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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open Kristiansand 2010
August 10 - 15, 2010

(11, Q1) Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Schmidt, Brazil

Benjamin Insfran
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1972 (52 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 (38 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

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 Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Bruno de Paula - Country Quota	Did not play
2008	Franco Neto - 9th	Joao Maciel - 2nd
2009	Pedro Solberg - 5th	Joao Maciel - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	13	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	11, Q1	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	4	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	7	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/10/2010	Country Quota	Rhooney Ferramenta / Neilton Santos, Brazil	Won 21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:03
Wed, 8/11/2010	Qualifier 2	Alexander Likholetov / Evgeniy Romashkin, Russia (Q33)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:39
Wed, 8/11/2010	Qualifier 3	Martin Reader / Chaim Schalk, Canada (Q17)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:43
Thu, 8/12/2010	Winner 1	Christian Redmann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (22)	Lost 20-22, 24-26	0:53
Thu, 8/12/2010	Contender 1	Tom Gotz / Marcus Popp, Germany (27)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:35
Fri, 8/13/2010	Contender 2	Karl Jaani / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (12)	Won 23-21, 21-16	0:43
Fri, 8/13/2010	Contender 3	Philip Gabathuler / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (20)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:35
Sat, 8/14/2010	Contender 4	Emiel Boersma / Daan Spijkers, Netherlands (23, Q8)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:37
Sat, 8/14/2010	Contender 5	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (6)	Won 12-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:04
Sat, 8/14/2010	Contender 6	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (5)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 19-21	1:08

Head to Head Results
Insfran/Schmidt lead the series against the field 24-10 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 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
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/6/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Insfran/Schmidt		21-14, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 6	Marques/Solberg	5	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	21-15, 18-21, 21-19	1:08
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Marques/Solberg	5	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-13, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 2-0
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Wu/Xu	6	12-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:04
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 # 8 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	4	Benes/Kubala	12	21-9, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 9 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 3-0
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	27	19-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:58
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	20	21-11, 28-26	0:44
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 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 3-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Jaani/Vesik	12	23-21, 21-16	0:43
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
Lead the series against # 14 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-0
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22	21-19, 21-19	0:52
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 # 15 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Insfran/Schmidt	13	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q11	21-18, 21-17	0:54
Lead the series against # 20 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Series tied with # 22 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Redmann/VanHuizen	22	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	22-20, 26-24	0:53
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 # 23, Q8 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Boersma/Spijkers	23, Q8	21-10, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 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 # 27 Gotz/Popp, Germany 1-0
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Gotz/Popp	27	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against de Paula/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
7/27/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Country Quota	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Magalhaes/de Paula		21-19, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against Ferramenta/Santos, Brazil 1-0
8/10/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Country Quota	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Ferramenta/Santos		21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:03
Lead the series against # Q6 Pastukhov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Pastukhov/Semenov	Q16	23-21, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # Q17 Reader/Schalk, Canada 1-0
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 3	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Reader/Schalk	Q17	21-19, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # Q18 Leeb/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Leeb/Wutzl	Q32	21-13, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # Q33 Likholetov/Romashkin, Russia 1-0
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Likholetov/Romashkin	Q33	21-15, 21-18	0:39