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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Spain Open
September 12 - 16, 2001

(18) 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 Mallorca Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	20	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	27	9th	200	US$6,000.00
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

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/14/2001	Winner 1	Jarrod Novosel / Joshua Slack, Australia (15)	Lost 14-21, 25-27	0:37
Fri, 9/14/2001	Contender 1	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (31)	Won 21-12, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Fri, 9/14/2001	Contender 2	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (16)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:37

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	0	$33,000.00	12	18	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	56	1	0	0	4	2	2	12	16	13	6	0	$218,100.00	23	26	46.9 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$16,500.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$16,500.00
83	2	0	0	5	10	36	20	10	0	$170,962.50	Total	Total	85	2	0	0	5	10	37	20	11	0	$173,462.50

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	7	31.8%	4	18.2%	11	50.0%	11-11	50.0%	1	3.3%	6	20.0%	23	76.7%	1-29	3.3%	14-36	28.0%	10-30	25.0%	0	4	14-38	26.9%

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 6-12 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 4 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
Trail the series against # 7 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 1	Holden/Leinemann	13	Brenha/Maia	20	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 Berger/Stamm, Austria 0-2
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 2	Berger/Stamm	19	Brenha/Maia	20	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:54
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 # 15 Novosel/Slack, Australia 1-2
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Novosel/Slack	15	Brenha/Maia	18	21-14, 27-25	0:37
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
Trail the series against # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-2
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Berg/Dahl	16	Brenha/Maia	18	21-14, 21-17	0:37
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	22	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 31 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	18	Herrera/Mesa	31	21-12, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Series tied with # Q3 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 # Q16 Homeyer/Schneider, Germany 1-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	20	Homeyer/Schneider	29, Q19	21-18, 21-12	0:34