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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 21 - 26, 2004

(11) Kjell Goranson/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway

Kjell Arne Goranson
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 13, 1970 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Baerum

Resides:

Oslo

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$55,635.00

Tarjei Viken Skarlund
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 6, 1978 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alesund

Resides:

Stavanger

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

148

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porto Santo 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Stavanger 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$286,217.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	3	1	US$27,250.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,000.00
Overall	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	1	3	1	US$28,250.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/5-8/2004	Switzerland Satellite	3	5	18	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	Q9	33	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	20	9	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	22, Q7	25	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	Q9	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	25	9	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q16	33	32	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	Q12	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	16, Q2	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	26, Q15	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	31, Q17	13	108	US$4,000.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 1	Espen Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (22)	Won 21-16, 24-26, 15-8	0:57
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 2	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (6)	Lost 14-21, 21-19, 16-18	0:57
Thu, 9/23/2004	Contender 2	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (21)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:41

Head to Head Results
Goranson/Skarlund trail the series against the field 2-9

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	2	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer	6	Goranson/Skarlund	11	21-14, 19-21, 18-16	0:57
Trail the series against # 8, Q1 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Ferreira	13	Goranson/Skarlund	20	21-19, 24-26, 16-14	1:08
Trail the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	24, Q1	Goranson/Skarlund	26, Q15	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Series tied with # 16 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 2	Goranson/Skarlund	20	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	22-24, 27-25, 15-12	1:23
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 3	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	31-29, 21-23, 15-12	1:23
Trail the series against # 19 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-3
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	27, Q8	Goranson/Skarlund	Q9	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	1:06
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 4	Brink/Schneider	24, Q2	Goranson/Skarlund	20	18-21, 26-24, 15-12	1:13
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	28, Q8	Goranson/Skarlund	Q9	21-18, 18-21, 20-18	1:08
Trail the series against # 21 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21	Goranson/Skarlund	11	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 22 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Goranson/Skarlund	11	Goranson/Hoidalen	22	21-16, 24-26, 15-8	0:57