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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 World Series 13
July 14 - 18, 2004

(28, Q6) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Rudiger Strosik - 41st	Malte Homeyer - 57th
2003	Kjell Schneider - 41st	Julius Brink - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	28, Q8	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	29, Q9	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	30, Q12	25th	60	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		17th	40	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	21, Q10	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	18	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/14/2004	Qualifier 2	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (Q11)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:41
Thu, 7/15/2004	Winner 1	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (5)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:46
Thu, 7/15/2004	Contender 1	Ramon Hernandez / Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico (21, Q4)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 13-15	1:10

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	1	$25,750.00	22	17	56.4 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	5	9	$41,170.00	51	36	58.6 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,000.00	5	7	41.7 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$12,875.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$12,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00
31	0	0	0	0	2	6	5	5	13	$27,710.00	Total	Total	36	0	0	0	1	1	5	6	7	16	$28,945.00

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	25	62.5%	4	10.0%	11	27.5%	29-11	72.5%	5	17.2%	3	10.3%	21	72.4%	5-24	17.2%	50-40	55.6%	18-28	39.1%	0	1	34-35	49.3%

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 24-31 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 14 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-4
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	Brink/Schneider	28, Q8	By Forfeit	0:40
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Brink/Schneider	30, Q12	23-21, 21-18	0:55
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Brink/Schneider		21-17, 21-17	0:41
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Brink/Schneider	19, Q6	21-11, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel		Brink/Schneider		21-17, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-2
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	18-21, 21-15, 19-17	1:00
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Brink/Schneider	Q16	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	5	Brink/Schneider	28, Q6	21-16, 21-18	0:46
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 1	Baracetti/Conde	14	Brink/Schneider	30, Q12	21-10, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-2
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	28, Q8	Egger/Heyer	5	21-18, 25-23	0:49
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	4	Brink/Schneider	29, Q9	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:57
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	13	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	16-21, 22-20, 17-15	1:06
Trail the series against # 9 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Canet/Hamel		Brink/Schneider		21-18, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 10 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 3-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	21, Q10	Deulofeu/Molinier	Q7	21-14, 21-16	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-2
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	12	Brink/Schneider	21, Q10	24-26, 21-18, 20-18	1:23
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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 15 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Brink/Schneider	24, Q15	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 16 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 # 19 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-2
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Brink/Schneider	28, Q8	Alvarez/Rossell	19, Q1	14-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:58
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Rossell	20	Brink/Schneider	29, Q9	21-19, 21-16	0:43
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 # 20 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Gartmayer/Nowotny	21	Brink/Schneider	28, Q8	16-21, 23-21, 15-6	0:59
Lead the series against # 21, Q4 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 3-2
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	21, Q4	Brink/Schneider	28, Q6	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	1:10
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 # 22, Q7 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	28, Q8	Goranson/Skarlund	Q9	21-18, 18-21, 20-18	1:08
Series tied with # 23, Q2 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-1
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Brink/Schneider	19, Q8	Berger/Doppler	14	21-16, 21-19	0:44
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Brink/Schneider	28, Q21	21-17, 21-7	0:32
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 25 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
Trail the series against # 29, Q8 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-3
6/16/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	Brink/Schneider		26-24, 22-20	0:50
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
Lead the series against # 30, Q3 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 2-0
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool E	Brink/Schneider		Berg/Dahl		21-15, 21-17	0:51
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Berg/Dahl	15	22-20, 31-29	0:57
Series tied with # Q5 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-1
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk		Brink/Schneider		21-19, 18-21, 15-13	1:05
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q13	28-26, 22-20	0:54
Lead the series against # Q11 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	28, Q6	Gosch/Strauss	Q11	21-13, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # Q13 Pocock/Rorich, South Africa 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	21, Q10	Pocock/Rorich	Q23	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q14 Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 2-0
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brink/Schneider	30, Q12	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q21	21-17, 21-17	0:46
3/16/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	20, Q15	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q18	21-19, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # Q18 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Brink/Schneider		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		22-20, 21-14	0:52
Lead the series against # Q19 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 3-0
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	29, Q9	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q25	21-18, 21-19	0:44
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	19, Q8	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q25	21-15, 21-19	0:39
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	26, Q14	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q30	21-16, 21-11	0:38