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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Canada Open
August 24 - 28, 2005

(13) 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 Montréal Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	10	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q12	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	48	17th	200	US$7,500.00
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

Canada Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/25/2005	Winner 1	Martin Engvik / Kjell Goranson, Norway (20)	Won 21-18, 27-25	0:49
Thu, 8/25/2005	Winner 2	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (4, Q1)	Lost 16-21, 20-22	0:46
Fri, 8/26/2005	Contender 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (14)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:38
Fri, 8/26/2005	Contender 3	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (5)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	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	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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	$16,500.00	9	9	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	81	1	0	0	5	3	2	19	19	17	12	3	$320,990.00	64	75	46.0 %

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
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	$8,250.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	$8,250.00
108	2	0	0	6	11	46	24	16	3	$222,407.50	Total	Total	112	2	0	0	6	11	47	24	17	5	$224,907.50

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	8	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	7	22.6%	3	9.7%	21	67.7%	7-24	22.6%	16-36	30.8%	14-10	58.3%	0	3	15-26	36.6%

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 8-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-3
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Rego/Santos	1	Brenha/Maia	10	21-13, 21-19	0:37
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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	4, Q1	Brenha/Maia	13	21-16, 22-20	0:46
Trail the series against # 5 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-2
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Berger/Doppler	5	Brenha/Maia	13	21-18, 21-18	0:37
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 # 8 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 # 10 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Brenha/Maia	24	Cadieux/Heese	25	31-33, 21-15, 15-12	1:09
Lead the series against # 14 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	13	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	Brenha/Maia	10	21-18, 19-21, 15-5	0:59
Lead the series against # 20 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 1-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	13	Engvik/Goranson	20	21-18, 27-25	0:49
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	10	Prosser/Richardson	26	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 25 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 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