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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
June 4 - 8, 2003

(13) Bjorn Berg/Simon Dahl, Sweden

Bjorn Berg
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 24, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Umea

Resides:

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

Resides:

Stockholm

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 Rhodes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/1-6/2002	Brazil Open	12	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	16	5	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	18	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	16	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	20	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	21	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	23	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	14	17	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	13	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	16	5	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	14	10	0	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	26	17	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	20	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	24	17	90	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	22	7	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	22	7	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	20	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	16	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	11	25	36	US$2,000.00

Hellas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool D

Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (29, Q21)

Won 21-17, 18-21, 19-17

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bjorn Berg	Total	38	21	N/A	N/A	4	0	1	N/A
	1	38	21	N/A	N/A	4	0	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Simon Dahl	Total	22	17	N/A	N/A	2	5	1	N/A
	1	22	17	N/A	N/A	2	5	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool D

Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (4)

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bjorn Berg	Total	11	6	N/A	N/A	5	4	2	N/A
	1	11	6	N/A	N/A	5	4	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Simon Dahl	Total	29	15	N/A	N/A	1	3	0	N/A
	1	29	15	N/A	N/A	1	3	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Pool D

Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (20)

Won 21-13, 21-0 Retired

0:22

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bjorn Berg	Total	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Simon Dahl	Total	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 1

Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (14)

Lost 21-19, 21-23, 12-15

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bjorn Berg	Total	33	15	N/A	N/A	5	4	0	N/A
	1	33	15	N/A	N/A	5	4	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Simon Dahl	Total	31	17	N/A	N/A	1	11	1	N/A
	1	31	17	N/A	N/A	1	11	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bjorn Berg	82	42	N/A	N/A	14	8	3	N/A
Simon Dahl	82	49	N/A	N/A	4	19	2	N/A

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 16-16

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Berg/Dahl	18	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Berg/Dahl	16	21-12, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Berg/Dahl	23	Alvarez/Rossell	7, Q16	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Series tied with # 10 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Berg/Dahl	18	Holden/Leinemann	15	21-16, 21-17	0:40
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 5	Holden/Leinemann	23	Berg/Dahl	22	21-19, 21-15	0:44
Series tied with # 11 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
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 15 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-2
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 # 16 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 3-0
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
Series tied with # 18 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
Lead the series against # 20 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
Lead the series against # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 2-1
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 # 22, Q4 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	Berg/Dahl	13	18-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 29, Q21 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 # Q18 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