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European Championship Tour
€ 87,000 Spanish Open
September 9 - 12, 2004

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:

136

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$803,500.00

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 CEV Best:

2nd (Hamburg 2006)

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 Valencia 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
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
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		9th	40	€ 1,500.00
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

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/9/2004		Sandro Cordovana / Andrea Tomatis, Italy	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:40
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool B	Agustin Correa / Jesus Ruiz Nunez, Spain	Won 18-21, 21-13, 15-12	1:02
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool B	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany	Lost By Forfeit
Sat, 9/11/2004	Pool B	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$714,585.00	Total	70	1	0	2	2	9	8	11	12	0	$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	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6	1	$35,750.00	30	21	58.8 %
2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	6	9	$51,170.00	59	40	59.6 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$9,500.00	7	9	43.8 %

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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00	2001	CEV Under Age
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
11	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	1	$17,875.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	1	$17,875.00
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
36	0	0	1	1	3	7	5	6	13	$33,910.00	Total	Total	39	0	0	0	1	2	6	6	8	16	$34,695.00

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	8	57.1%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	5	29.4%	3	17.6%	9	52.9%	5-12	29.4%	8-9	47.1%	8-6	57.1%	1	1	18-16	52.9%
2003-2004	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	3-4	42.9%	3-4	42.9%	1	1	7-9	43.8%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	2-8	20.0%	4-10	28.6%	0	1	3-10	23.1%

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
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 7-13 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-3
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink/Schneider	27, Q8	Ahmann/Hager		21-18, 21-17	0:44
6/16/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	Brink/Schneider		26-24, 22-20	0:50
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	Brink/Schneider		21-18, 26-28, 15-11	1:07
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Ahmann/Hager		Brink/Schneider		18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-2
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	22	Brink/Schneider	27, Q8	22-20, 21-13	0:45
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk		Brink/Schneider		21-19, 18-21, 15-13	1:05
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 Cordovana/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
9/9/04	CEV	Spanish Open		Brink/Schneider		Cordovana/Tomatis		21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against Correa/Ruiz Nunez, Spain 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	Brink/Schneider		Correa/Ruiz Nunez		18-21, 21-13, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-2
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
Trail the series against Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-2
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
Series tied with Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-1
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Brink/Schneider		21-12, 21-15	0:38
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	26, Q14	Grinbergs/Stals	Q19	24-26, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against 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