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(48) 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
2001	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th
2002	Miguel Maia - 9th	Joao Brenha - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q28	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q23	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	8/14-25/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	18	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	16	25th	54	US$3,000.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 1	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (17)	Lost 21-18, 17-21, 10-15	0:45
Thu, 6/23/2005	Contender 1	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (46)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:40
Thu, 6/23/2005	Contender 2	John Garcia-Thompson / Javier Luna, Spain (35)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:45
Fri, 6/24/2005	Contender 3	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (4)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:45

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	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$5,000.00	1	7	12.5 %
2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$7,500.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	78	1	0	0	5	3	2	19	17	17	12	2	$311,990.00	60	70	46.2 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$2,500.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$2,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$3,750.00	2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$3,750.00
105	2	0	0	6	11	44	24	16	2	$217,907.50	Total	Total	107	2	0	0	6	11	45	24	17	2	$220,407.50

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%
2004-2005	14	77.8%	0	0.0%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	1	6.7%	3	20.0%	11	73.3%	1-14	6.7%	14-11	56.0%	1-7	12.5%	0	2	15-20	42.9%
Against the Field	16	61.5%	3	11.5%	7	26.9%	19-7	73.1%	5	13.9%	2	5.6%	29	80.6%	5-31	13.9%	32-50	39.0%	16-18	47.1%	0	4	24-38	38.7%

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 15-19 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 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
Trail the series against # 4 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Insfran/Marques	4	Brenha/Maia	48	21-18, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 5 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
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
Trail the series against # 9 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-4
8/20/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Brenha/Maia	18	21-18, 21-19	0:40
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Brenha/Maia	16	21-15, 26-24	0:43
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Brenha/Maia	15	19-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:05
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 # 11 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
Lead the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	17	Brenha/Maia	48	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:45
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
Trail the series against # 19 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 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 # 29 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 # 30 Rossell/Villar, Cuba 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Rossell/Villar	27, Q5	Brenha/Maia	Q28	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 35 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	48	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	35	21-16, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 42 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
Lead the series against # 44 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Brenha/Maia	Q23	Asahi/Watanabe	Q10	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 46 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 2-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	48	Gosch/Strauss	46	21-14, 21-18	0:40
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Brenha/Maia	15	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:24