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June 26 - July 5, 2009

(4) Pedro Cunha/Pedro Solberg, Brazil

Pedro Henrique de Miranda D'Araújo da Cunha
Brazil

Photo: Mauricio Kaye

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 10, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$493,000.00

Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 27, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,121,562.50

Awards

Team of the Year 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Tour Champion 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Best Blocker 2013

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	US$92,200.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	11	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	US$92,200.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - Country Quota	Did not play
2005	Luiz Dulinski - Country Quota	Did not play
2006	Franco Neto - 9th	Roberto Lopes - Country Quota
2007	Franco Neto - 17th	Harley Marques - Country Quota
2008	Did not play	Harley Marques - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	2	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	2	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	2	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	5	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool D

Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (45)

Won 21-13, 21-14

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Cunha	Total	21	13	5	0.381	0	6	2	1
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	0	0
	2	13	8	4	0.308	0	2	2	1
Pedro Solberg	Total	12	10	0	0.833	5	4	0	2
	1	9	7	0	0.778	2	2	0	1
	2	3	3	0	1.000	3	2	0	1

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool D

Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (28)

Lost 14-21, 21-23

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Cunha	Total	18	9	7	0.111	0	4	1	5
	1	8	3	4	-0.125	0	1	0	3
	2	10	6	3	0.300	0	3	1	2
Pedro Solberg	Total	14	9	2	0.500	2	0	0	2
	1	4	3	0	0.750	2	0	0	1
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	0	0	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool D

Brad Keenan / Nick Lucena, United States (21)

Lost By Forfeit

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (3)

Lost By Forfeit

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Cunha	39	22	12	0.256	0	10	3	6
Pedro Solberg	26	19	2	0.654	7	4	0	4
Total	65	41	14	0.415	7	14	3	10
Opponents	76	39	16	0.303	4	8	4	14

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Tande Ramos - 17th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Franco Neto - 9th	Harley Marques - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Pedro Solberg - 17th	Pedro Cunha - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Rhooney Ferramenta - 5th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Bruno Schmidt - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Evandro Goncalves - 3rd
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Guto Carvalhaes - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Vitor Felipe - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Guto Carvalhaes - 5th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	4	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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$80,100.00
U21 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	11	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	$92,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pedro Cunha												Pedro Solberg
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$11,500.00	World Championships	8	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	$60,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
28	1	1	1	1	8	6	5	1	0	$148,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	87	8	6	3	5	15	31	10	3	0	$617,150.00
62	6	8	7	5	8	12	8	1	0	$332,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	90	10	5	6	9	10	30	9	6	0	$399,062.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
98	10	10	8	6	17	19	15	2	0	$493,000.00	Total	200	21	13	14	15	29	64	23	9	0	$1,121,562.50

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
2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2009	FIVB	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$64,100.00	20	11	64.5 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$67,100.00	24	13	64.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pedro Cunha													Pedro Solberg
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2003	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	3	$33,750.00	2004	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2004	FIVB C&S
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	5	$27,500.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,350.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	0	2	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	$86,800.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	$12,200.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	1	3	0	2	3	1	2	0	0	$89,950.00	2007	FIVB	16	3	0	2	1	3	4	1	0	2	$103,100.00
8	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	$43,500.00	2008	FIVB	18	6	0	1	4	1	5	0	1	0	$146,800.00
5	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$32,050.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$32,050.00
67	6	10	6	4	9	9	12	1	10	$317,300.00	Total	Total	56	12	3	6	7	5	11	6	1	5	$298,000.00

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	28	73.7%	5	13.2%	5	13.2%	33-5	86.8%	4	22.2%	6	33.3%	8	44.4%	4-14	22.2%	28-8	77.8%	9-11	45.0%	0	3	37-22	62.7%
2008-2009	14	66.7%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2-6	25.0%	14-3	82.4%	6-6	50.0%	0	2	20-11	64.5%
Against the Field	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	3	21.4%	4	28.6%	7	50.0%	3-11	21.4%	20-10	66.7%	10-12	45.5%	0	2	15-13	53.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	2	1	0	1	0	2	32	17
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Total	0	0	5	0	6	3	0	0	12	10	3	1	0	1	1	2	44	22

Head to Head Results
Cunha/Solberg lead the series against the field 14-10 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 1-1
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Solberg	2	Cerutti/Marques	1	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	1:08
5/3/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Marques	1	Cunha/Solberg	2	21-14, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Cunha/Solberg	5	21-14, 21-16	0:54
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cunha/Solberg	4	By Forfeit
5/30/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cunha/Solberg	2	16-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:10
5/17/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Gold Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Cunha/Solberg	2	28-26, 20-22, 15-13	1:23
Series tied with # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Cunha/Solberg	2	Rego/Santos	4	15-21, 21-10, 15-13	0:56
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	3	Cunha/Solberg	2	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	1:08
Lead the series against # 7 Li/Xu, China 1-0
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Solberg	2	Li/Xu	5	21-18, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 9 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Cunha/Solberg	2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	21-13, 21-10	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 2-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Cunha/Solberg	2	Araujo/Magalhaes	8, Q1	21-15, 28-26	0:57
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Cunha/Solberg	2	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against # 15 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
5/30/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Cunha/Solberg	2	Gavira/Herrera	13	21-16, 23-21	0:44
Series tied with # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
5/3/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Solberg	2	Kais/Vesik	10	18-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:51
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Kais/Vesik	10	Cunha/Solberg	2	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 19 Biza/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Cunha/Solberg	2	Biza/Rotrekl	16	21-16, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 21 Keenan/Lucena, United States 0-1
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Keenan/Lucena	21	Cunha/Solberg	4	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 23 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Cunha/Solberg	2	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:58
Series tied with # 28 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	28	Cunha/Solberg	4	21-14, 23-21	0:41
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Cunha/Solberg	5	Heuscher/Heyer	20	21-18, 22-20	0:43
Lead the series against # 32 Nicolai/Varnier, Italy 1-0
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Solberg	2	Nicolai/Varnier	9	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 33 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Solberg	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 34 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Solberg	2	Gabathuler/Wenger	18	21-19, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 45 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Cunha/Solberg	4	Horrem/Maaseide	45	21-13, 21-14	0:39