Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

(3) Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques, Brazil

Benjamin Insfran
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Porto Murtinho-MS

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$704,037.50

Harley Marques Silva
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brasilia, DF

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

147

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$732,187.50

Awards

Most Outstanding 2008, 2009
Team of the Year 2008 (with Pedro Solberg)
Tour Champion 2008 (with Pedro Solberg)
Most Inspirational 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	28	2	2	5	3	3	4	2	1	1	0	5	US$322,950.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Marcio Araujo - 33rd	Did not play
2002	Marcio Araujo - 2nd	Did not play
2003	Marcio Araujo - 4th	Franco Neto - 9th
2004	Marcio Araujo - 3rd	Luizao Correa - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	3	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	3, Q1	2nd	504	US$27,500.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	4	9th	400	US$13,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	5	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	5	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	4	4th	280	US$12,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/14/2005	Winner 1	Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Ukraine (30, Q20)	Lost 21-11, 25-27, 11-15	0:57
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 1	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (14)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:46
Fri, 7/15/2005	Contender 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (13)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:40
Fri, 7/15/2005	Contender 3	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (5)	Lost 21-13 Retired	0:21

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$71,950.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	2	1	4	3	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	$237,500.00
Total	28	2	2	5	3	3	4	2	1	1	0	0	$322,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Benjamin Insfran												Harley Marques
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$27,250.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$41,250.00
49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	48	2	2	1	1	9	12	3	2	0	$207,275.00
97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	14	3	10	11	16	13	7	4	0	$482,462.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$950.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
152	13	10	10	9	39	27	10	3	0	$704,037.50	Total	147	16	7	11	12	25	28	13	7	0	$732,187.50

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
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00	9	4	69.2 %
2005	FIVB	7	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$103,500.00	32	17	65.3 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	2	1	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$124,500.00	41	21	66.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Benjamin Insfran													Harley Marques
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1999	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB C&S
13	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	$76,000.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,750.00
10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50	2002	FIVB	7	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	$28,137.50
10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00	2003	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	0	$50,750.00
12	1	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	$75,000.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	4	$26,900.00
7	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	$51,750.00	2005	FIVB	7	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	$51,750.00
58	8	9	4	8	13	6	2	1	7	$344,662.50	Total	Total	40	2	2	1	6	7	10	3	1	8	$161,287.50

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	69	70.4%	15	15.3%	14	14.3%	84-14	85.7%	16	32.0%	11	22.0%	23	46.0%	16-34	32.0%	69-23	75.0%	31-25	55.4%	4	1	104-49	68.0%
2004-2005	46	69.7%	11	16.7%	9	13.6%	57-9	86.4%	9	30.0%	8	26.7%	13	43.3%	9-21	30.0%	46-13	78.0%	20-17	54.1%	4	1	70-31	69.3%
Against the Field	31	66.0%	7	14.9%	9	19.1%	38-9	80.9%	5	17.9%	7	25.0%	16	57.1%	5-23	17.9%	62-26	70.5%	24-32	42.9%	2	1	45-30	60.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	9	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	20	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	37	16	3	7	4	3	2	1	81	36
Total	1	5	5	0	5	1	0	0	47	20	4	8	5	3	2	2	104	49

Head to Head Results
Insfran/Marques lead the series against the field 23-18 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 4 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-7
7/3/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	2	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	21-16, 21-19	0:47
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	2	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	22-20, 21-14	0:48
6/19/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	5	21-19, 21-13	0:44
6/18/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	5	21-14, 25-27, 15-12	1:08
6/12/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Bronze Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	5	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:59
5/21/05	FIVB	China Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	4	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	1:01
3/27/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	3	23-21, 20-22, 15-13	1:06
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
7/9/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Insfran/Marques	3	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	1:08
6/11/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	7, Q1	Insfran/Marques	5	26-24, 21-17	0:57
Series tied with # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-1
7/3/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	21-7, 21-14	0:35
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	8	Insfran/Marques	5	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Series tied with # 5 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-1
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Rogers/Scott	5	Insfran/Marques	3	21-13 Retired	0:21
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Marques	2	Rogers/Scott	12	28-26, 21-17	0:52
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
5/22/05	FIVB	China Open	Bronze Medal	Egger/Laciga	6	Insfran/Marques	4	16-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:03
Series tied with # 7 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-2
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Brink/Schneider	6	Insfran/Marques	3	15-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:56
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Brink/Schneider	13	Insfran/Marques	4	13-21, 21-16, 17-15	1:02
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	5	Brink/Schneider	12	21-13, 21-16	0:55
5/21/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Insfran/Marques	4	Brink/Schneider	14	21-19, 30-32, 15-11	1:18
Lead the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Insfran/Marques	4	Brenha/Maia	48	21-18, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 Conde/Salema, Argentina 3-1
7/9/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Insfran/Marques	3	Conde/Salema	7	21-11, 21-14	0:39
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 5	Conde/Salema	10	Insfran/Marques	4	21-16, 21-14	0:47
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Marques	5	Conde/Salema	4	21-19, 21-17	0:51
5/21/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 6	Insfran/Marques	4	Conde/Salema	15	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 12 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	4	Kais/Vesik	13	19-21, 21-13, 17-15	0:55
Lead the series against # 13 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-0
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Marques	3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	21-14, 21-15	0:40
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Marques	5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 14 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Insfran/Marques	3	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 19 Gibb/Metzger, United States 1-0
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 4	Insfran/Marques	4	Gibb/Metzger	38	21-15, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 23, Q12 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	Gscheidle/Schnider	Q16	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Series tied with # 27 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-1
3/28/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Bronze Medal	Insfran/Marques	3	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q11	21-11, 21-15	0:41
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 4	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q11	Insfran/Marques	3	21-11, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 28, Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	4	Hernandez/Papaleo	29	21-13, 22-20	0:49
Trail the series against # 30, Q20 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Ukraine 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	30, Q20	Insfran/Marques	3	11-21, 27-25, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against Ferreira/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	Ferreira/Ferreira		21-15, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against Neto/Ramos, Brazil 2-1
7/10/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Bronze Medal	Neto/Ramos	5	Insfran/Marques	3	21-10, 21-16	0:48
6/19/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Insfran/Marques	5	Neto/Ramos	2	21-18, 21-15	0:52
6/11/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 6	Insfran/Marques	5	Neto/Ramos	2	21-17, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # Q1 Boersma/Kogel, Netherlands 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Marques	3	Boersma/Kogel	16	21-6, 24-22	0:36
Lead the series against # Q4 Rossell/Villar, Cuba 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	Rossell/Villar	30, Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q13 Morikawa/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Marques	4	Morikawa/Shiratori	29, Q13	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q18 Nishimura/Yamamoto, Japan 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Marques	5	Nishimura/Yamamoto	28, Q14	21-19, 21-15	0:50