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

(4) Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany

Julius Brink
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Düsseldorf

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

14

Tournaments:

109

Career Wins:

9

Career Winnings:

US$671,335.00

Jonas Reckermann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rheine

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

11

Tournaments:

104

Career Wins:

7

Career Winnings:

US$691,427.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	33	5	7	9	3	3	1	3	0	2	0	US$657,500.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Jonas Reckermann - 1st	Julius Brink - 1st
2010	Jonas Reckermann - 4th	Julius Brink - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	4	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	2	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	2	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	2	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool D

Alexander Likholetov / Alexey Pastukhov, Russia (28)

Won 21-11, 21-13

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	22	13	1	0.545	0	10	4	3
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	4	1	1
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	6	3	2
Jonas Reckermann	Total	15	9	4	0.333	4	3	3	3
	1	2	2	0	1.000	2	0	3	1
	2	13	7	4	0.231	2	3	0	2

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool D

Jefferson Bellaguarda / Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (21)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	19	13	1	0.632	0	9	1	2
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	1	1	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	8	0	1
Jonas Reckermann	Total	17	13	0	0.765	4	1	0	3
	1	8	5	0	0.625	2	0	0	1
	2	9	8	0	0.889	2	1	0	2

Thu, 6/16/2011

Pool D

Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (45)

Won 21-18, 21-14

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	19	10	0	0.526	0	11	2	6
	1	6	4	0	0.667	0	2	1	3
	2	13	6	0	0.462	0	9	1	3
Jonas Reckermann	Total	30	18	3	0.500	2	3	1	2
	1	17	11	3	0.471	0	3	1	1
	2	13	7	0	0.538	2	0	0	1

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Karl Jaani / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (34)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	16	11	1	0.625	0	8	1	4
	1	7	6	1	0.714	0	4	1	4
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	4	0	0
Jonas Reckermann	Total	35	19	3	0.457	7	5	1	3
	1	18	10	2	0.444	2	2	0	2
	2	17	9	1	0.471	5	3	1	1

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 2

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)

Won 17-21, 21-19, 18-16

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	50	26	11	0.300	0	6	3	8
	1	19	11	5	0.316	0	2	0	3
	2	15	8	3	0.333	0	3	2	4
	3	16	7	3	0.250	0	1	1	1
Jonas Reckermann	Total	16	13	2	0.688	4	3	1	5
	1	2	2	0	1.000	1	0	0	3
	2	7	5	1	0.571	2	0	1	2
	3	7	6	1	0.714	1	3	0	0

Sat, 6/18/2011

Winner 3

Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (30)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	31	20	4	0.516	0	11	0	4
	1	20	12	4	0.400	0	6	0	2
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	5	0	2
Jonas Reckermann	Total	15	12	2	0.667	4	0	1	1
	1	5	5	0	1.000	1	0	1	1
	2	10	7	2	0.500	3	0	0	0

Sat, 6/18/2011

Semi-Finals

Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (2)

Lost 15-21, 15-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	10	4	2	0.200	0	4	0	2
	1	3	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	1
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	3	0	1
Jonas Reckermann	Total	31	11	7	0.129	2	0	1	2
	1	15	4	4	0.000	1	0	0	1
	2	16	7	3	0.250	1	0	1	1

Sun, 6/19/2011

Bronze Medal

Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (15)

Won 22-20, 18-21, 15-11

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	40	23	6	0.425	0	13	1	6
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	5	1	2
	2	16	7	3	0.250	0	4	0	3
	3	16	12	1	0.688	0	4	0	1
Jonas Reckermann	Total	22	13	5	0.364	2	2	0	0
	1	15	8	4	0.267	2	0	0	0
	2	5	3	1	0.400	0	1	0	0
	3	2	2	0	1.000	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	207	120	26	0.454	0	72	12	35
Jonas Reckermann	181	108	26	0.453	29	17	8	19
Total	388	228	52	0.454	29	89	20	54
Opponents	370	183	68	0.311	32	87	9	32

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Kjell Schneider - 3rd	Markus Dieckmann - 9th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Christoph Dieckmann - 17th	Mischa Urbatzka - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Jonas Reckermann - 1st	Julius Brink - 1st

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	3	1st	1000	US$60,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	4	3rd	800	US$35,000.00

Head to Head Results
Brink/Reckermann lead the series against the field 56-22 (Lead 23 Series, Trail 4 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 3-7
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	17-21, 21-19, 18-16	1:01
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	By Forfeit
8/8/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-19, 21-19	0:49
6/19/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-14	0:46
6/14/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-15, 21-15	0:44
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	2	15-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:53
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	4	21-18, 21-12	0:47
4/24/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 5	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-12, 21-18	0:44
7/25/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Brink/Reckermann	1	21-18, 21-15	0:48
7/5/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-17, 16-21, 15-10	1:07
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 3-4
6/18/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	2	Brink/Reckermann	4	21-15, 21-15	0:36
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Rego	2	Brink/Reckermann	4	15-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:50
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 6	Cerutti/Rego	5	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-11, 21-13	0:36
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 4	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cerutti/Rego	2	21-17, 21-19	0:47
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	2	Cerutti/Rego	5	21-18, 21-14	0:44
5/23/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	4	Brink/Reckermann	2	18-21, 21-19, 21-19	1:24
5/8/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	4	Cerutti/Rego	3	21-14, 18-21, 16-14	1:00
Lead the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 1-0
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Araujo/Santos	3	15-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 3-1
8/8/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	2	Klemperer/Koreng	19	22-20, 21-19	0:51
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	2	Klemperer/Koreng	7	21-15, 21-18	0:59
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Klemperer/Koreng	8	Brink/Reckermann	1	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:00
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-23, 21-9, 15-8	1:04
Series tied with # 6 Wu/Xu, China 1-1
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	10	Brink/Reckermann	2	26-24, 21-18	0:49
6/19/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Wu/Xu	5	25-27, 21-9, 15-10	1:06
Lead the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-0
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	29-27, 21-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 2-1
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 # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-1
5/7/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gavira/Herrera	7	14-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:52
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-17, 21-18	0:42
5/23/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	5	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-17, 21-17	0:47
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	4	Gavira/Herrera	2	23-21, 21-16	0:50
Trail the series against # 10 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 3-4
5/7/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-17, 21-11	0:36
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-17, 21-9	0:34
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	20-22, 21-17, 15-9	1:07
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	23-21, 21-13	0:46
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	21-18, 21-16	0:47
5/31/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Bronze Medal	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-19	0:50
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Brink/Reckermann	3	13-21, 24-22, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 11 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	2	Benes/Kubala	23	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 Ferramenta/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Ferramenta/Solberg	16	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:08
Lead the series against # 13 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	9	21-16, 21-14	0:47
Lead the series against # 15 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
6/19/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Plavins/Smedins	15	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:59
Lead the series against # 17 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 4-1
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	2	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	25-23, 25-27, 15-12	1:12
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 4	Brink/Reckermann	2	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	23-21, 21-18	0:53
8/23/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	10	Brink/Reckermann	1	21-23, 21-15, 15-11	1:09
7/26/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	1	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	21-13, 23-21	0:45
7/12/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	2	Nummerdor/Schuil	12	26-24, 21-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 19 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 2-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-17, 21-13	0:42
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-14, 21-8	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Brink/Reckermann	3	Erdmann/Matysik	20	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 21 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 2-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	21	21-17, 21-13	0:39
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 22 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Boersma/Spijkers	20	21-12, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 25 Ces/Ces, France 1-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Ces/Ces	18	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-18, 21-16	0:42
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Ces/Ces	31, Q4	21-14, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 5-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Lochhead/Pitman	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:53
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	Lochhead/Pitman	16	21-17, 21-17	0:39
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Brink/Reckermann	2	Lochhead/Pitman	15	21-19, 21-15	0:43
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:59
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Lochhead/Pitman	13	21-19, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 27 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	21-11, 25-23	0:47
Lead the series against # 28 Likholetov/Pastukhov, Russia 1-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Likholetov/Pastukhov	28	21-11, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 30 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-0
6/18/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Fijalek/Prudel	30	21-15, 21-16	0:41
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	4	Fijalek/Prudel	24	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:59
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	1	Fijalek/Prudel	21, Q3	21-19, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 31 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 5-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	17-21, 24-22, 15-11	0:56
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	27	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	1:08
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17, Q2	21-19, 21-17	0:49
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 4	Brink/Reckermann	1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	24	13-21, 21-16, 20-18	1:14
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23	21-18, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 34 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	4	Jaani/Vesik	34	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 38 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 2-0
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-18, 22-20	0:54
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 39 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Bogatov/Prokopiev	18	21-9, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 42 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Boehm/Kapa	29, Q18	21-18, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 45 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 2-0
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	45	21-18, 21-14	0:44
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	31, Q11	21-18, 21-15	0:42