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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Olympic Garden Open
May 19 - 23, 2004

(18) Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, Germany

Julius Brink
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Düsseldorf

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$802,839.18

Kjell Schneider
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 4, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kiel

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Espinho 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$156,854.23

Awards

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$19,490.92
FIVB	34	1	0	2	0	1	2	5	2	6	6	3	2	4	US$184,520.00
Overall	41	1	0	2	0	2	2	10	2	7	6	3	2	4	US$204,010.92

Previous Lianyungang Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		9th	40	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	24, Q15	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	20, Q15	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	19, Q6	17th	60	US$2,500.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		5th	120	€ 4,500.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	18, Q4	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q11	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q10	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q12	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	19, Q8	17th	60	US$2,500.00

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/21/2004	Winner 1	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (15)	Lost 21-18, 12-21, 6-15	0:55
Fri, 5/21/2004	Contender 1	Yiyao Fu / Zhaoyang Huang, China (31)	Won 21-14, 24-22	0:44
Fri, 5/21/2004	Contender 2	Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong, United States (17)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:40

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	4	$45,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	5	3	5	$104,420.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$9,500.00
Total	37	1	0	2	0	2	2	6	2	7	6	9	$194,020.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julius Brink												Kjell Schneider
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
4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$68,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$19,200.00
44	2	3	7	7	7	6	3	4	5	$312,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	4	10	$38,700.00
59	5	8	5	2	11	9	7	4	8	$290,260.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	1	0	0	1	4	6	8	8	14	$71,470.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
10	3	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	$43,250.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$7,500.00
119	12	11	14	11	19	18	13	8	13	$714,585.00	Total	70	1	0	2	2	9	8	11	12	25	$138,270.00

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
2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$6,420.00	14	6	70.0 %
2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	$9,000.00	15	13	53.6 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$9,000.00	7	6	53.8 %
2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	8	$24,420.00	36	25	59.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	4	5	44.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julius Brink													Kjell Schneider
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2000	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,210.00	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$4,470.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$4,500.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$4,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,500.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
24	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	1	12	$18,335.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	3	15	$19,570.00

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	71	78.0%	7	7.7%	13	14.3%	78-13	85.7%	13	23.6%	5	9.1%	37	67.3%	13-42	23.6%	71-37	65.7%	20-18	52.6%	0	1	91-56	61.9%
2003-2004	36	72.0%	4	8.0%	10	20.0%	40-10	80.0%	6	19.4%	2	6.5%	23	74.2%	6-25	19.4%	36-23	61.0%	10-12	45.5%	0	1	46-36	56.1%
Against the Field	19	63.3%	2	6.7%	9	30.0%	21-9	70.0%	5	20.8%	3	12.5%	16	66.7%	5-19	20.8%	38-32	54.3%	14-24	36.8%	0	0	26-28	48.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	17	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	2	28	4	7	8	0	0	13	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	69	40
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Total	10	4	33	6	9	12	0	0	26	21	1	2	2	0	1	0	97	63

Head to Head Results
Brink/Schneider trail the series against the field 12-14 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider		Laciga/Laciga		24-22, 18-21, 15-10	1:11
Trail the series against # 5 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	13	Brink/Schneider	20, Q15	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 11 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Alvarez/Rossell	14	Brink/Schneider	19, Q6	21-13, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 12 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 0-1
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 3	Bosma/Herrera	18	Brink/Schneider	24, Q15	21-13, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	13	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	16-21, 22-20, 17-15	1:06
Series tied with # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-1
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool E	Brink/Schneider		Hoidalen/Kjemperud		20-22, 21-16, 15-9	1:00
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Brink/Schneider	26, Q14	21-19, 16-21, 15-9	0:52
Trail the series against # 15 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	15	Brink/Schneider	18	18-21, 21-12, 15-6	0:55
Trail the series against # 17 Fonoimoana/Wong, United States 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Fonoimoana/Wong	17	Brink/Schneider	18	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 24 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 3-1
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 2	Brink/Schneider	24, Q15	Hernandez/Papaleo	23, Q2	21-19, 21-13	0:46
3/24/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	24, Q15	Hernandez/Papaleo	23, Q2	23-25, 21-15, 15-12	1:08
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	Brink/Schneider	Q10	21-13, 21-15	0:40
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Brink/Schneider	19, Q8	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q57	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 25 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Brink/Schneider	28, Q21	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	21-10, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 26 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-2
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	Brink/Schneider		21-18, 26-28, 15-11	1:07
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Ahmann/Hager		Brink/Schneider		18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 27, Q4 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-3
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	29, Q7	Brink/Schneider	20, Q15	17-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:55
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Brink/Schneider	19, Q6	Kais/Vesik	30, Q5	21-16, 21-9	0:38
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	Brink/Schneider	Q12	21-16, 22-20	0:36
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	Brink/Schneider	19, Q8	17-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 2-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Brink/Schneider		Deulofeu/Molinier		By Forfeit
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	Q16	Deulofeu/Molinier	Q17	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 31 Fu/Huang, China 1-0
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Brink/Schneider	18	Fu/Huang	31	21-14, 24-22	0:44
Lead the series against # Q12 Silva/Xisto, Angola 1-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Silva/Xisto	31	21-3, 21-9	0:29
Series tied with # Q14 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-1
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Brink/Schneider		21-12, 21-15	0:38
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	26, Q14	Grinbergs/Stals	Q19	24-26, 21-18, 15-9	0:56