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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 18 - 22, 2005

(14) 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 Shanghai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	11	9th	40	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	19	17th	72	US$3,000.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		9th	34	€ 1,500.00
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
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/19/2005	Winner 1	Ramon Hernandez / Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico (19)	Won 24-22, 21-14	0:52
Thu, 5/19/2005	Winner 2	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (3)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:40
Fri, 5/20/2005	Contender 2	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (20)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:47
Fri, 5/20/2005	Contender 3	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (22, Q3)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:45
Fri, 5/20/2005	Contender 4	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (8)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:47
Sat, 5/21/2005	Contender 5	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (4)	Lost 19-21, 32-30, 11-15	1:18

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	1	$38,750.00	31	23	57.4 %
2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	5	6	9	$62,170.00	64	44	59.3 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	$11,450.00	12	12	50.0 %

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
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$975.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$975.00
37	0	0	0	0	4	8	6	6	13	$39,935.00	Total	Total	42	0	0	0	1	3	7	7	8	16	$41,170.00

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%
2004-2005	45	73.8%	7	11.5%	9	14.8%	52-9	85.2%	10	27.0%	3	8.1%	24	64.9%	10-27	27.0%	45-24	65.2%	17-12	58.6%	0	1	62-37	62.6%
Against the Field	20	64.5%	3	9.7%	8	25.8%	23-8	74.2%	6	26.1%	3	13.0%	14	60.9%	6-17	26.1%	40-26	60.6%	18-22	45.0%	0	1	29-25	53.7%

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 15-25 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 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 # 2 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-3
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Brink/Schneider	11	21-15, 21-13	0:45
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Brink/Schneider	24, Q2	21-13, 21-16	0:35
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel		Brink/Schneider		21-17, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 3 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-3
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	3	Brink/Schneider	14	21-17, 21-14	0:40
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug		Brink/Schneider		By Forfeit
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 # 4 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
5/21/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Insfran/Marques	4	Brink/Schneider	14	21-19, 30-32, 15-11	1:18
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	8	Brink/Schneider	11	21-17, 21-10	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-2
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Brink/Schneider	14	Schacht/Slack	8	21-18, 21-12	0:47
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 # 11 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
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
Series tied with # 17 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 # 18, Q9 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 # 19 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 4-2
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	14	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	24-22, 21-14	0:52
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
Series tied with # 20 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-2
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Brink/Schneider	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-17, 21-11	0:47
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Brink/Schneider		18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:55
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	29, Q9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q24	24-22, 21-16	0:50
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool E	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Brink/Schneider		21-14, 12-21, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 22, Q3 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Brink/Schneider	14	Leinemann/VanHuizen	22, Q3	21-15, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Barsuk/Karasev, Russia 1-0
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	11	Barsuk/Karasev	6	22-20, 21-19	1:00
Lead the series against # 27, Q1 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 1-0
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	11	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	12	21-15, 18-21, 15-7	1:11
Lead the series against # 30, Q12 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 # 32 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