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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 26 - 30, 2007

(8) Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany

Julius Brink
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Düsseldorf

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$802,839.18

Christoph Dieckmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1976 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bonn

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

131

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$546,367.31

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
CEV	9	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$116,440.80
FIVB	33	3	4	3	6	7	3	4	0	1	1	1	US$476,500.00
Overall	42	8	4	5	7	7	3	5	0	1	1	1	US$592,940.80

Previous Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 17th
2002	Did not play	Andreas Scheuerpflug - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	4	5th	360	US$10,000.00
CEV	8/24-26/2007	European Championship	4	9th	320	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	6	9th	200	US$5,100.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	5	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	9	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	8	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	6	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	3	7th	300	US$8,000.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters	1	1st	600	€ 11,050.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	2	7th	300	US$8,000.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters	1	1st	600	€ 11,050.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	2	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	2	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	4	1st	600	US$32,000.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/27/2007	Winner 1	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (25)	Lost 15-21, 22-24	0:43
Thu, 9/27/2007	Contender 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (9)	Lost 18-21, 23-25	0:47

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
Confederation Championship	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$30,500.00
Total	36	4	4	3	7	7	3	5	0	2	1	0	$507,000.00

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	1	$15,250.00
44	2	3	7	7	7	6	3	4	5	$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	8	$290,260.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	78	4	4	1	2	13	25	14	12	3	$251,985.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,150.00
10	3	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	$43,250.00	Confederation Championship	7	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	$22,400.00
119	12	11	14	11	19	18	13	8	13	$714,585.00	Total	119	6	4	4	10	23	38	17	13	4	$469,460.00

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	9	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$177,400.00	41	14	74.5 %
2006	CEV	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$47,950.00	19	4	82.6 %
2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	3	2	2	3	0	1	1	0	$116,100.00	39	23	62.9 %
2007	CEV	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$25,100.00	13	3	81.3 %
Total	FIVB	21	2	1	2	4	5	2	3	0	1	1	0	$293,500.00	80	37	68.4 %
Total	CEV	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$73,050.00	32	7	82.1 %

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
											1999	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
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
											2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	2003	CEV
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2004	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$6,875.00
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	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,450.00	2005	CEV	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$14,325.00
9	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$88,700.00	2006	FIVB	9	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$88,700.00
4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,975.00	2006	CEV	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,975.00
12	0	0	0	3	4	3	1	1	0	$58,050.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	3	4	3	1	1	0	$58,050.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,550.00	2007	CEV	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,550.00
75	8	1	5	4	12	17	8	7	13	$286,860.00	Total	Total	114	11	2	4	7	20	38	15	13	4	$409,235.00

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%
2006-2007	52	74.3%	14	20.0%	4	5.7%	66-4	94.3%	14	31.1%	5	11.1%	26	57.8%	14-31	31.1%	52-26	66.7%	28-9	75.7%	0	2	80-37	68.4%
Against the Field	38	67.9%	11	19.6%	7	12.5%	49-7	87.5%	11	22.0%	9	18.0%	30	60.0%	11-39	22.0%	76-58	56.7%	44-32	57.9%	0	1	60-46	56.6%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	11	6
Total	0	0	0	0	32	7	0	0	73	26	8	10	3	7	4	4	140	64

Head to Head Results
Brink/Dieckmann lead the series against the field 39-31 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 3-5
8/11/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Rego/Santos	1	Brink/Dieckmann	6	21-14, 21-17	0:38
7/30/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-14, 27-29, 16-14	1:10
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Rego/Santos	1	27-25, 21-19	0:54
7/8/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 6	Rego/Santos	1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-11, 21-15	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 2 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-3
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 3	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-18, 25-23	0:54
5/12/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Bronze Medal	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-19, 21-12	0:46
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 4	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 2-7
6/16/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	7	Brink/Dieckmann	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:02
5/26/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	20-22, 21-14, 15-9	1:08
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 6	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	10-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:02
7/29/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-15, 21-15	0:43
7/23/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Gold Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-18, 21-17	0:52
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-17, 21-15	0:43
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-19, 21-17	0:51
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
Trail the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-2
7/15/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Brink/Dieckmann	9	By Forfeit
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	17	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-19, 21-16	0:42
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Dalhausser/Rogers	15	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	1:02
Trail the series against # 5 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 4-5
9/8/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Neto	3	Brink/Dieckmann	4	20-22, 21-12, 15-10	1:08
6/23/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	3	Brink/Dieckmann	6	21-18, 21-18	0:55
5/11/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	5	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-16, 23-21	0:51
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Cunha/Neto	4	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-16, 21-18	0:42
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Cunha/Neto	3	20-22, 22-20, 15-11	1:03
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Cunha/Neto	4	21-18, 21-13	0:42
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 # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 4-2
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	16	Brink/Dieckmann	7	21-8, 21-19	0:45
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Brink/Dieckmann	8	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:57
5/20/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Gold Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:04
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	21-16, 12-21, 15-11	0:56
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Nummerdor/Schuil	22, Q23	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	1:03
6/3/06	CEV	German Masters	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	21-17, 21-19	0:43
Series tied with # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-1
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Baracetti/Conde	5	Brink/Dieckmann	4	21-13, 21-18	0:39
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Baracetti/Conde	8	21-18, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 9 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 3-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	9	Brink/Dieckmann	8	21-18, 25-23	0:47
9/8/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 5	Brink/Dieckmann	4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	21-18, 21-18	0:49
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:58
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Lambert/Metzger, United States 2-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Brink/Dieckmann	9	Lambert/Metzger	8	22-20, 18-21, 23-21	1:12
6/24/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Lambert/Metzger	14	Brink/Dieckmann	6	21-12, 21-17	0:42
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 4	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Lambert/Metzger	7	21-19, 21-17	0:56
Lead the series against # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 2-1
10/1/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Gold Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	21-17, 21-19	0:43
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	Brink/Dieckmann	4	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	1:06
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 # 13 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 2-0
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Herrera/Mesa	8	16-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:59
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	21-10, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 14 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
8/25/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 3	Boersma/Ronnes	2	Brink/Dieckmann	4	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:55
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Boersma/Ronnes	31, Q15	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 15 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Brenha/Maia	14	21-17, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 20 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 2-0
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Plavins/Samoilovs	22, Q9	21-19, 21-16	0:51
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Plavins/Samoilovs	16	22-20, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 21 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 3-1
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Brink/Dieckmann	8	Kjemperud/Skarlund	9	21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:59
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-13, 21-17	0:42
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	23	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-11, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 22 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 2-0
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Brink/Dieckmann	7	Cadieux/Heese	23	21-17, 22-20	0:55
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 4	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Cadieux/Heese	17	21-16, 21-17	1:01
Lead the series against # 23 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	21-9, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 24 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Dugrip/Gagliano	22, Q5	23-21, 17-21, 17-15	1:00
Lead the series against # 25 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25	Brink/Dieckmann	8	21-15, 24-22	0:43
8/26/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	9	21-13, 21-13	0:43
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	21-14, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 26 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Goranson/Hoidalen	31, Q15	21-14, 14-21, 15-8	0:54
Lead the series against # Q4 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
8/25/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 2	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Babich/Nikolaev	22	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	1:02