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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 21 - 26, 2004

(19) Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, 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:

109

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$671,335.00

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$130,770.00

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
FIVB	34	1	0	2	0	1	2	5	2	6	6	3	2	4	US$184,520.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	27, Q8	25th	54	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	24, Q2	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	28, Q6	25th	56	US$3,250.00
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
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
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 1	Mariano Baracetti / Pedro Depiaggio, Argentina (14)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:37
Thu, 9/23/2004	Contender 1	Marvin Polte / Thorsten Schoen, Germany (30, Q8)	Won 21-16, 23-21	0:49
Thu, 9/23/2004	Contender 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (13)	Lost 21-18, 22-24, 10-15	0:55

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	0	$45,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	5	3	0	$104,420.00
Total	34	1	0	2	0	1	2	5	2	6	6	0	$184,520.00

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	0	$19,200.00
44	2	3	7	7	7	6	3	4	0	$312,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	4	0	$38,700.00
59	5	8	5	2	11	9	7	4	0	$290,260.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	1	0	0	1	4	6	8	8	0	$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
109	9	11	14	9	18	15	12	8	0	$671,335.00	Total	66	1	0	2	2	7	7	10	12	0	$130,770.00

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 %
2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	1	$38,750.00	31	23	57.4 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	6	9	$54,170.00	60	42	58.8 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6	1	$19,375.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6	1	$19,375.00
30	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	6	13	$29,085.00	Total	Total	36	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	8	16	$31,445.00

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	18	62.1%	4	13.8%	7	24.1%	22-7	75.9%	6	31.6%	1	5.3%	12	63.2%	6-13	31.6%	36-22	62.1%	20-16	55.6%	0	1	28-20	58.3%

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
Total	10	4	33	6	7	8	0	0	24	19	1	2	2	0	1	0	91	56

Head to Head Results
Brink/Schneider trail the series against the field 13-17 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	2	Brink/Schneider	24, Q2	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Brink/Schneider	24, Q2	21-13, 21-16	0:35
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 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
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
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Brink/Schneider	19, Q6	21-11, 21-14	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 11 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 3-0
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	27, Q8	Goranson/Skarlund	Q9	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	1:06
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 4	Brink/Schneider	24, Q2	Goranson/Skarlund	20	18-21, 26-24, 15-12	1:13
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 # 12 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-1
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	22	Brink/Schneider	27, Q8	22-20, 21-13	0:45
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q13	28-26, 22-20	0:54
Trail the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-4
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	13	Brink/Schneider	19	18-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:55
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 # 14 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Depiaggio	14	Brink/Schneider	19	21-12, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 20 Boersma/Kogel, Netherlands 1-0
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 2	Brink/Schneider	24, Q2	Boersma/Kogel	25, Q3	15-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 21 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	29, Q9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q24	24-22, 21-16	0:50
Lead the series against # 26 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 # 30, Q8 Polte/Schoen, Germany 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Brink/Schneider	19	Polte/Schoen	30, Q8	21-16, 23-21	0:49