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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Norway Open
July 3 - 7, 2002

(20) 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Miguel Maia - 13th	Joao Brenha - 13th
2000	Miguel Maia - 5th	Joao Brenha - 5th
2001	Miguel Maia - 9th	Joao Brenha - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	15	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	16	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	11/27-12/2/2001	Brazil Open	16	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	18	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool D	Jose Loiola / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (4)	Lost 16-21, 12-21	0:33
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool D	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (29)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:34
Sat, 7/6/2002	Pool D	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (13)	Lost 22-20, 19-21, 10-15	0:47

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	0	$37,000.00	14	20	41.2 %
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$8,070.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	60	1	0	0	4	2	2	13	17	14	7	0	$230,170.00	28	35	44.4 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	0	$18,500.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	0	$18,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,035.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,035.00
87	2	0	0	5	10	38	21	11	0	$176,997.50	Total	Total	89	2	0	0	5	10	39	21	12	0	$179,497.50

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%
2001-2002	19	65.5%	4	13.8%	6	20.7%	23-6	79.3%	2	6.9%	6	20.7%	21	72.4%	2-27	6.9%	19-21	47.5%	6-12	33.3%	0	3	25-36	41.0%
Against the Field	17	56.7%	4	13.3%	9	30.0%	21-9	70.0%	2	4.2%	8	16.7%	38	79.2%	2-46	4.2%	34-60	36.2%	12-30	28.6%	0	7	25-53	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 12-22 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 10 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-2
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	1	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 21-18	0:35
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	1	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 1-4
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Loiola/Santos	4	Brenha/Maia	20	21-16, 21-12	0:33
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Loiola/Santos	2	Brenha/Maia	15	21-16, 21-19	0:41
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool A	Brenha/Maia	16	Loiola/Santos	1	25-23, 21-19	0:45
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
Series tied with # 6 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 # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 12 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 # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Brenha/Maia	20	20-22, 21-19, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 14 Child/Heese, Canada 2-3
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	15	Brenha/Maia	16	21-12, 21-18	0:36
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 # 17 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
Lead the series against # 18 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	16	Canet/Hamel	17	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 23 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
Trail the series against # 24 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool A	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	Brenha/Maia	16	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-2
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Ahmann/Hager	31	Brenha/Maia	15	22-20, 28-26	0:50
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
Lead the series against # 29 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Brenha/Maia	20	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	21-11, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # Q1 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 0-1
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Bosma/Cotrino	18, Q1	Brenha/Maia	15	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:54
Lead the series against # Q5 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
Series tied with # Q11 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