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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Vitória Open
September 27 - October 1, 2006

(28) 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 Vitória Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Miguel Maia - 4th	Joao Brenha - 4th
2000	Miguel Maia - 13th	Joao Brenha - 13th
2001	Miguel Maia - 13th	Joao Brenha - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	21	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	14	27th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	18	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	9	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	14	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	16	17th	80	US$3,000.00

Vitória Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/28/2006	Winner 1	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (5)	Lost 17-21, 24-26	0:49
Thu, 9/28/2006	Contender 1	Nikolas Berger / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (21)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:40

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	$27,500.00	14	13	51.9 %
2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	$24,300.00	7	14	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	90	1	0	0	5	3	3	20	20	19	15	4	$356,290.00	76	93	45.0 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	$13,750.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	5	$13,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	$12,150.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	$12,150.00
117	2	0	0	6	12	48	26	19	4	$240,057.50	Total	Total	121	2	0	0	6	12	49	26	20	6	$242,557.50

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%
2005-2006	17	85.0%	0	0.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	4	13.8%	4	13.8%	21	72.4%	4-25	13.8%	17-21	44.7%	4-7	36.4%	0	0	21-28	42.9%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	0	0.0%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	5	15.2%	3	9.1%	25	75.8%	5-28	15.2%	10-44	18.5%	10-12	45.5%	0	3	10-31	24.4%

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 5-19 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-4
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Brenha/Maia	16	21-14, 21-17	0:39
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 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 # 4 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Brenha/Maia	14	21-17, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-7
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	5	Brenha/Maia	28	21-17, 26-24	0:49
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	18	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 13-21, 16-14	0:54
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool F	Baracetti/Conde	7	Brenha/Maia	18	13-21, 21-16, 15-5	0:55
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 # 7 Lambert/Metzger, United States 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	19	Brenha/Maia	14	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 8 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	15	Brenha/Maia	18	21-19, 21-13	0:48
Series tied with # 15 Alvarez/Villar, Cuba 1-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Villar	12	Brenha/Maia	21	21-19, 21-18	0:46
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	12	Alvarez/Villar	22	21-9, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Brenha/Maia	12	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	17-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:53
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	13	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	16	Leinemann/VanHuizen	17	21-16, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 21 Berger/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 1	Berger/Gartmayer	21	Brenha/Maia	28	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 29 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-2
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	Brenha/Maia	18	21-19, 21-13	0:45
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	Brenha/Maia	10	21-18, 19-21, 15-5	0:59