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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Germany Open
June 27 - July 1, 2001

(12) Joao Brenha/Miguel Maia, Portugal

João Carlos Brenha Alves Pereira
Portugal

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Espinho

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$265,957.50

Luis Miguel Barbosa Maia
Portugal

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paranhos

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

162

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$281,932.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	27	33	41	Money
FIVB	134	2	0	0	6	7	5	27	28	30	20	1	4	4	US$531,915.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th
1996	Miguel Maia - 9th	Joao Brenha - 9th
1997	Miguel Maia - 25th	Joao Brenha - 25th
1998	Miguel Maia - 9th	Joao Brenha - 9th
1999	Miguel Maia - 9th	Joao Brenha - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	10	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/28-12/3/2000	Brazil Open	7	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/16-26/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	12	4th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	7	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	11	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	16	13th	180	US$4,000.00

Germany Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/29/2001	Winner 1	Nikolas Berger / Oliver Stamm, Austria (21)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 8-15	0:55
Fri, 6/29/2001	Contender 1	Petr Chromy / Igor Stejskal, Czech Republic (28, Q14)	Won 21-14, 22-20	0:42
Fri, 6/29/2001	Contender 2	Jarrod Novosel / Joshua Slack, Australia (11, Q3)	Lost 21-15, 16-21, 13-15	0:44

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	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$49,900.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	7	0	$86,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	102	2	0	0	3	5	4	22	24	26	13	0	$396,015.00
Total	134	2	0	0	6	7	5	27	28	30	20	0	$531,915.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joao Brenha												Miguel Maia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	$24,950.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	$24,950.00
23	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	7	0	$43,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	9	0	$47,400.00
102	2	0	0	3	9	46	26	13	0	$198,007.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	115	2	0	0	3	10	48	27	15	0	$209,582.50
134	2	0	0	6	12	55	30	20	0	$265,957.50	Total	162	2	0	0	6	13	57	31	24	0	$281,932.50

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
1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	4	3	0	0	$33,500.00	6	3	66.7 %
1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	3	0	$36,100.00	0	1	0.0 %
1999	FIVB	12	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	2	1	0	$78,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	3	2	1	0	$37,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,000.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	49	1	0	0	4	2	2	10	15	10	5	0	$191,100.00	13	12	52.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joao Brenha													Miguel Maia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,562.50	1994	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,562.50
14	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	2	0	$16,500.00	1995	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	2	0	$16,500.00
13	0	0	0	1	1	8	3	0	0	$16,750.00	1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	1	8	3	0	0	$16,750.00
11	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	3	0	$18,050.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	3	0	$18,050.00
12	1	0	0	0	5	1	3	2	0	$43,850.00	1998	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	5	1	3	2	0	$43,850.00
12	1	0	0	1	1	6	2	1	0	$39,000.00	1999	FIVB	13	1	0	0	1	1	6	2	2	0	$40,000.00
11	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	1	0	$18,750.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	6	2	1	0	$20,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00
76	2	0	0	5	10	33	17	9	0	$157,462.50	Total	Total	78	2	0	0	5	10	34	17	10	0	$159,962.50

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	64	69.6%	8	8.7%	20	21.7%	72-20	78.3%	16	15.2%	14	13.3%	75	71.4%	16-89	15.2%	64-75	46.0%	24-34	41.4%	0	10	99-124	44.4%
2000-2001	10	58.8%	3	17.6%	4	23.5%	13-4	76.5%	1	6.3%	2	12.5%	13	81.3%	1-15	6.3%	10-13	43.5%	4-6	40.0%	0	2	17-22	43.6%
Against the Field	17	50.0%	4	11.8%	13	38.2%	21-13	61.8%	2	4.3%	8	17.0%	37	78.7%	2-45	4.3%	34-56	37.8%	12-36	25.0%	0	5	26-55	32.1%

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	4	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	10	8
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	13	12
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	5	10	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	25
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	3	11	16	0	0	15	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	79
Total	0	0	10	8	27	32	0	0	24	43	0	3	0	3	0	0	99	124

Head to Head Results
Brenha/Maia trail the series against the field 5-10 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
9/24/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 3	Brenha/Maia	12	Laciga/Laciga	4	15-11	0:43
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Brenha/Maia	11	15-7	0:28
Trail the series against # 4 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-2
9/24/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Fonoimoana	9	Brenha/Maia	12	15-12	1:11
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Blanton/Fonoimoana	19	Brenha/Maia	11	15-4	0:30
Trail the series against # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 0-2
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Child/Heese	8	Brenha/Maia	10	21-19, 21-13	0:37
7/28/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Child/Heese	8	Brenha/Maia	18	12-5, 12-8	1:17
Lead the series against # 7 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Brenha/Maia	11	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	22	15-5	0:19
Trail the series against # 10 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
9/26/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Ahmann/Hager	15	Brenha/Maia	12	12-9, 12-6	1:10
Trail the series against # 11, Q3 Novosel/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 2	Novosel/Slack	11, Q3	Brenha/Maia	12	15-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:44
Series tied with # 17 Henkel/Smith, United States 1-1
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 5	Brenha/Maia	18	Henkel/Smith	2	15-13	1:10
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Henkel/Smith	2	Brenha/Maia	18	15-7	0:36
Trail the series against # 21 Berger/Stamm, Austria 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Berger/Stamm	21	Brenha/Maia	12	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:55
Lead the series against # 23 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	10	Horrem/Maaseide	23	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 28, Q14 Chromy/Stejskal, Czech Republic 1-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	12	Chromy/Stejskal	28, Q14	21-14, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against # Q1 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	Brenha/Maia	10	21-15, 21-23, 15-11	0:59