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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Nokia Canada Open
June 14 - 18, 2000

(17) 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 Toronto Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th
1999	Miguel Maia - 17th	Joao Brenha - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	22	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2000	Macau Open	18	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	1/18-23/2000	Brazil Open	19	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	1/12-16/2000	Argentina Open	13	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/30-12/5/1999	Brazil Open	14	4th	238	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/17-22/1999	Spanish Open	12	25th	34	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/4-8/1999	Portugal Open	9	7th	170	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/1999	Open of Austria	8	9th	136	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	11	13th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/1999	Italian Open	11	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/7-11/1999	Norway Open	11	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/1999	German Open	7	9th	136	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/23-27/1999	Russian Open	20	1st	340	US$30,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/1999	Toronto Open	19	17th	68	US$2,500.00

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	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 %
Total	FIVB	36	1	0	0	3	0	2	8	12	6	4	0	$147,600.00	8	6	57.1 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$6,250.00	2000	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$6,250.00
68	2	0	0	4	8	30	15	9	0	$141,962.50	Total	Total	69	2	0	0	4	8	30	15	10	0	$142,962.50

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%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0		0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	6	30.0%	3	15.0%	11	55.0%	9-11	45.0%	1	4.0%	2	8.0%	22	88.0%	1-24	4.0%	12-28	30.0%	8-10	44.4%	0	4	18-27	40.0%

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 5-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Brenha/Maia	11	15-7	0:28
Trail the series against # 8 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-1
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Blanton/Fonoimoana	19	Brenha/Maia	11	15-4	0:30
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 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 # 11 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
Lead the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 23 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Brenha/Maia	11	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	22	15-5	0:19
Lead the series against # Q9 Deulofeu/Guissart, France 1-0
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Brenha/Maia	11	Deulofeu/Guissart	12	15-13	0:40