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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Portugal Open
June 2 - 6, 2004

(6) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Miguel Maia - 9th	Joao Brenha - 9th
1996	Miguel Maia - 13th	Joao Brenha - 13th
1997	Miguel Maia - 25th	Joao Brenha - 25th
1998	Miguel Maia - 5th	Joao Brenha - 5th
1999	Miguel Maia - 7th	Joao Brenha - 7th
2000	Did not play	Alexandre Silva Afonso - 13th
2001	Miguel Maia - 13th	Joao Brenha - 13th
2002	Miguel Maia - 9th	Joao Brenha - 9th
2003	Miguel Maia - 9th	Joao Brenha - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	13	4th	560	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	13	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	15	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	16, Q3	9th	208	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	9	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	24	5th	324	US$11,500.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	20	25th	30	US$2,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/4/2004	Winner 1	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (27)	Lost By Forfeit
Fri, 6/4/2004	Contender 1	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (11)	Lost By Forfeit

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	$22,390.00	11	16	40.7 %
2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	$55,000.00	18	15	54.5 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	73	1	0	0	5	3	2	18	17	16	11	0	$301,490.00	54	61	47.0 %

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
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
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	$11,195.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	$11,195.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	$27,500.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	$27,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
100	2	0	0	6	11	43	23	15	0	$212,657.50	Total	Total	102	2	0	0	6	11	44	23	16	0	$215,157.50

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%
2003-2004	12	60.0%	3	15.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	10	62.5%	4-12	25.0%	12-10	54.5%	7-7	50.0%	0	5	19-22	46.3%
Against the Field	18	69.2%	3	11.5%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	5	10.9%	4	8.7%	37	80.4%	5-41	10.9%	36-60	37.5%	16-14	53.3%	0	6	28-44	38.9%

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 22-28 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
10/18/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Brenha/Maia	13	By Forfeit
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Brenha/Maia	16, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 2-1
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool H	Dieckmann/Reckermann	8	Brenha/Maia	9	21-15, 21-16	0:39
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Brenha/Maia	19	Dieckmann/Reckermann	14	21-17, 15-21, 16-14	1:01
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool G	Brenha/Maia	10	Dieckmann/Reckermann	7	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-2
10/19/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Insfran	2	Brenha/Maia	13	By Forfeit
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	5	Brenha/Maia	16, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-3
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Brenha/Maia	13	21-19, 21-15	0:41
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Brenha/Maia	20	21-14, 21-15	0:39
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 # 7 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-1
7/19/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Brenha/Maia	24	21-19, 21-11	0:31
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool A	Brenha/Maia	16	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	32	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 10 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Brenha/Maia	13	Rogers/Scott	12	21-16, 21-17	0:39
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Rogers/Scott	14	Brenha/Maia	9	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-4
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Baracetti/Conde	11	Brenha/Maia	6	By Forfeit
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Brenha/Maia	19	21-17, 21-12	0:36
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	4	Brenha/Maia	19	21-15, 21-12	0:44
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Brenha/Maia	22	21-12, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Schacht/Slack	18	Brenha/Maia	15	21-15, 19-21, 15-9	0:54
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Schacht/Slack	14	Brenha/Maia	19	By Forfeit	0:38
Trail the series against # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	12	Brenha/Maia	13	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 15 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-0
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Brenha/Maia	13	Prosser/Williams	20	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Brenha/Maia	13	Hernandez/Papaleo	36	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 19 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-3
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	13	Brenha/Maia	20	21-13, 21-0 Retired	0:22
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 # 20 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 # 22 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 3-1
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 2	Brenha/Maia	13	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	16	24-22, 13-21, 15-11	0:58
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Brenha/Maia	24	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	8	21-17, 21-18	0:37
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 # 23 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool H	Klemperer/Rademacher	25	Brenha/Maia	9	21-14, 12-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Brenha/Maia	13	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	21-19, 21-18	0:42
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Brenha/Maia	16, Q3	Kais/Vesik	Q14	21-17, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 25, Q9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Brenha/Maia	20	Arkaev/Barsuk	29, Q21	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 27 Canet/Hamel, France 1-2
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Canet/Hamel	27	Brenha/Maia	6	By Forfeit
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Canet/Hamel	27	Brenha/Maia	22	21-19, 16-21, 15-11	0:55
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	16	Canet/Hamel	17	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 29, Q2 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
Lead the series against # Q7 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 1-0
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Brenha/Maia	24	Deulofeu/Molinier	9	21-17, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # Q8 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 1-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Brenha/Maia	13	Backer/Boersma	37	19-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # Q12 Ces/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Brenha/Maia	24	Ces/Salvetti	48	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q13 Fenili/Galli, Italy 1-0
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	13	Fenili/Galli	46	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # Q19 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Brenha/Maia	15	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:24