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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Hyundai Open Barcelona
May 27 - June 1, 2008

(19) 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 Barcelona Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	24	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	14	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	13	17th	100	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	22	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	16	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	21	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q14	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	10	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	30, Q12	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Barcelona Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/29/2008	Winner 1	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (14)	Lost 21-18, 24-26, 10-15	1:00
Thu, 5/29/2008	Contender 1	Farid Mussa / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (30, Q14)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:51
Fri, 5/30/2008	Contender 2	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy (20, Q3)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
Fri, 5/30/2008	Contender 3	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (22)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 11-15	1:01

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	2	$38,000.00	17	19	47.2 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,400.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	103	1	0	0	5	3	3	22	24	23	15	7	$400,690.00	96	117	45.1 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	2	$19,000.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	2	$19,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,200.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,200.00
130	2	0	0	6	12	54	30	19	7	$262,257.50	Total	Total	134	2	0	0	6	12	55	30	20	9	$264,757.50

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%
2007-2008	16	69.6%	1	4.3%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	6	21.4%	2	7.1%	20	71.4%	6-22	21.4%	16-20	44.4%	7-8	46.7%	0	2	23-30	43.4%
Against the Field	11	64.7%	1	5.9%	5	29.4%	12-5	70.6%	4	12.9%	3	9.7%	24	77.4%	4-27	12.9%	22-40	35.5%	10-16	38.5%	0	4	16-32	33.3%

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 13-28 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 14 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 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 # 3 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Marques/Solberg	2	Brenha/Maia	21	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 5 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-3
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Schacht/Slack	15, Q2	Brenha/Maia	Q15	21-17, 21-15	0:44
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 # 6 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Brenha/Maia	14	By Forfeit
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Brenha/Maia	22	19-21, 21-10, 15-8	0:55
Trail the series against # 7 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 4	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-2
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Lione/Varnier	19	Brenha/Maia	13	15-21, 21-16, 18-16	1:02
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 # 9 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 # 11 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Brenha/Maia	21	21-15, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-1
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Brenha/Maia	19	18-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:00
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 # 16, Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-3
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	23	Brenha/Maia	24	21-15, 21-12	0:31
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Lochhead/Pitman	46	Brenha/Maia	22	21-16, 21-18	0:42
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
Series tied with # 18 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-1
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Brenha/Maia	22	Asahi/Shiratori	27	21-13, 21-18	0:42
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 # 20, Q3 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 3-0
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	19	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q3	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	14	Amore/Bizzotto	19	21-16, 21-17	0:34
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	13	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 21 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
Trail the series against # 22 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	22	Brenha/Maia	19	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 23 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 0-2
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Deulofeu/Salvetti	16	Brenha/Maia	15	21-16, 21-17	0:39
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Deulofeu/Salvetti	10	Brenha/Maia	16	18-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:13
Trail the series against # 27, Q5 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
Trail the series against # 29, Q7 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q14 Mussa/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	19	Mussa/Villafane	30, Q14	21-13, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # Q11 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	24	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q11	21-16, 21-12	0:34