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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Austrian Masters
May 17 - 20, 2007

(1) 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 St. Pölten Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	8/25-28/2006	European Championship Final	2	1st	800	€ 20,000.00
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

Austrian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/18/2007	Winner 1	Oliver Indra / Matthias Wachter, Liechtenstein (16)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:35
Fri, 5/18/2007	Winner 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (8)	Lost 16-21, 21-15, 10-15	0:54
Fri, 5/18/2007	Contender 2	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (11)	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-9	1:02
Sat, 5/19/2007	Contender 3	Premysl Kubala / Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic (15)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-13	1:05
Sat, 5/19/2007	Contender 4	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (3)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:46
Sat, 5/19/2007	Semi-Finals	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (8)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:48
Sun, 5/20/2007	Gold Medal	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:04

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	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	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	7	5	58.3 %
2007	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,050.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	11	2	1	2	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$195,400.00	48	19	71.6 %
Total	CEV	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$59,000.00	25	5	83.3 %

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
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
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$9,000.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$9,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,525.00	2007	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,525.00
65	7	1	6	3	8	14	7	6	13	$231,235.00	Total	Total	102	10	2	4	5	16	35	14	12	4	$353,160.00

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%
2006-2007	21	75.0%	5	17.9%	2	7.1%	26-2	92.9%	6	54.5%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	6-5	54.5%	21-2	91.3%	11-5	68.8%	0	0	32-7	82.1%
Against the Field	11	68.8%	4	25.0%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	6	46.2%	4-9	30.8%	22-8	73.3%	16-8	66.7%	1	1	20-9	69.0%

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 25-4 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 4-0
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
Lead the series against # 3 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 4	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Egger/Laciga	3	21-14, 21-14	0:46
Series tied with # 5 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-1
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 # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
5/20/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Semi-Finals	Lione/Varnier	6	Brink/Dieckmann	4	21-18, 21-16	0:49
Lead the series against # 8 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 4-2
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Kais/Vesik	8	21-19, 21-15	0:48
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	8	Brink/Dieckmann	1	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
5/11/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 6	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Kais/Vesik	16	20-22, 21-15, 15-11	1:04
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 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
Lead the series against # 11 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 2-0
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	11	21-19, 14-21, 15-9	1:02
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	15	24-22, 21-17	0:52
Lead the series against # 12 Amore/Tomatis, Italy 2-0
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Amore/Tomatis	16	21-13, 21-17	0:36
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Amore/Tomatis	23	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 13 Berger/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Berger/Nowotny	15	21-19, 26-24	0:47
Lead the series against # 14 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 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 1-0
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 3	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Kubala/Pavlas	15	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 16 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Indra/Wachter	16	21-14, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
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 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