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US$500,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
August 1 - 5, 2001

(27) 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 Klagenfurt Results

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	9	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	21	25th	46	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	19	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	16	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	12	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

Klagenfurt World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool F	Ahren Cadieux / Mike Chaloupka, Canada (38)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 8/2/2001	Pool F	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (6)	Lost 22-24, 12-21	0:40
Fri, 8/3/2001	Winner 1	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (8)	Won 21-17, 11-21, 15-13	0:51
Sat, 8/4/2001	Winner 2	Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (11)	Lost 21-18, 24-26, 13-15	1:03

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Miguel Maia - 13th	Joao Brenha - 13th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Miguel Maia - 9th	Joao Brenha - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Miguel Maia - 4th	Joao Brenha - 4th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	28	17th	90	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	11	13th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	27	9th	200	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	13	4th	560	US$20,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	48	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	22	17th	200	US$7,000.00

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	$27,000.00	10	14	41.7 %
Total	FIVB	54	1	0	0	4	2	2	12	16	11	6	0	$212,100.00	21	22	48.8 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$13,500.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$13,500.00
81	2	0	0	5	10	36	18	10	0	$167,962.50	Total	Total	83	2	0	0	5	10	37	18	11	0	$170,462.50

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	15	46.9%	4	12.5%	13	40.6%	19-13	59.4%	2	4.3%	7	15.2%	37	80.4%	2-44	4.3%	30-56	34.9%	12-34	26.1%	0	5	24-54	30.8%

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	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 13-20 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 8 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	1	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 22-20	0:37
Series tied with # 3 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 # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool F	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Brenha/Maia	27	24-22, 21-12	0:40
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Brenha/Maia	11	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	22	15-5	0:19
Series tied with # 8 Child/Heese, Canada 2-2
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	27	Child/Heese	8	21-17, 11-21, 15-13	0:51
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	19	Child/Heese	3	27-25, 21-11	0:50
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
Trail the series against # 10 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Loiola/Santos	12	Brenha/Maia	21	21-3 Retired	0:11
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Loiola/Santos	14	Brenha/Maia	19	21-12, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-4
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	Brenha/Maia	27	18-21, 26-24, 15-13	1:03
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	8	Brenha/Maia	9	26-24, 27-25	0:58
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
Series tied with # 15 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-1
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Prosser/Zahner	13	Brenha/Maia	19	21-10, 21-14	0:35
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Brenha/Maia	16	Prosser/Zahner	9	21-19, 25-23	0:39
Series tied with # 17 Novosel/Slack, Australia 1-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	16	Novosel/Slack	15, Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:32
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 # 19 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	16	Ahmann/Hager	17	21-15, 21-18	0:35
9/26/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Ahmann/Hager	15	Brenha/Maia	12	12-9, 12-6	1:10
Series tied with # 25 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 # 26 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	22	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 29 Amore/Lione, Italy 1-0
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	9	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 31 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
Series tied with # 37 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	9	Ljubicic/Slean	24, Q8	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	0:58
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	Brenha/Maia	21	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 38 Cadieux/Chaloupka, Canada 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool F	Brenha/Maia	27	Cadieux/Chaloupka	38	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 41 Correa/Diez, Spain 0-1
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Correa/Diez	31, Q7	Brenha/Maia	9	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 45 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