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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 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:

136

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$803,500.00

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:

131

Career Wins:

Career CEV 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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters	1	1st	600	€ 11,050.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	3	4th	560	US$17,700.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	3	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	2	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	2	3rd	640	US$22,100.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	4	1st	600	US$32,000.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	2	1st	600	€ 11,050.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	6	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	4	3rd	480	€ 5,850.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/24/2006	Winner 2	Michal Biza / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (15)	Won 19-21, 21-10, 15-11	1:03
Fri, 8/25/2006	Winner 3	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (23)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Fri, 8/25/2006	Winner 4	Nikolas Berger / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (19)	Lost 22-20, 14-21, 13-15	1:05
Fri, 8/25/2006	Contender 5	David Klemperer / Kjell Schneider, Germany (3)	Won 21-11, 21-13	0:41
Sat, 8/26/2006	Semi-Finals	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (4)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:50
Sat, 8/26/2006	Gold Medal	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (9)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:43

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	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
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	0	$714,585.00	Total	119	6	4	4	10	23	38	17	13	0	$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	8	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$145,400.00	35	13	72.9 %
2006	CEV	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$47,950.00	19	4	82.6 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$145,400.00	35	13	72.9 %
Total	CEV	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$47,950.00	19	4	82.6 %

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
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
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	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
8	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$72,700.00	2006	FIVB	8	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$72,700.00
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
61	5	1	6	2	8	13	7	6	13	$200,710.00	Total	Total	98	8	2	4	4	16	34	14	12	4	$322,635.00

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	25	78.1%	5	15.6%	2	6.3%	30-2	93.8%	9	52.9%	4	23.5%	4	23.5%	9-8	52.9%	25-4	86.2%	14-6	70.0%	1	1	40-11	78.4%
2005-2006	14	82.4%	2	11.8%	1	5.9%	16-1	94.1%	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	14-2	87.5%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	19-4	82.6%
Against the Field	15	75.0%	4	20.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	5	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	30-6	83.3%	16-4	80.0%	1	1	24-6	80.0%

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 21-2 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-0
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
Lead the series against # 3 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 4-0
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 5	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Klemperer/Schneider	3	21-11, 21-13	0:41
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Klemperer/Schneider	14	21-19, 23-25, 15-9	1:03
6/3/06	CEV	German Masters	Gold Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Klemperer/Schneider	11	21-14, 21-9	0:38
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Klemperer/Schneider	11	21-16, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 4 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 3-0
8/26/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Heuscher/Kobel	4	22-20, 21-17	0:50
8/8/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 4	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-15, 21-18
5/20/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 4	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Heuscher/Kobel	3	24-22, 19-21, 15-8	1:07
Lead the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 7 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
8/8/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Gold Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Kais/Vesik	12	21-17, 21-14
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 3	Kais/Vesik	12	Brink/Dieckmann	1	21-15, 21-16	0:44
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Kais/Vesik	13	21-18, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 9 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
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 # 15 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 3-0
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Biza/Kubala	15	19-21, 21-10, 15-11	1:03
8/8/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Biza/Kubala	15	21-18, 21-13
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Biza/Kubala	12	21-17, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 19 Berger/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 4	Berger/Gartmayer	19	Brink/Dieckmann	2	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 20 Luna/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Luna/Rodriguez Herrera	7	21-14, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 23 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-0
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