	12	13	0	$79,347.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	4	0	$29,075.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	Challenger	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Goodwill Games
88	0	1	0	0	8	21	20	15	0	$115,322.50	Total	77	0	1	0	0	1	6	9	13	0	$57,050.00

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
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	7	2	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	7	2	77.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Simon Dahl													Stefan Gunnarsson
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	1997	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1998	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	$8,750.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	1999	FIVB C&S
15	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	3	$19,000.00	2000	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	$21,625.00	2001	FIVB
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	$17,347.50	2002	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	$25,250.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	$14,625.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
80	0	1	0	0	8	21	19	14	17	$111,122.50	Total	Total	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	$3,450.00

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	6	46.2%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	4-4	50.0%	0	1	10-13	43.5%
2005-2006	6	46.2%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	4-4	50.0%	0	1	10-13	43.5%
Against the Field	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	8-8	50.0%	0	1	8-10	44.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7
Challenger	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
Total	0	0	11	6	0	3	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	15

Head to Head Results
Dahl/Gunnarsson lead the series against the field 11-4 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q36	Insfran/Marques	4	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 12 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	14	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q36	21-13, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against Lelliott/Reader, Canada 1-0
5/28/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Semi-Finals	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Lelliott/Reader	14, Q3	21-16, 18-21, 17-15	0:56
Trail the series against Monteiro/Moreira, Brazil 0-2
5/28/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Gold Medal	Monteiro/Moreira	21, Q12	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	21-18, 21-18	0:49
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 4	Monteiro/Moreira	21, Q12	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	21-17, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q36	Lochhead/Pitman	Q4	21-19, 18-21, 17-15	0:58
Series tied with # Q9 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q9	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q24	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:06
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 3	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	22-20, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # Q26 Byron/Suan, Australia 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q36	Byron/Suan	Q20	25-23, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # Q30 Caravano/Damez, France 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Qualifier 1	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Caravano/Damez	Q1	21-16, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # Q32 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 1	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Biza/Kubala	9	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q34 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 2	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Brinkborg/Magnusson	8	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # Q35 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q36	Li/Zhou	Q29	21-19, 16-21, 18-16	0:59
Lead the series against # Q41 Domenghini/Nota, Italy 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q24	Domenghini/Nota	Q41	21-11, 21-15	0:49
Lead the series against # Q51 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Qualifier 2	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Indra/Wachter	Q17	21-13, 21-16	0:33