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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam
June 21 - 25, 2006

(2) Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, 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

Christoph Dieckmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bonn

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

112

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$447,060.00

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	19	25	Money
FIVB	33	3	4	3	6	7	3	4	0	1	1	1	US$476,500.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Rudiger Strosik - 41st	Did not play
2002	Kjell Schneider - 17th	Andreas Scheuerpflug - 9th
2003	Kjell Schneider - Country Quota	Did not play
2004	Kjell Schneider - Country Quota	Andreas Scheuerpflug - 17th
2005	Kjell Schneider - 9th	Andreas Scheuerpflug - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	4	1st	600	US$32,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	6	3rd	480	US$16,000.00

Switzerland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/22/2006	Winner 1	Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (31, Q10)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:41
Thu, 6/22/2006	Winner 2	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (15)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 16-14	1:02
Fri, 6/23/2006	Winner 3	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (7)	Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
Sat, 6/24/2006	Winner 4	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3)	Lost 14-21, 25-23, 11-15	1:12
Sat, 6/24/2006	Contender 6	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (28)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:46
Sun, 6/25/2006	Semi-Finals	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:48
Sun, 6/25/2006	Bronze Medal	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (4)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-13	1:08

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	2	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	$204,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	3	4	1	1	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	$265,100.00
Total	33	3	4	3	6	7	3	4	0	2	1	0	$476,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julius Brink												Christoph Dieckmann
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$68,500.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$15,250.00
44	2	3	7	7	7	6	3	4	0	$312,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	1	0	3	6	8	6	1	0	0	$178,675.00
59	5	8	5	2	11	9	7	4	0	$290,260.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	78	4	4	1	2	13	25	14	12	0	$251,985.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,150.00
109	9	11	14	9	18	15	12	8	0	$671,335.00	Total	112	5	4	4	8	23	34	17	13	0	$447,060.00

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
2006	FIVB	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$70,100.00	16	4	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$70,100.00	16	4	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julius Brink													Christoph Dieckmann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1997	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,750.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
											1998	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	1	0	$20,225.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	6	0	$21,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	0	$14,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2001	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,210.00	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$7,110.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$4,500.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	$30,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6	1	$19,375.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	0	0	$42,625.00
9	1	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	$65,175.00	2005	FIVB	8	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$64,000.00
3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$35,050.00	2006	FIVB	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$35,050.00
42	2	0	4	0	3	8	6	6	13	$129,310.00	Total	Total	80	3	0	3	2	12	30	14	12	4	$237,910.00

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	86	74.1%	20	17.2%	10	8.6%	106-10	91.4%	23	33.3%	11	15.9%	35	50.7%	23-46	33.3%	86-35	71.1%	43-21	67.2%	0	2	129-58	69.0%
2005-2006	27	79.4%	7	20.6%	0	0.0%	34-0	100.0%	7	33.3%	4	19.0%	10	47.6%	7-14	33.3%	27-10	73.0%	14-4	77.8%	0	0	41-14	74.5%
Against the Field	38	66.7%	13	22.8%	6	10.5%	51-6	89.5%	11	26.8%	6	14.6%	24	58.5%	11-30	26.8%	76-46	62.3%	48-24	66.7%	0	1	62-36	63.3%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	28	5	0	0	23	7	0	7	2	5	0	0	54	24
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	15	7	2	1	1	3	4	71	31
Total	0	0	0	0	32	7	0	0	68	23	7	9	3	6	3	4	129	58

Head to Head Results
Brink/Dieckmann lead the series against the field 14-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 0 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-2
6/25/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-15, 21-17	0:48
6/18/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Gold Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Rego/Santos	1	21-13, 21-17	0:44
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Brink/Dieckmann	4	21-17, 21-16	0:45
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Rego/Santos	1	19-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:56
Series tied with # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-1
6/24/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-14, 23-25, 15-11	1:12
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-13, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 2-1
6/25/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Cunha/Neto	4	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	1:08
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Cunha/Neto	3	21-18, 12-21, 15-12	1:01
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	5	Brink/Dieckmann	6	21-15, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-0
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Schacht/Slack	7	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Schacht/Slack	11	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:06
Lead the series against # 14 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-11, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-0
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Dalhausser/Rogers	15	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	1:02
Lead the series against # 17 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Doppler/Gartmayer	13	21-15, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 28 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
6/24/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 6	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	28	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	21-19, 21-16	0:41
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Gscheidle/Schnider	27, Q7	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Insfran/Marques	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:54