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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 13 - 17, 2007

(10) 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
2004	Miguel Maia - 25th	Joao Brenha - 25th
2005	Miguel Maia - 13th	Joao Brenha - 13th
2006	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	30, Q12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	Q5	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	28	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/14/2007	Winner 1	Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (23, Q8)	Lost 20-22, 23-25	0:51
Thu, 6/14/2007	Contender 1	Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (26, Q6)	Won 16-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:54
Fri, 6/15/2007	Contender 2	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (24, Q3)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:45
Fri, 6/15/2007	Contender 3	Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (17)	Lost 12-21, 9-21	0:34

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	$24,300.00	7	15	31.8 %
2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,500.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	93	1	0	0	5	3	3	21	21	19	15	5	$366,790.00	83	98	45.9 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	$12,150.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	$12,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,250.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,250.00
120	2	0	0	6	12	50	26	19	5	$245,307.50	Total	Total	124	2	0	0	6	12	51	26	20	7	$247,807.50

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%
2006-2007	16	72.7%	1	4.5%	5	22.7%	17-5	77.3%	7	20.6%	3	8.8%	24	70.6%	7-27	20.6%	16-24	40.0%	8-8	50.0%	0	2	24-34	41.4%
Against the Field	14	70.0%	2	10.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	8	17.0%	5	10.6%	34	72.3%	8-39	17.0%	28-58	32.6%	20-18	52.6%	0	5	24-43	35.8%

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 15-25 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-4
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 # 2 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 # 3 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
Lead the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	Wu/Xu	3	30-28, 17-21, 15-12	1:06
Trail the series against # 9 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-2
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Pedrosa/Rosas	10	Brenha/Maia	9	21-15, 16-21, 15-9	1:05
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Pedrosa/Rosas	17	Brenha/Maia	16	21-15, 21-19	0:40
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	10	Pedrosa/Rosas	9	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 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
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 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
Lead the series against # 14 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	17-21, 21-18, 23-21	1:02
Trail the series against # 15 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 5	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 2-0
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	16	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-19, 21-12	0:34
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	18	Herrera/Mesa	31	21-12, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 17 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-2
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 3	Cadieux/Heese	17	Brenha/Maia	10	21-12, 21-9	0:34
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 3	Cadieux/Heese	22	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
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 # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23, Q8 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q8	Brenha/Maia	10	22-20, 25-23	0:51
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	10	Horrem/Maaseide	24, Q3	21-15, 21-15	0:45
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 # 26, Q6 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-2
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	10	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q6	16-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:54
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
Trail the series against # 27, Q15 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 0-1
10/24/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 2	Henriquez/Hernandez	31, Q12	Brenha/Maia	Q5	21-18, 21-15	0:49
Series tied with # 28, Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-1
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	Lochhead/Pitman	Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:47
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q3	Brenha/Maia	9	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # Q22 Kolar/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	14	Kolar/Tichy	30, Q37	27-25, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # Q32 Castro/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	Castro/Mussa	Q44	20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:58