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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Swiss Open
August 7 - 9, 2005

(15) 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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	1	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	4	3rd	448	US$21,500.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	7	1st	400	US$32,000.00
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
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

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 8/7/2005	Qualifier 2	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands	Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:56
Sun, 8/7/2005	Qualifier 3	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (12)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-12	1:10
Mon, 8/8/2005	Winner 1	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (2)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:40
Mon, 8/8/2005	Contender 1	John Garcia-Thompson / Javier Luna, Spain (7)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:37
Mon, 8/8/2005	Contender 2	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (4)	Lost 21-13, 19-21, 13-15	1:01

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	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	9	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$130,350.00	31	14	68.9 %
2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	8	5	61.5 %
Total	FIVB	34	1	0	2	0	1	2	5	2	6	6	9	$184,520.00	91	56	61.9 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	$13,400.00	15	14	51.7 %

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
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
9	1	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	$65,175.00	2005	FIVB	9	1	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	$65,175.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,950.00
48	1	0	3	1	5	12	7	6	13	$102,535.00	Total	Total	51	1	0	2	1	4	11	8	8	16	$103,320.00

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%
2004-2005	8	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	5	33.3%	2	13.3%	8	53.3%	5-10	33.3%	8-8	50.0%	7-4	63.6%	0	1	16-13	55.2%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	9	69.2%	3-10	23.1%	4-16	20.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	1	7-12	36.8%

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 14-19 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	22	Egger/Laciga	11	21-15, 12-21, 15-8	0:44
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	8	Brink/Schneider	11	21-17, 21-10	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-4
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	2	Brink/Schneider	15	21-17, 21-17	0:40
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Brink/Schneider	12	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	4	21-18, 21-18	0:46
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 # 3 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Canet/Hamel		Brink/Schneider		21-18, 22-20	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	4	Brink/Schneider	15	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 2-5
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
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
Lead the series against # 7 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 2-0
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Brink/Schneider	15	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	7	21-17, 21-14	0:37
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	11	Garcia-Thompson/Luna		21-13, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-4
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Brink/Schneider	22	21-14, 21-15	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 12 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	15	Horrem/Pettersen	12	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	1:10
Series tied with # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 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 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 4-2
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	15	De Gruijter/Ronnes		15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:56
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
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