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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(8) 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:

16

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

13

Career FIVB WT Wins:

11

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:

18

Tournaments:

149

Career Wins:

17

Career FIVB WT Wins:

15

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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Hevaldo Moreira - Country Quota	Did not play
2010	Bruno Schmidt - 9th	Benjamin Insfran - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	11, Q1	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	8	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	8	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	11, Q1	5th	360	US$9,100.00
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

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool H

Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (32)

Won 15-21, 21-18, 23-21

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Benjamin Insfran	Total	42	27	5	0.524	5	1	1	1
	1	12	7	1	0.500	2	0	0	0
	2	12	9	1	0.667	1	0	0	1
	3	18	11	3	0.444	2	1	1	0
Bruno Schmidt	Total	22	9	5	0.182	0	9	0	1
	1	6	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	0
	2	4	1	1	0.000	0	3	0	1
	3	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	0	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool H

Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (17)

Lost 14-21, 18-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Benjamin Insfran	Total	21	10	2	0.381	2	3	0	0
	1	9	3	0	0.333	1	2	0	0
	2	12	7	2	0.417	1	1	0	0
Bruno Schmidt	Total	25	10	5	0.200	0	10	0	1
	1	14	6	3	0.214	0	3	0	1
	2	11	4	2	0.182	0	7	0	0

Thu, 6/16/2011

Pool H

Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (41)

Won 26-24, 18-21, 15-10

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Benjamin Insfran	Total	30	19	3	0.533	5	4	0	1
	1	13	7	3	0.308	2	3	0	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	1	0	0	1
	3	7	5	0	0.714	2	1	0	0
Bruno Schmidt	Total	30	16	7	0.300	0	12	1	4
	1	15	8	4	0.267	0	5	0	1
	2	12	6	3	0.250	0	6	0	2
	3	3	2	0	0.667	0	1	1	1

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (11)

Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-9

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Benjamin Insfran	Total	42	23	5	0.429	2	9	1	0
	1	17	10	3	0.412	0	1	0	0
	2	13	7	2	0.385	2	5	0	0
	3	12	6	0	0.500	0	3	1	0
Bruno Schmidt	Total	39	17	5	0.308	0	21	0	3
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	7	0	2
	2	15	6	1	0.333	0	5	0	1
	3	12	6	1	0.417	0	9	0	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 2

Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (30)

Lost 13-21, 16-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Benjamin Insfran	Total	15	6	3	0.200	1	4	0	2
	1	10	5	3	0.200	0	2	0	1
	2	5	1	0	0.200	1	2	0	1
Bruno Schmidt	Total	39	15	10	0.128	0	7	0	1
	1	18	6	5	0.056	0	2	0	0
	2	21	9	5	0.190	0	5	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Benjamin Insfran	150	85	18	0.447	15	21	2	4
Bruno Schmidt	155	67	32	0.226	0	59	1	10
Total	305	152	50	0.334	15	80	3	14
Opponents	325	173	46	0.391	13	81	6	33

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Marcio Araujo - 3rd	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Harley Marques - 9th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Joao Maciel - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Pedro Solberg - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Alison Cerutti - 1st
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Alison Cerutti - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Evandro Goncalves - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Saymon Barbosa - 5th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	8	9th	400	US$11,000.00

Head to Head Results
Insfran/Schmidt lead the series against the field 37-25 (Lead 18 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-3
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	15-21, 21-11 Retired	0:48
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 0-2
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	21-15, 21-19	0:41
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 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 1-2
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 5	Brink/Reckermann	2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	22-24, 21-17, 15-11	1:04
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-17, 21-16	0:49
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	7, Q1	Brink/Reckermann	2	15-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:56
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
Series tied with # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Fuerbringer/Lucena	1	21-12, 21-13	0:37
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	1:04
Series tied with # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Gavira/Herrera	5	Insfran/Schmidt	8	21-18, 14-21, 15-9	0:56
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 # 11 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 2-0
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Benes/Kubala	11	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:05
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	4	Benes/Kubala	12	21-9, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 15 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-3
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Insfran/Schmidt	13	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:03
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 4	Plavins/Smedins	8	Insfran/Schmidt	4	21-19, 21-19	0:50
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 17 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool H	Nummerdor/Schuil	17	Insfran/Schmidt	8	21-14, 21-18	0:39
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	15	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	23-25, 22-20, 15-12	1:08
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 20 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
Trail the series against # 21 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Insfran/Schmidt	8	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 22 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 2-0
8/28/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Semi-Finals	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Boersma/Spijkers	10	21-13, 29-27	0:54
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 # 23 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-0
8/28/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 6	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Hoyer/Soderberg	15	21-14, 23-21	0:50
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Insfran/Schmidt	13	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q11	21-18, 21-17	0:54
Trail the series against # 24 Jennings/Wong, United States 1-2
8/29/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Gold Medal	Jennings/Wong	21, Q1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	21-18, 18-21, 17-15	1:00
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 4	Jennings/Wong	21, Q1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	27-29, 21-18, 15-12	1:06
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Jennings/Wong	24, Q1	21-18, 23-25, 15-9	1:11
Lead the series against # 27 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
Trail the series against # 30 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-4
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	30	Insfran/Schmidt	8	21-13, 21-16	0:38
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool H	Fijalek/Prudel	24	Insfran/Schmidt	8	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:52
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Insfran/Schmidt	13	Fijalek/Prudel	4	17-21, 28-26, 15-10	1:11
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	21-18, 21-13	0:48
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Insfran/Schmidt	4	21-19, 21-18	0:52
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 # 31 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Schmidt	8	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 32 Lario/Mesa, Spain 2-0
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool H	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Lario/Mesa	32	15-21, 21-18, 23-21	1:00
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 # 34 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 4-0
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Jaani/Vesik	26, Q10	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:47
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 # 35 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 36 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
Lead the series against # 37 Barsuk/Yutvalin, Russia 1-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool H	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Barsuk/Yutvalin	25, Q24	23-21, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 39 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 # 40 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Laciga/Weingart	22	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 41 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool H	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	41	26-24, 18-21, 15-10	1:01
Lead the series against # 44 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 2-0
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Doppler/Mellitzer	24	21-19, 21-16	0:50
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 # 45 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	29, Q4	21-19, 21-19	0:49