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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

(7) 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
2004	Kjell Schneider - 25th	Julius Brink - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	6	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	13	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	13	3rd	800	US$35,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	12	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	22	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	14	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	19	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/14/2005	Winner 1	Julien Prosser / Brett Richardson, Australia (26)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:42
Thu, 7/14/2005	Winner 2	Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (23, Q12)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:49
Fri, 7/15/2005	Winner 3	Mark Heese / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (18)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:43
Fri, 7/15/2005	Winner 4	Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger, United States (19)	Won 25-23, 21-15	0:55
Sat, 7/16/2005	Semi-Finals	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (5)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:47
Sun, 7/17/2005	Gold Medal	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)	Won 25-27, 21-19, 15-12	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	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 %
2005	FIVB	7	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	$100,250.00	24	11	68.6 %
Total	FIVB	32	1	0	1	0	1	2	4	2	6	6	9	$154,420.00	84	53	61.3 %

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
7	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$50,125.00	2005	FIVB	7	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$50,125.00
37	1	0	1	0	3	7	6	6	13	$79,210.00	Total	Total	43	1	0	1	1	3	6	7	8	16	$81,570.00

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%
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	69.0%	3	10.3%	6	20.7%	23-6	79.3%	5	23.8%	2	9.5%	14	66.7%	5-16	23.8%	40-26	60.6%	16-16	50.0%	0	1	28-22	56.0%

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 lead the series against the field 25-19 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 7 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 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Brink/Schneider	6	21-16, 23-21	0:49
Series tied with # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 2-2
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Brink/Schneider	6	Insfran/Marques	3	15-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:56
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Brink/Schneider	13	Insfran/Marques	4	13-21, 21-16, 17-15	1:02
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	5	Brink/Schneider	12	21-13, 21-16	0:55
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 # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 2-4
7/17/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Gold Medal	Brink/Schneider	7	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	25-27, 21-19, 15-12	1:10
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Brink/Schneider	13	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:55
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Brink/Schneider	13	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	26-24, 21-16	1:05
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
Lead the series against # 5 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
7/16/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Schneider	7	Rogers/Scott	5	21-18, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	22	Egger/Laciga	11	21-15, 12-21, 15-8	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Conde/Salema, Argentina 0-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Conde/Salema	14	Brink/Schneider	13	22-20, 21-14	0:43
Trail the series against # 12 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 3-4
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 5	Brink/Schneider	13	Kais/Vesik	17	21-15, 13-21, 15-10	0:57
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	12	Kais/Vesik	21	21-14, 21-18	0:37
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 # 14 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
Lead the series against # 17 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 2-1
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Brink/Schneider	12	Baracetti/Depiaggio	11	21-17, 21-18	0:46
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Brink/Schneider	22	Baracetti/Depiaggio	12	21-18, 21-17	0:42
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Depiaggio	14	Brink/Schneider	19	21-12, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 18 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Brink/Schneider	7	Heese/VanHuizen	18	21-15, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 19 Gibb/Metzger, United States 1-0
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Brink/Schneider	7	Gibb/Metzger	19	25-23, 21-15	0:55
Lead the series against # 22 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Brink/Schneider	13	Xu/Xu	20	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 23, Q12 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Brink/Schneider	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 26 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	7	Prosser/Richardson	26	21-15, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 27 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 # 28, Q3 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
Trail the series against Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
7/9/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	Neto/Ramos	5	Brink/Schneider	6	21-16, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # Q1 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 # Q4 Rossell/Villar, Cuba 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Brink/Schneider	6	Rossell/Villar	22	25-23, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q14 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	6	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	27, Q9	21-13, 21-17	0:39