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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Stavanger 2010
June 29 - July 4, 2010

(7) Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Schmidt, 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

Bruno Oscar Schmidt
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brasilia

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

149

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$958,775.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2010
Best Defensive Player 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Best Offensive Player 2015
Most Outstanding 2015, 2016
Sportsperson 2015, 2016
Team of the Year 2015 (with Alison Cerutti)
Tour Champion 2015 (with Alison Cerutti)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	28	0	1	1	1	7	2	9	0	4	0	3	US$239,000.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Marcio Araujo - 2nd	Did not play
2002	Marcio Araujo - 9th	Did not play
2003	Marcio Araujo - 17th	Did not play
2005	Harley Marques - 2nd	Did not play
2006	Harley Marques - 3rd	Did not play
2007	Bruno de Paula - 33rd	Did not play
2008	Franco Neto - 9th	Did not play
2009	Did not play	Joao Maciel - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	11	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	7	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2010	Brasilia Open	7, Q1	3rd	480	US$15,000.00

Stavanger Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/1/2010	Pool P	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (26, Q16)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	0:40
Thu, 7/1/2010	Pool P	Karl Jaani / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (23)	Won 18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:52
Thu, 7/1/2010	Pool P	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (10)	Won 21-8, 21-13	0:34
Sat, 7/3/2010	Winner 1	Matt Fuerbringer / Nick Lucena, United States (16, Q3)	Lost 20-22, 22-20, 12-15	1:04

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	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	1	3	0	7	0	4	0	0	$134,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	$93,600.00
Total	28	0	1	1	1	7	2	9	0	4	0	0	$239,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Benjamin Insfran												Bruno Schmidt
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	2	1	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	7	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$66,000.00
											World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$106,000.00
49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	71	8	5	4	7	9	27	6	0	0	$593,900.00
97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	58	3	4	3	3	16	12	8	2	0	$185,875.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$2,600.00
											Satellite	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
											U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
152	13	10	10	9	39	27	10	3	0	$704,037.50	Total	149	17	10	7	11	30	44	16	2	0	$958,775.00

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
2010	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$60,300.00	25	12	67.6 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$60,300.00	25	12	67.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Benjamin Insfran													Bruno Schmidt
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
10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00	2003	FIVB
12	1	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	$75,000.00	2004	FIVB
14	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	$103,425.00	2005	FIVB
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	4	$36,550.00	2006	FIVB
											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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,150.00
17	1	0	1	0	4	5	0	1	5	$58,850.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	3	$31,250.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,350.00
13	1	0	0	0	5	2	1	1	3	$51,250.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	2	$27,275.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	$30,150.00	2010	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	$30,150.00
124	12	9	10	8	31	18	7	3	26	$584,137.50	Total	Total	35	2	2	1	2	7	11	4	1	5	$95,175.00

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	61	68.5%	18	20.2%	10	11.2%	79-10	88.8%	16	31.4%	12	23.5%	23	45.1%	16-35	31.4%	61-23	72.6%	34-22	60.7%	1	2	96-47	67.1%
2009-2010	34	72.3%	9	19.1%	4	8.5%	43-4	91.5%	8	28.6%	5	17.9%	15	53.6%	8-20	28.6%	34-15	69.4%	17-9	65.4%	0	1	51-25	67.1%
Against the Field	34	69.4%	12	24.5%	3	6.1%	46-3	93.9%	11	27.5%	6	15.0%	23	57.5%	11-29	27.5%	68-40	63.0%	46-18	71.9%	1	2	58-31	65.2%

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	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	2	4	0	36	9	0	0	8	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	51	27
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	20	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	42	18
Total	6	3	9	0	38	10	0	0	29	23	1	2	1	1	0	1	96	47

Head to Head Results
Insfran/Schmidt lead the series against the field 22-11 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-2
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:03
4/24/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	Insfran/Schmidt	7, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-3
6/19/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 6	Cerutti/Rego	2	Insfran/Schmidt	11	21-15, 21-14	0:42
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Cerutti/Rego	5	Insfran/Schmidt	8	21-15, 21-11	0:39
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Cerutti/Rego	3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-19, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Gavira/Herrera	2	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Wu/Xu	10	17-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:00
Lead the series against # 5, Q4 Barbosa/Cunha, Brazil 3-1
6/19/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Barbosa/Cunha	13	21-13, 21-19	0:41
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barbosa/Cunha	17, Q9	Insfran/Schmidt	8	21-18, 21-15	0:43
4/25/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Bronze Medal	Insfran/Schmidt	7, Q1	Barbosa/Cunha	11	21-18, 21-12	0:43
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 4	Insfran/Schmidt	7, Q1	Barbosa/Cunha	11	21-17, 19-21, 17-15	0:55
Trail the series against # 6 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Marques/Solberg	5	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-13, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Fijalek/Prudel	8	19-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:10
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Fijalek/Prudel	9	13-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 9 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	25-23, 22-20	0:53
Lead the series against # 10 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	10	21-8, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 Jennings/Keenan, United States 1-0
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Jennings/Keenan	14	21-17, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 13 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool P	Bogatov/Prokopiev	10	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-16, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 15 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool P	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Dollinger/Windscheif	23	21-18, 22-20	0:46
Trail the series against # 16, Q3 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	1:04
Trail the series against # 17, Q7 Kolodinsky/Koshkarev, Russia 0-1
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Kolodinsky/Koshkarev	27	Insfran/Schmidt	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 18 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool Q	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	9	21-11, 22-20	0:49
Lead the series against # 23 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Jaani/Vesik	23	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:52
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Jaani/Vesik	25	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 26, Q16 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 27 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 2-0
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Bellaguarda/Laciga	22	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	1:02
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	7, Q1	Bellaguarda/Laciga	10	21-16, 13-21, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 29, Q11 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool P	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Erdmann/Matysik	26, Q10	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q5 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Lario/Mesa	26, Q2	21-17, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # Q6 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool Q	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Redmann/VanHuizen	24, Q4	21-17, 22-24, 16-14	1:03
Lead the series against # Q8 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	7, Q1	Dugrip/Salvetti	26, Q3	21-14, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # Q13 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
6/12/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Doppler/Mellitzer	31, Q12	21-11, 17-21, 18-16	1:03
Lead the series against # Q20 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Schmidt	7, Q1	Miramontes/Virgen	Q17	21-18, 21-18	0:46