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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open
August 11 - 16, 2009

(2) Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Solberg, 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

Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 27, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,121,562.50

Awards

Team of the Year 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Tour Champion 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Best Blocker 2013

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	US$73,500.00

Previous Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Bruno de Paula - Country Quota	Harley Marques - 5th
2008	Franco Neto - 9th	Harley Marques - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	6	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	6	9th	320	US$8,000.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/13/2009	Winner 1	Philip Gabathuler / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (31, Q2)	Lost 23-25, 21-16, 8-15	1:06
Thu, 8/13/2009	Contender 1	Florian Huth / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (18, Q5)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:47
Fri, 8/14/2009	Contender 2	Fabien Dugrip / Yannick Salvetti, France (16)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:36
Fri, 8/14/2009	Contender 3	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (8)	Won 19-21, 21-9, 19-17	0:56
Sat, 8/15/2009	Contender 4	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (6)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:38
Sat, 8/15/2009	Contender 5	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (5)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:39
Sat, 8/15/2009	Contender 6	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (12)	Lost 21-16, 21-23, 13-15	0:58

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	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$34,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,100.00
Total	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$73,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Benjamin Insfran												Pedro Solberg
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$27,250.00	World Championships	8	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	$60,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	87	8	6	3	5	15	31	10	3	0	$617,150.00
97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	90	10	5	6	9	10	30	9	6	0	$399,062.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	Challenger	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,750.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
											U21 World Championships	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
152	13	10	10	9	39	27	10	3	0	$704,037.50	Total	200	21	13	14	15	29	64	23	9	0	$1,121,562.50

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
2009	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	$73,500.00	21	9	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	$73,500.00	21	9	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Benjamin Insfran													Pedro Solberg
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB
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	2001	FIVB
10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50	2002	FIVB
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00	2003	FIVB
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	1	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	$75,000.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	$103,425.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,350.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	4	$36,550.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	$12,200.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	$8,000.00	2007	FIVB	16	3	0	2	1	3	4	1	0	2	$103,100.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S
17	1	0	1	0	4	5	0	1	5	$58,850.00	2008	FIVB	18	6	0	1	4	1	5	0	1	0	$146,800.00
10	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	3	$42,300.00	2009	FIVB	11	1	2	0	0	4	2	1	0	1	$68,800.00
114	12	9	9	8	28	14	5	3	26	$545,037.50	Total	Total	62	13	3	6	7	8	12	6	1	6	$334,750.00

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	15	75.0%	4	20.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2-8	20.0%	15-3	83.3%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	21-9	70.0%
2008-2009	15	75.0%	4	20.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2-8	20.0%	15-3	83.3%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	21-9	70.0%
Against the Field	9	75.0%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2-5	28.6%	18-0	100.0%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	13-6	68.4%

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	1	0	0	6	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	2
Total	0	1	0	0	6	3	0	0	8	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	21	9

Head to Head Results
Insfran/Solberg lead the series against the field 13-6 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 1-1
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 4	Insfran/Solberg	6	Cerutti/Marques	2	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:03
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Marques	2	Insfran/Solberg	7	27-25, 18-21, 15-7	1:18
Lead the series against # 5 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Insfran/Solberg	2	Heuscher/Heyer	5	21-17, 21-18	0:39
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Insfran/Solberg	4	Heuscher/Heyer	13	21-15, 24-26, 18-16	1:10
Lead the series against # 6 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 2-0
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Solberg	2	Maciel/Schmidt	6	21-18, 21-15	0:38
7/18/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Insfran/Solberg	4	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	21-18, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Insfran/Solberg	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	8	19-21, 21-9, 19-17	0:56
Trail the series against # 12 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 6	Ces/Ces	12	Insfran/Solberg	2	16-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 13 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Insfran/Solberg	4	Lario/Mesa	20, Q2	21-16, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 14 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q7	Insfran/Solberg	7	21-17, 20-22, 15-13	1:07
Lead the series against # 16 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Solberg	2	Dugrip/Salvetti	16	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 17, Q3 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Insfran/Solberg	7	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	10	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 18, Q5 Huth/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Insfran/Solberg	2	Huth/Urbatzka	18, Q5	21-16, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 25 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q10	Insfran/Solberg	6	25-23, 13-21, 16-14	1:18
Lead the series against # 30, Q4 Cadieux/Reader, Canada 1-0
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Solberg	6	Cadieux/Reader	27, Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 31, Q2 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	31, Q2	Insfran/Solberg	2	25-23, 16-21, 15-8	1:06
Trail the series against Barbosa/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Country Quota	Barbosa/Ferreira		Insfran/Solberg		21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # Q11 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Insfran/Solberg	4	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	29, Q20	21-15, 21-19	0:48
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Insfran/Solberg	6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	21-13, 18-21, 15-9	0:51