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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
September 10 - 13, 1997

(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 Los Angeles Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-7/1997	Spain Open	14	9th	120	US$3,500.00
FIVB	8/29-31/1997	Turkey Open	15	13th	90	US$2,700.00
FIVB	8/15-17/1997	Belgium Open	17	13th	90	US$2,700.00
FIVB	8/8-10/1997	Portugal Open	17	25th	60	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/1-3/1997	Austria Open	18	9th	120	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/25-27/1997	French Open	20	4th	210	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/18-20/1997	Italian Open	12	25th	30	US$1,400.00
FIVB	7/4-6/1997	German Open	10	25th	30	US$1,400.00
FIVB	2/20-23/1997	Brazil Open	11	13th	90	US$2,700.00
FIVB	10/24-27/1996	Brazil Open	10	13th	90	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/18-20/1996	Puerto Rico Open	8	9th	120	US$2,500.00

Los Angeles World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/1997		Adam Johnson / Karch Kiraly, United States (5)	Lost 10-12, 2-12	1:06

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Miguel Maia - 13th	Joao Brenha - 13th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Miguel Maia - 9th	Joao Brenha - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Miguel Maia - 4th	Joao Brenha - 4th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	28	17th	90	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	11	13th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	27	9th	200	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	13	4th	560	US$20,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	48	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	22	17th	200	US$7,000.00

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	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	3	0	$34,100.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	7	4	3	0	$67,600.00	6	4	60.0 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	3	0	$17,050.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	3	0	$17,050.00
38	0	0	0	3	2	20	8	5	0	$51,862.50	Total	Total	38	0	0	0	3	2	20	8	5	0	$51,862.50

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%
1996-1997	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0		0	0	6-4	60.0%
Against the Field	7	36.8%	3	15.8%	9	47.4%	10-9	52.6%	1	5.9%	2	11.8%	14	82.4%	1-16	5.9%	14-22	38.9%	8-4	66.7%	0	1	20-16	55.6%

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 lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Johnson/Kiraly, United States 0-1
9/11/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Johnson/Kiraly	5	Brenha/Maia	28	12-10, 12-2	1:06
Lead the series against # 6 de Melo/Rego, Brazil 1-0
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 3	Brenha/Maia	18	Rego/de Melo	5	15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 8 Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 4	Brenha/Maia	18	Kvalheim/Maaseide	6	15-3	0:28
Trail the series against # 11 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/28/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Child/Heese	8	Brenha/Maia	18	12-5, 12-8	1:17
Lead the series against # 13 Conde/Martinez, Argentina 1-0
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	18	Conde/Martinez	7	15-5	0:35
Series tied with # 22 Henkel/Smith, United States 1-1
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 5	Brenha/Maia	18	Henkel/Smith	2	15-13	1:10
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Henkel/Smith	2	Brenha/Maia	18	15-7	0:36