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European Championship Tour
€ 70,000 Austrian Masters presented by Autohaus Bierbaum
June 3 - 7, 2009

(4, Q1) Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany

Julius Brink
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Düsseldorf

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$803,500.00

Jonas Reckermann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rheine

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

123

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$801,601.71

Awards

Team of the Year 2009 (with Jonas Reckermann)
Tour Champion 2009 (with Jonas Reckermann)

Awards

Best Blocker 2009
Team of the Year 2009 (with Julius Brink)
Tour Champion 2009 (with Julius Brink)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	9	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$103,603.82
FIVB	33	5	7	9	3	3	1	3	0	2	0	US$657,500.00
Overall	42	8	9	10	4	4	1	4	0	2	0	US$761,103.82

Previous Baden Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	3	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	4	1st	600	US$30,000.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	8	2nd	540	€ 5,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00

Austrian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/4/2009	Qualifier 2	Tim Oude Elferink / Jon Stiekema, Netherlands (Q16)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:45
Thu, 6/4/2009	Qualifier 3	Michal Litva / Peter Varga, Slovakia (Q8)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:41
Fri, 6/5/2009	Winner 1	Peter Gartmayer / Alexander Huber, Austria (13)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:43
Fri, 6/5/2009	Winner 2	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (12, Q5)	Won 21-17, 12-8 Retired
Sat, 6/6/2009	Winner 3	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (8)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:44
Sat, 6/6/2009	Semi-Finals	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (2)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:47
Sun, 6/7/2009	Gold Medal	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (8)	Lost 21-13, 23-25, 11-15	1:02

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$)
Olympic Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$95,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	2	3	4	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$357,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	1	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	$204,700.00
Confederation Championship	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$46,500.00
Total	37	7	7	9	4	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	$704,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julius Brink												Jonas Reckermann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$68,500.00	World Championships	6	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$63,250.00
44	2	3	7	7	7	6	3	4	0	$312,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	3	4	4	4	11	13	1	0	0	$324,925.00
59	5	8	5	2	11	9	7	4	0	$290,260.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	14	6	4	11	6	10	1	0	$303,252.50
10	3	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	$43,250.00	Confederation Championship	9	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	$49,250.00
119	12	11	14	11	19	18	13	8	0	$714,585.00	Total	113	11	19	12	9	22	24	13	1	0	$740,677.50

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
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	4	1	80.0 %
2009	FIVB	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$56,200.00	15	6	71.4 %
2009	CEV	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	10	2	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$56,200.00	15	6	71.4 %
Total	CEV	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,250.00	14	3	82.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julius Brink													Jonas Reckermann
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	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$700.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	2	$19,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00	2001	CEV Under Age
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,210.00	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	$17,652.50
											2002	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$4,500.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	2	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	$47,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	2003	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,375.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6	1	$19,375.00	2004	FIVB	11	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	$78,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2004	CEV	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00
9	1	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	$65,175.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	3	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$65,625.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,450.00	2005	CEV	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,825.00
9	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$88,700.00	2006	FIVB
4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,975.00	2006	CEV
12	0	0	0	3	4	3	1	1	0	$58,050.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	2	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	$60,350.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,550.00	2007	CEV
12	1	3	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	$91,500.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	2	1	1	4	3	2	0	0	$74,050.00
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,600.00	2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,900.00
3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$28,100.00	2009	FIVB	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$28,100.00
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2009	CEV	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
96	10	6	9	9	15	18	9	7	13	$419,010.00	Total	Total	87	6	16	4	6	21	20	11	1	2	$434,202.50

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	30	73.2%	6	14.6%	5	12.2%	36-5	87.8%	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5-3	62.5%	30-1	96.8%	11-7	61.1%	2	1	43-9	82.7%
2008-2009	17	70.8%	4	16.7%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	17-0	100.0%	5-4	55.6%	1	1	23-5	82.1%
Against the Field	12	57.1%	4	19.0%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	24-0	100.0%	12-12	50.0%	2	1	20-7	74.1%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	42	6	0	0	27	6	5	6	4	2	2	3	80	23
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	9	5	5	4	1	1	4	60	22
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	6	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	20	5
Total	0	0	0	0	61	8	0	0	78	16	14	13	9	4	7	7	182	51

Head to Head Results
Brink/Reckermann lead the series against the field 13-3 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
5/10/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Gold Medal	Heuscher/Heyer	3	Brink/Reckermann	8	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:08
Lead the series against # 2 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 3-0
6/6/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	4, Q1	Klemperer/Koreng	2	21-16, 22-20	0:47
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-23, 21-9, 15-8	1:04
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	8	Klemperer/Koreng	1	22-20, 19-21, 15-7	1:14
Lead the series against # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 2-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:58
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	21-12, 21-12	0:37
Series tied with # 8 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
6/7/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Gold Medal	Gavira/Herrera	8	Brink/Reckermann	4, Q1	13-21, 25-23, 15-11	1:02
6/6/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4, Q1	Gavira/Herrera	8	21-14, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 9 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
5/9/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	8	Kais/Vesik	12	21-12, 21-18	0:43
5/3/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Kais/Vesik	10	21-17, 21-9	0:37
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Kais/Vesik	10	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 12, Q5 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4, Q1	Bellaguarda/Laciga	12, Q5	21-17, 12-8 Retired
Lead the series against # 13 Gartmayer/Huber, Austria 1-0
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	4, Q1	Gartmayer/Huber	13	21-16, 22-20	0:43
Lead the series against # Q8 Litva/Varga, Slovakia 1-0
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Brink/Reckermann	4, Q1	Litva/Varga	Q8	21-14, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # Q15 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	19	21-17, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # Q16 Oude Elferink/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-0
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Brink/Reckermann	4, Q1	Oude Elferink/Stiekema	Q16	21-15, 21-12	0:45