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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Moscow 2008 Grand Slam
July 1 - 6, 2008

(23) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Miguel Maia - 7th	Joao Brenha - 7th
1999	Miguel Maia - 1st	Joao Brenha - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q12	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q13	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	18	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	19	13th	180	US$3,900.00
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/3/2008	Pool G	Roman Arkaev / Alexander Likholetov, Russia (10)	Lost 22-24, 16-21	0:44
Thu, 7/3/2008	Pool G	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (7)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:33
Fri, 7/4/2008	Pool G	Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (26, Q8)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	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	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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	$13,800.00	6	11	35.3 %
Total	FIVB	107	1	0	0	5	3	3	22	25	23	16	9	$408,090.00	99	124	44.4 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	$6,900.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	$6,900.00
134	2	0	0	6	12	55	30	20	9	$265,957.50	Total	Total	138	2	0	0	6	12	56	30	21	11	$268,457.50

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	13	61.9%	2	9.5%	6	28.6%	15-6	71.4%	5	16.1%	0	0.0%	26	83.9%	5-26	16.1%	26-46	36.1%	14-12	53.8%	0	3	20-32	38.5%

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 20-32 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 17 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-2
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Brenha/Maia	22	21-18, 21-18	0:45
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	15	Brenha/Maia	18	21-19, 21-13	0:48
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 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
Series tied with # 4 Wu/Xu, China 1-1
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	4	Brenha/Maia	13	21-18, 21-19	0:40
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 # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Brenha/Maia	18	21-14, 29-27	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Marques/Solberg	2	Brenha/Maia	21	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 7 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-1
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Reckermann/Urbatzka	7	Brenha/Maia	23	21-15, 21-15	0:33
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Brenha/Maia	21	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Arkaev/Likholetov, Russia 0-1
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Arkaev/Likholetov	10	Brenha/Maia	23	24-22, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-3
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	5	Brenha/Maia	21	21-16, 21-13	0:35
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	5	Brenha/Maia	12	21-17, 21-16	0:39
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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 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
Trail the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 18 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
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 21 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	18	Brenha/Maia	15	14-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 26, Q8 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-2
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q8	Brenha/Maia	23	21-18, 21-17	0:40
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 # 27, Q3 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	21	Gosch/Horst	12	21-16, 21-19	0:50
Trail the series against # 28, Q5 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 # 30 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	32, Q21	Brenha/Maia	Q12	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 31, Q16 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
Lead the series against # 32, Q23 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Brenha/Maia	20	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	21-11, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # Q1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	18	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15	19-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:03
Trail the series against # Q4 Li/Zhou, China 0-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Li/Zhou	9	Brenha/Maia	24	21-17, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # Q9 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-0
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	18	Berg/Brinkborg	16	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q14 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 2-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	16	Leinemann/VanHuizen	17	17-21, 26-24, 15-13	1:10
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	16	Leinemann/VanHuizen	17	21-16, 21-17	0:41