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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 St. Petersburg Grand Slam
June 16 - 20, 2015

(28, Q5) Geir Eithun/Iver Horrem, Norway

Geir Eithun
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Førde

Resides:

Førde

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Long Beach 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$70,275.00

Iver Andreas Horrem
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 1, 1977 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aukra

Resides:

Oslo

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

183

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$256,065.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	9	12	9	1	5	US$115,550.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	8	17	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	30, Q13	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	27, Q13	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	18	17	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	11	17	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	17, Q2	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q15	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/30-8/3/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q17	41	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Q12	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	Q6	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q6	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	9	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	26	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	26, Q6	17	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	21	25	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	22	17	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	20	25	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	18	5	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q9	41	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	28	37	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	Q4	33	160	US$0.00

St. Petersburg Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/16/2015	Qualifier 2	Avery Drost / Will Montgomery, United States (Q12)	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:41
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool E	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (5)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:39
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool E	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (12)	Won 21-18, 23-21	0:52
Thu, 6/18/2015	Pool E	Markus Bockermann / Lars Fluggen, Germany (21)	Lost 17-21, 22-20, 14-16	1:08
Fri, 6/19/2015	Winner 1	Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter, Canada (9)	Won 17-21, 25-23, 15-10	1:06
Fri, 6/19/2015	Winner 2	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (3)	Lost 16-21, 21-17, 11-15	0:59

Head to Head Results
Eithun/Horrem trail the series against the field 10-32

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-4
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool C	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Eithun/Horrem	30, Q13	21-13, 21-15	0:36
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Eithun/Horrem	26	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:04
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Eithun/Horrem	23	28-26, 21-11	0:47
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q6	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	3	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q5	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	0:59
Trail the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool E	Rego/Santos	5	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q5	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 1	Doppler/Horst	10	Eithun/Horrem	8	21-15, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-5
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Patterson	11	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q13	By Forfeit
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Gibb/Patterson	8	Eithun/Horrem	9	21-17, 23-21	0:41
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Gibb/Patterson	10	Eithun/Horrem	26	21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:48
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gibb/Patterson	1	Eithun/Horrem	18	21-13, 21-17	0:36
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool D	Gibb/Patterson	4	Eithun/Horrem	28	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 9 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 2-0
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 1	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q5	Binstock/Schachter	9	17-21, 25-23, 15-10	1:06
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool H	Eithun/Horrem	8	Binstock/Schachter	9	21-17, 17-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 10 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-2
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	24	Eithun/Horrem	9	19-21, 21-14, 23-21	1:05
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	12	Eithun/Horrem	21	21-15, 21-9	0:33
Trail the series against # 11 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	19	Eithun/Horrem	30, Q13	21-19, 21-11	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool E	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q5	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-18, 23-21	0:52
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Eithun/Horrem	26, Q6	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:51
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Eithun/Horrem	22	25-23, 21-8	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-3
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Eithun/Horrem	21	21-15, 22-20	0:41
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gavira/Herrera	30, Q20	Eithun/Horrem	Q4	28-26, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	5	Eithun/Horrem	28	19-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 14 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Bourne/Hyden	6	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q13	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 15 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool C	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	14	Eithun/Horrem	30, Q13	21-13, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 17 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-3
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	25, Q3	Eithun/Horrem	8	21-14, 22-20	0:37
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Qualifier 2	Eithun/Horrem	30, Q13	Kantor/Losiak	Q4	21-16, 21-19	0:38
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	25	Eithun/Horrem	9	21-19, 21-14	0:39
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	23	Eithun/Horrem	26	21-19, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 18 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q13	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	Q4	21-16, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-3
7/22/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	27, Q5	Eithun/Horrem	Q12	21-19, 21-15	0:41
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	Eithun/Horrem	Q6	21-14, 21-17	0:36
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	25, Q2	Eithun/Horrem	22	22-24, 21-17, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 21 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool E	Bockermann/Fluggen	21	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q5	21-17, 20-22, 16-14	1:08
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Ontiveros/Virgen	11	Eithun/Horrem	18	21-16, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 26 Brunner/Lucena, United States 1-0
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool H	Eithun/Horrem	8	Brunner/Lucena	24, Q2	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 2-0
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q13	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q20	14-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:50
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Eithun/Horrem	17, Q2	Kissling/Kovatsch	22	9-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # Q6 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-2
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Huber/Seidl	23, Q3	Eithun/Horrem	26, Q6	21-15, 22-20	0:33
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Huber/Seidl	13	Eithun/Horrem	20	21-17, 21-19	0:41
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Eithun/Horrem	18	Huber/Seidl	8	21-18, 13-21, 20-18	1:01
Lead the series against # Q12 Drost/Montgomery, United States 1-0
6/16/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q5	Drost/Montgomery	Q12	21-16, 21-10	0:41