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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Adelaide Australia Open
March 25 - 30, 2008

(14) 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 Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	8	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	4	5th	360	US$10,000.00
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
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	2	7th	300	US$8,000.00
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

Adelaide Australia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/27/2008	Winner 1	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (19, Q7)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:48
Thu, 3/27/2008	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:40
Fri, 3/28/2008	Winner 3	Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings, United States (27, Q17)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:45
Fri, 3/28/2008	Winner 4	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (18)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 15-17	1:04
Sat, 3/29/2008	Contender 6	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)	Lost 16-21, 24-26	0:56

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	9	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$177,400.00	41	14	74.5 %
2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	3	2	2	3	0	1	1	0	$116,100.00	39	23	62.9 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	2	1	2	4	6	2	3	0	1	1	0	$302,000.00	83	39	68.0 %

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
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
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,250.00
61	3	1	4	4	11	11	7	7	13	$245,260.00	Total	Total	99	4	1	3	6	20	33	15	13	4	$353,860.00

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%
2007-2008	59	72.0%	13	15.9%	10	12.2%	72-10	87.8%	16	33.3%	7	14.6%	25	52.1%	16-32	33.3%	59-25	70.2%	29-17	63.0%	0	2	88-44	66.7%
Against the Field	43	68.3%	13	20.6%	7	11.1%	56-7	88.9%	12	25.5%	9	19.1%	26	55.3%	12-35	25.5%	86-50	63.2%	50-32	61.0%	0	1	68-42	61.8%

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
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 42-28 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 4 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-1
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	3	Brink/Dieckmann	6	21-18, 21-13	0:41
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	15	24-22, 21-17	0:52
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-3
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 6	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Brink/Dieckmann	14	21-16, 26-24	0:56
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 # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 3-7
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	14	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	21-18, 21-12	0:40
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 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
Lead the series against # 5 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	22-20, 17-21, 15-13	1:08
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 Wu/Xu, China 2-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	9	Brink/Dieckmann	5	21-13, 21-16	0:42
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	9	Wu/Xu	12	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	1:02
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Wu/Xu	14	21-19, 26-24	0:49
Series tied with # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-2
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
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
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 11 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 4-1
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool R	Brink/Dieckmann	5	Doppler/Gartmayer	20	21-19, 21-18	0:51
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	8	Doppler/Gartmayer	20	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:57
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Doppler/Gartmayer	20	21-13, 19-21, 15-10	1:02
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Doppler/Gartmayer	18	Brink/Dieckmann	2	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:02
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Doppler/Gartmayer	13	21-15, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 3-1
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-19, 23-21	0:43
6/23/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-12, 21-16	0:42
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Brink/Dieckmann	6	21-19, 21-15	0:44
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 Gosch/Horst, Austria 3-0
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Brink/Dieckmann	7	Gosch/Horst	10	21-18, 21-17	0:53
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Brink/Dieckmann	8	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	22-24, 21-19, 15-13	1:07
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	21-15, 23-21	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 "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 # 17 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Boersma/Ronnes	31, Q15	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Series tied with # 18 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 2-2
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	Brink/Dieckmann	14	21-18, 19-21, 17-15	1:04
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 # 19, Q7 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-0
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	14	Berg/Brinkborg	19, Q7	21-19, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # 20 Li/Zhou, China 2-0
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Brink/Dieckmann	8	Li/Zhou	25	21-13, 21-17	0:41
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Li/Zhou	9	21-12, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Plavins/Samoilovs	22, Q9	21-19, 21-16	0:51
Lead the series against # 22 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	21-10, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 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 # 27, Q17 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 1-0
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	14	Fuerbringer/Jennings	27, Q17	21-16, 21-19	0:45
Series tied with # Q1 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25	Brink/Dieckmann	8	21-15, 24-22	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 # Q6 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 # Q10 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Hoyer/Soderberg	31, Q28	21-17, 21-15	0:40