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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 6 - 10, 2005

(6) 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 St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	28, Q8	9th	144	US$5,500.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 1	Thanassis Michalopoulos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (27, Q9)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:39
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 2	Juan Rossell / Wilfredo Villar, Cuba (22)	Won 25-23, 21-15	0:42
Fri, 7/8/2005	Winner 3	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (3)	Won 15-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:56
Fri, 7/8/2005	Winner 4	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 16-21, 21-23	0:49
Sat, 7/9/2005	Contender 6	Franco Neto / Tande Ramos, Brazil (5)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:45

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	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	$68,250.00	18	11	62.1 %
Total	FIVB	31	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	2	6	6	9	$122,420.00	78	53	59.5 %

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
6	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$34,125.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$34,125.00
36	0	0	1	0	3	7	6	6	13	$63,210.00	Total	Total	42	0	0	1	1	3	6	7	8	16	$65,570.00

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	17	94.4%	0	0.0%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	5	27.8%	2	11.1%	11	61.1%	5-13	27.8%	34-22	60.7%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	22-14	61.1%

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 19-13 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 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 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Brink/Schneider	22	21-14, 21-15	0:37
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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Series tied with # 9 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
Series tied with # 11 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 # 13 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 3-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	13	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	23-21, 21-18	0:46
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Brink/Schneider	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-17, 21-11	0:47
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 # 16 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 # 17, Q5 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 # 21 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
Lead the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 27, Q9 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
Lead the series against # Q3 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 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