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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Portugal Open
June 2 - 6, 2004

(21, Q10) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Kjell Schneider - 33rd	Julius Brink - 33rd
2003	Kjell Schneider - 9th	Julius Brink - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/2/2004	Country Quota	Eric Koreng / Marcus Popp, Germany	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 2	Colin Pocock / Gershon Rorich, South Africa (Q23)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:39
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 3	Guilherm Deulofeu / Ogier Molinier, France (Q7)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:38
Fri, 6/4/2004	Winner 1	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (12)	Lost 26-24, 18-21, 18-20	1:23
Fri, 6/4/2004	Contender 1	Katsuhiro Shiratori / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (28, Q5)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:48

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$11,000.00	10	8	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	8	$26,420.00	39	27	59.1 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,500.00	2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,500.00
22	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	12	$15,210.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	4	15	$17,570.00

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	31	68.9%	4	8.9%	10	22.2%	35-10	77.8%	8	25.8%	2	6.5%	21	67.7%	8-23	25.8%	62-40	60.8%	24-24	50.0%	0	1	43-33	56.6%

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 17-18 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
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 # 3 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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 12 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 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
Trail the series against # 14 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
Series tied with # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 19 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Berg/Dahl	15	22-20, 31-29	0:57
Trail the series against # 22 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
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 # 23 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-2
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Klemperer/Rademacher	Q6	Brink/Schneider		21-12, 21-17	0:40
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Klemperer/Rademacher	Q8	Brink/Schneider		21-17, 21-17	0:33
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Country Quota	Brink/Schneider	19, Q8	Klemperer/Rademacher		21-16, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 24, Q1 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 # 25, Q9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q13	28-26, 22-20	0:54
Series tied with # 28, Q5 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	28, Q5	Brink/Schneider	21, Q10	21-13, 21-13	0:48
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Brink/Schneider	28, Q21	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	21-10, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against Koreng/Popp, Germany 2-0
6/2/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Country Quota	Brink/Schneider	21, Q10	Koreng/Popp		21-17, 21-19	0:39
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink/Schneider	Q12	Koreng/Popp		21-13, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # Q7 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 2-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	21, Q10	Deulofeu/Molinier	Q7	21-14, 21-16	0:38
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 # Q13 Fenili/Galli, Italy 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	19, Q6	Fenili/Galli	Q22	16-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:21
Lead the series against # Q16 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
Lead the series against # Q21 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	26, Q14	Grinbergs/Stals	Q19	24-26, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # Q23 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