Team Preview

European Championship Tour
€ 300,000 European Championships
September 7 - 9, 2001

(21) 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:

135

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jesolo 2001)

Career Winnings:

US$272,216.98

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:

163

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jesolo 2001)

Career Winnings:

US$288,191.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	27	33	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,662.27
FIVB	134	2	0	0	6	7	5	27	28	30	20	1	4	4	US$531,915.00
Overall	135	2	0	0	6	8	5	27	28	30	20	1	4	4	US$539,577.27

Previous Jesolo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	20	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	27	9th	200	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	9	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	21	25th	46	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	19	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	16	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	12	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	10	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/28-12/3/2000	Brazil Open	7	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/16-26/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	12	4th	0	US$0.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/7/2001	Winner 1	Janis Grinbergs / Andris Krumins, Latvia (12)	Won 23-21, 17-21, 17-15	1:00
Fri, 9/7/2001	Winner 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (5)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:33
Fri, 9/7/2001	Contender 1	Giuseppe Bua / Dio Lequaglie, Italy (22)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:36
Sat, 9/8/2001	Contender 2	Nikolas Berger / Oliver Stamm, Austria (4)	Won 21-16, 20-22, 15-10	0:57
Sat, 9/8/2001	Contender 3	Sergey Ermishin / Mikhail Kouchnerev, Russia (3)	Won 26-24, 21-16	0:45
Sat, 9/8/2001	Contender 4	Bartosz Bachorski / Janusz Bulkowski, Poland (10)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:40
Sat, 9/8/2001	Contender 5	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (20)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:41

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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,525.00
Total	135	2	0	0	6	8	5	27	28	30	20	0	$540,440.00

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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,262.50	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,262.50
135	2	0	0	6	13	55	30	20	0	$270,220.00	Total	163	2	0	0	6	14	57	31	24	0	$286,195.00

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	$30,000.00	11	16	40.7 %
2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,525.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	55	1	0	0	4	2	2	12	16	12	6	0	$215,100.00	22	24	47.8 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,525.00	5	2	71.4 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	$15,000.00	2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	$15,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,262.50	2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,262.50
83	2	0	0	5	11	36	19	10	0	$173,725.00	Total	Total	85	2	0	0	5	11	37	19	11	0	$176,225.00

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	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
2000-2001	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Total	0	0	10	8	27	32	0	0	25	44	0	3	0	3	0	0	104	126

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 9-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
9/24/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 3	Brenha/Maia	12	Laciga/Laciga	4	15-11	0:43
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Brenha/Maia	11	15-7	0:28
Series tied with # 2 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool F	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Brenha/Maia	27	24-22, 21-12	0:40
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Brenha/Maia	11	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	22	15-5	0:19
Lead the series against # 3 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 1-0
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Contender 3	Brenha/Maia	21	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	3	26-24, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-2
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	21	Berger/Stamm	4	21-16, 20-22, 15-10	0:57
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 2	Berger/Stamm	19	Brenha/Maia	20	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:54
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Berger/Stamm	21	Brenha/Maia	12	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:55
Trail the series against # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Brenha/Maia	21	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	22	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 10 Bachorski/Bulkowski, Poland 1-0
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Brenha/Maia	21	Bachorski/Bulkowski	10	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 12 Grinbergs/Krumins, Latvia 1-0
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	21	Grinbergs/Krumins	12	23-21, 17-21, 17-15	1:00
Trail the series against # 14 Correa/Diez, Spain 0-1
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Correa/Diez	31, Q7	Brenha/Maia	9	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 16 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
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 # 20 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Contender 5	Egger/Heyer	20	Brenha/Maia	21	21-18, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 22 Bua/Lequaglie, Italy 1-0
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	21	Bua/Lequaglie	22	21-17, 21-10	0:36
Series tied with # 23 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	16	Ahmann/Hager	17	21-15, 21-18	0:35
9/26/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Ahmann/Hager	15	Brenha/Maia	12	12-9, 12-6	1:10