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June 25 - July 4, 2009

(5) Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil

Shelda Kelly Bruno Bedê
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 1, 1973 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

59 kg (130 lb)

Seasons:

15

Tournaments:

148

Career Wins:

34

Career Winnings:

US$1,320,907.50

Ana Paula Connelly Henkel
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lavras (MG)

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

11

Tournaments:

113

Career Wins:

11

Career Winnings:

US$668,452.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	25	3	1	2	4	7	3	3	1	0	0	1	US$360,250.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Adriana Behar - 3rd	Tatiana Minello - 5th
2003	Adriana Behar - 3rd	Sandra Pires - 1st
2005	Adriana Behar - 4th	Leila Barros - Country Quota
2006	Adriana Behar - 2nd	Leila Barros - 3rd
2007	Adriana Behar - 17th	Leila Barros - 5th
2008	Ana Paula Connelly - 4th	Shelda Bede - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	3	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	9/15-20/2008	Guarajà Open	1	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	1	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	2	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	2	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$13,200.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool E

Lucy Boulton / Denise Johns, England (44)

Won 21-10, 21-10

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Shelda Bede	Total	8	5	0	0.625	0	8	4	0
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	6	1	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	2	3	0
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	20	14	3	0.550	1	2	3	3
	1	11	6	2	0.364	1	0	3	1
	2	9	8	1	0.778	0	2	0	2

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool E

Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (29)

Won 21-14, 21-14

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Shelda Bede	Total	27	15	1	0.519	0	8	0	3
	1	16	8	0	0.500	0	3	0	3
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	5	0	0
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	18	13	2	0.611	0	0	1	2
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	0	1	1
	2	11	8	2	0.545	0	0	0	1

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool E

Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (20)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Shelda Bede	Total	31	17	1	0.516	0	12	3	2
	1	13	7	0	0.538	0	5	2	1
	2	18	10	1	0.500	0	7	1	1
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	20	12	1	0.550	2	2	4	2
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	0	4	1
	2	8	5	0	0.625	2	2	0	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Imara Esteves Ribalta / Dalixia Fernandez Grasset, Cuba (42)

Won 21-14, 19-21, 17-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Shelda Bede	Total	29	17	3	0.483	0	13	1	1
	1	5	5	0	1.000	0	5	1	0
	2	14	6	2	0.286	0	3	0	1
	3	10	6	1	0.500	0	5	0	0
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	39	27	1	0.667	2	8	2	5
	1	15	11	1	0.667	0	4	1	2
	2	16	9	0	0.563	0	2	0	2
	3	8	7	0	0.875	2	2	1	1

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Ying Huang / Xi Zhang, China (15)

Won 22-20, 21-16

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Shelda Bede	Total	24	7	2	0.208	0	10	0	1
	1	13	4	0	0.308	0	5	0	1
	2	11	3	2	0.091	0	5	0	0
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	20	11	4	0.350	5	6	3	1
	1	11	4	3	0.091	4	4	2	0
	2	9	7	1	0.667	1	2	1	1

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 3

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (4)

Won 17-21, 22-20, 15-12

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Shelda Bede	Total	41	19	1	0.439	0	11	0	2
	1	11	4	0	0.364	0	5	0	2
	2	16	8	0	0.500	0	3	0	0
	3	14	7	1	0.429	0	3	0	0
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	30	17	2	0.500	3	6	2	5
	1	14	9	1	0.571	0	1	0	2
	2	8	4	1	0.375	2	3	1	2
	3	8	4	0	0.500	1	2	1	1

Sat, 7/4/2009

Semi-Finals

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)

Lost 26-28, 21-15, 9-15

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Shelda Bede	Total	41	17	4	0.317	0	19	2	2
	1	19	5	3	0.105	0	9	1	1
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	8	0	1
	3	11	5	1	0.364	0	2	1	0
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	29	15	4	0.379	2	3	1	2
	1	14	9	2	0.500	1	1	1	0
	2	10	5	1	0.400	1	2	0	1
	3	5	1	1	0.000	0	0	0	1

Sat, 7/4/2009

Bronze Medal

Maria Antonelli / Talita Antunes, Brazil (2)

Lost 13-21, 16-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Shelda Bede	Total	27	12	4	0.296	0	5	0	1
	1	16	4	3	0.063	0	2	0	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	3	0	0
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	20	11	4	0.350	1	1	1	1
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	1	1	0
	2	10	5	2	0.300	1	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Shelda Bede	228	109	16	0.408	0	86	10	12
Ana Paula Connelly	196	120	21	0.505	16	28	17	21
Total	424	229	37	0.453	16	114	27	33
Opponents	428	232	60	0.402	14	122	13	41

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Adriana Behar - 3rd	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Adriana Behar - 1st	Jackie Silva - 17th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Adriana Behar - 1st	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Adriana Behar - 2nd	Sandra Pires - 5th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Adriana Behar - 5th	Leila Barros - 9th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Adriana Behar - 17th	Leila Barros - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	5	4th	700	US$28,000.00

Head to Head Results
Bede/Connelly lead the series against the field 35-9 (Lead 20 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-3
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Bede/Connelly	5	28-26, 15-21, 15-9	1:13
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Kessy/Ross	8	Bede/Connelly	5	21-14, 21-18	0:43
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	8	Bede/Connelly	4	21-13, 21-17	0:36
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	3	Kessy/Ross	6	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Bronze Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Bede/Connelly	5	21-13, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
5/17/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Connelly	6	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	23-25, 21-19, 17-15	1:04
Lead the series against # 4 Branagh/Youngs, United States 3-1
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	5	Branagh/Youngs	4	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:03
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	Bede/Connelly	3	27-25, 21-19	0:56
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 4	Bede/Connelly	6	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 15-21, 17-15	0:59
3/30/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Bronze Medal	Bede/Connelly	11	Branagh/Youngs	4	21-19, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 7 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 4-0
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Bede/Connelly	2	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	3	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Bede/Connelly	5	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q14	21-14, 21-16	0:31
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	8	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q10	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 3-2
9/20/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Bronze Medal	Bede/Connelly	1	Salgado/Salgado	2	21-17, 21-18	0:37
9/6/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Salgado/Salgado	4	Bede/Connelly	1	21-19, 22-24, 15-10	1:08
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Connelly	3	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q1	21-18, 21-11	0:33
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	5	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q1	21-18, 21-19	0:45
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 4	Salgado/Salgado	11	Bede/Connelly	8	21-18, 13-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 9 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-0
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	2	Hakedal/Torlen	12	21-18, 21-14	0:43
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	5	Hakedal/Torlen	10	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # 10 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 4	Bede/Connelly	11	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	21-14, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Connelly	3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	14	21-18, 21-17	0:44
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	22	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Huang/Zhang, China 1-0
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	5	Huang/Zhang	15	22-20, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # 17 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 2-0
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Mouha/Van Breedam	21	14-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:48
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Connelly	4	Mouha/Van Breedam	20	21-11, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 18 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 3-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	1	Gioria/Momoli	8	21-11, 21-12	0:26
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Bede/Connelly	1	Gioria/Momoli	14	21-19, 21-19	0:44
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	2	Gioria/Momoli	19	21-9, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
Series tied with # 19 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 2-2
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	14	Bede/Connelly	3	12-21, 23-21, 16-14	1:02
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24	Bede/Connelly	1	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	2	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:38
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	3	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	30, Q25	21-18, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 20 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 24 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	11	Jursone/Minusa	22	21-14, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 29 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Hansel/Montagnolli	29	21-14, 21-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 30 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	8	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	24, Q9	21-12, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 33 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	5	Martins/Santanna	28, Q5	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 37 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Bede/Connelly	2	Baburina/Osheyko	27	21-10, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 39 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Connelly	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	30, Q5	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 42 Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset, Cuba 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	5	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	42	21-14, 19-21, 17-15	0:59
Lead the series against # 44 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Boulton/Johns	44	21-10, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 45 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Bede/Connelly	3	Dampney/Mullin	29, Q3	21-13, 21-12	0:35